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The High Life takes off! Rehearsals begin as original cast Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond & Patrick Ryecart join Director Andrew Panton, Writer Johnny McKnight & the full cast & creative team ✈️

Get your tickets here🎫https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-high-life
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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20 years of NTS L.O.V.E. 💌Here's to two decades of the stories that captured our hearts.

📸Eoin Carey, Mihaela Bodlovic, Manuel Harlan
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Facilitators Dan & Minnie are taking over the Trolleydarity wheels for the next few weeks, bringing our multi-sensory Scratch n Sniff experience to even more hospital wards.

Find out more about ‘Scratch n Sniff Staycation' here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/fancy...
February 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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This month we're celebrating all things NTS as we mark two decades of theatre without walls.

Read our feature in the Scotsman.com now, with more birthday celebrations to come: www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

📸 by Drew Farrell
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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👖 GREENOCK LEE JEANS WORKERS NEEDED👖

On the 45th anniversary of the Lee Jeans Occupation, NTS & @trontheatre.bsky.social seek strikers, or their family members.

More info/sign up here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/whats-on-tem...
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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“Rankin’s portraits helped me crack open Miss Jean Brodie as a woman of our times.” - Gayle Rankin.

When Rankin met Miss Jean Brodie.
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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On Muriel Spark's birthday, we present Gayle Rankin as THE Miss Jean Brodie, photographed by THE Rankin.

🎟️ Snap up your tickets quick - Miss Brodie won't tell you twice!

www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-p...
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Nearly 100,000 people have taken the Fifth Step at cinemas since November 2025. You still have the chance to join them….

Watch the showdown between James (Martin Freeman) and Luka (Jack Lowden) on the big screen by following the link below: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-f...
January 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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👋 Free movement workshop for deaf & hard of hearing performers with EJ Boyle!

📍 Sat 14 Feb | 10.20-4.30pm | Rockvilla, Glasgow
💰 FREE
⏰ Apply by Mon 4 Feb

Find out more, BSL flyer & accessibility info: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/movem...
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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🎭 2 paid commissions for Scottish South Asian playwrights

£2,750 & license fee & full dramaturgical support

Deadline: 16 March

Details: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/south-asian-...
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Happy Burns night to friends far and wide! We fondly remember the devilish Alan Cumming as ‘Scotland’s rockstar poet’ in Burn, 2022.

📸Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
January 25, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Team Trolleydarity are back on the airwaves 💪
Tune into Shona and Alan on tonight's Front Row, 7.15pm on BBC 4 with Kirsty Wark.
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Familiar faces at Portraits of an LGBTI+ Generation this weekend as Rosemary, Shirley, Colin and Stuart reunited with their photographic selves, alongside photographer Tiu Makkonen.

Congratulations to @alancumming.bsky.social, Lewis Hetherington & the entire team at @pitlochryft.bsky.social.
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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A first peak behind-the-scenes of Metamorphosis - our short film project with multi-disciplinary artist Gillian Katungi (PAIX).

📸 Tiu Makonnen
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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We're proud to join Refuweegee's #SafeWithMe campaign & support our community by adding Rockvilla to the safe places map.

Learn more about the campaign and how to add your business, public space, or home to the safe places map: www.refuweegee.co.uk/safewithme
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Tune into BBCscotland’s The Arts Mix today from 3.30pm as Shonna Reppe & Alan Grieve invite @lenniesaurus.bsky.social to a Trolleydarity: Scratch n Sniff experience.

📸Pete Didbin
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Behind every radical act of protest, are the everyday moments that galvanize a whole movement.

👖Frances Poet, Jemima Levick & Paul English discuss Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit In that put Greenock onto centre stage.
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Fab news! Rockvilla is getting a Changing Places Toilet thanks to Scottish Government funding. This specialist facility will help us welcome people with complex needs, helping to remove a key barrier to participation.
#ChangingPlaces #AccessibilityMatters #InclusiveCommunities
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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See The #FifthStep nationwide on Sun 11 Jan as part of the Dry January® Challenge ☕️

🎟️ Find your nearest screening: thefifthstep.ntlive.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Here’s to 2026 and lang may yer lum reek! 🥂
With heartfelt thanks to all our audiences who joined us in theatres across the land in 2025!
And to the creatives, freelancers and partners who made the magic happen!
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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We have published our Annual Review for 24/25.

Find out about what we achieved, on stages, in schools and in communities across Scotland and in our creative hub, Rockvilla on the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow.

Read it here
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/about/reports-and-documents#annualrep
December 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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May your season be jolly and bright! 🔔 ❄️
With love from all the team at the National Theatre of Scotland.

📸 Kirsty Anderson
December 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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One more sleep. The inimitable Reuben Joseph performing 'Perfect Christmas' from Johnny McKnight’s digital panto, Rapunzel.

Originally produced in 2020. Full credits here www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/past-perform...
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The very good dogs of Rockvilla HQ wish everyone a peaceful and joyful festive season.

With a wee paws up that the office will be shut from 24 December to 5 January. 💫
December 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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REMINDER

Apply for the Assistant Producer role within our Artistic Development team by 7 Jan 2026 at 10am.

👉 More information and how to apply here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/jobs/assista...
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM