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“Wasps? Twats.” Rianne is your typical 16-year-old girl, aside from an obsessive phobia of wasps, trying to survive the hellhole that is high school. As she struggles in bottom-set maths and getting the other grades she needs, some heartbreaking news sends Rianne’s life spiralling out of control in ways she could never have imagined. Wasps is a bitter-sweet coming-of-age monologue exploring grief, fear, and the life cycle of a wasp.

In a waiting room, suspended between life and death a group of recently deceased strangers are given six days to consider all the precious moments of their lives, and decide which single memory they will take with them for all eternity. Heart-warming, intriguing and surprising, the play questions how do we judge a life to have been well lived? Who does the judging? And do our memories ever really represent the truth? 

How far would you go to keep your world from falling apart? In a run-down gym on the edge of town, a close-knit group of boxers fight against the odds. Loyalty is everything, but second chances are rare. Counterpunch is a powerful story where dreams collide with harsh realities. With every swing, tensions rise as friendships are tested, betrayals cut deep, and survival is on the line. One wrong move, and it could all slip away.

Donny lives with his mum and has been struggling with addiction most of his life. He also has a secret hobby… dancing alone in his bedroom. Determined to get help, Donny attends his local support group where he bonds with two other men, Jay and Craig, who change his life. But when a video of Donny dancing goes up online and makes him an accidental viral superstar, the men’s new friendship is put to the test with the whole world now watching on. Dancing Shoes is a life-affirming comedy-drama about isolation, support groups and bedroom dancing that challenges how we treat the most vulnerable people in society.

"A pearl in the jazz catch of the day ★★★★" (NRC, NL), the Sam Newbould Quintet is an award winning five piece international line-up emerging from the vibrant Amsterdam jazz scene. Described as “mindblowing, sometimes introverted and intimate and then exuberant again” (SWN Talent Award, NL), their music combines virtuosity with driving grooves and playful melodies that stick in your head. The quintet are selected showcase artists for Jazzahead 2025 and have performed on major stages including North Sea Jazz Festival, Love Supreme (UK) and the Vortex (UK). The band are touring Europe supporting the release of their third album ‘Homing’ (ZenneZ Records). The lineup features Sam Newbould (alto saxophone), Bernard van Rossum (tenor saxophone), Xavi Torres (piano), Jort Terwijn (bass) and Guy Salamon (drums).

Dani has it all. Great job, new flat, perfect boyfriend Paul… until one morning, she wakes up to find he's disappeared. No note, no explanation. Forced into an uneasy alliance with her pressure-cooker mother-in-law, Dani searches for Paul. But she can’t help but obsess over all the reasons why he might have vanished, as she relives the night before he disappeared over, and over, and over again. Night, Idiot is a darkly comedic, rip-roaring theatrical ride about one woman’s quest for impossible answers.

What do you buy the kid who has everything for their 21st birthday? Sarah’s got this one covered. She’s bought her daughter, Scarlet, something so momentous, so magnificent, so mountainous... All Scarlet needs to do is accept it. But Scarlet and her partner Jude have other plans, plans that cannot wait, plans that their very survival may depend on. Ivor Is a surreal and darkly comic drama about sustainability and survival, that asks how far you are willing to go for the things you love the most.

With “poignancy and heart” (★★★★ The Scotsman) Looking For Me Friend has spread nostalgia and laughter throughout the UK and has the seal of approval from Victoria’s very own school-chums and colleagues. Featuring the star of BBC1’s All Together Now, Paulus The Cabaret Geek with Michael Roulston (Fascinating Aïda) on piano, it is an evening of pure joy filled with Victoria’s best-loved songs, including the iconic ‘Ballad of Barry & Freda’ (Let’s Do It). This show is for fans of Victoria and for those yet to discover her, to come together and relish her breathtaking wizardry with words. In telling Victoria’s story, Paulus unfolds his own. A relatable story of a 1970s childhood and what it really means to find your tribe. So, pair your stilettos with an oven glove, zip up your cocktail slacks and get booking!

The idea of what the show might be created a demand for it to be left unseen. A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here is a show about censorship and freedom of expression. This piece of theatre - part autobiography, part fiction - questions the limits of performance: what we make it for, what we go to it for and what we are willing to stand up for.

From Glasgow to the world, new Scottish romanticism; a little bit of this and a whole lot of that, A New International are on a quest for a new pop music. With three critically-lauded cult albums, hit theatre show The Dark Carnival and a string of Radio Scotland singles of the week behind them, singer/songwriter Biff describes ANI’s ethos below – “I always loved the idea of a band that didn’t sound like a band: a band that sounded like, let’s say, a movie or a circus or a funeral or a riot; anything but another dreary band“. For one night only, to celebrate the release of their new single (title still under wraps at time of writing), A New International present a rare full-band set featuring back catalogue classics and a sneaky peek at new, never-before-seen songs from their soon-to-be-released fourth album inspired by espionage, epic voyages, tango and trombones.