National Theatre of Scotland
On stage, on screen, on tour
- 👖 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...
- “Rankin’s portraits helped me crack open Miss Jean Brodie as a woman of our times.” - Gayle Rankin. When Rankin met Miss Jean Brodie.
- 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...
- 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...
- 👋 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...
- 🎭 2 paid commissions for Scottish South Asian playwrights £2,750 & license fee & full dramaturgical support Deadline: 16 March Details: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/south-asian-...
- A collaboration with @playpiepint.bsky.social @playwrightsstudio.bsky.social and Bijli Productions #SouthAsianPlaywrightsProgramme
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- A first peak behind-the-scenes of Metamorphosis - our short film project with multi-disciplinary artist Gillian Katungi (PAIX). 📸 Tiu Makonnen
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- See The #FifthStep nationwide on Sun 11 Jan as part of the Dry January® Challenge ☕️ 🎟️ Find your nearest screening: thefifthstep.ntlive.com
- 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!
- 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
- May your season be jolly and bright! 🔔 ❄️ With love from all the team at the National Theatre of Scotland. 📸 Kirsty Anderson
- 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...
- 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. 💫
- 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...
- ✈️ CAST ANNOUNCEMENT ✈️ This is your captain speaking, please be in your seats to welcome...THE AIR SCOTIA CABIN CREW. Find out the full cast list at: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/meet-...
- Just what the doctor ordered! 🏥 Patients and staff at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital are being treated to a Scratch and Sniff Staycation by Trolleydarity artists Shona Reppe and Alan Grieve, with stage manager Tam Wiltshire 📸Pete Didbin
- Gift someone an unforgettable night at the theatre in 2026, this festive season. The High Life, Stand and Deliver- The Lee Jeans Sit In and Prime of Miss Jean Brodie are all on sale.
- We are so proud that Portraits of a LGBTI+ Generation exhibition will be coming to @pitlochryft.bsky.social Jan 16-18, 2026 as part of 'Out in the Hills', a brand-new festival for everyone, under Alan Cumming’s creative direction.
- 🏦 Congratulations to Stuart Burt for his @whatsonstage.bsky.social Awards nomination in the Best Casting Direction category for Make It Happen! Cast your votes here: www.whatsonstage.com/news/voting-...
- The warmest welcome to everyone who attended an NTS show in 2025 through our First Nights Programme. 👉 Help us open the door for someone's first night at the theatre in 2026: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/support-us/f...
- Huge congratulations to Vee Smith & @_sadiqsadiq, flying high as double winners for The #UnlikelyFriendship….. 🪶Winning a Scottish Emerging Theatre Award 2025 from Framework Theatre 🪶And a Creative Edinburgh 2025 Award for Collaboration
