Scottish Theatre Highlights: August 2023

This August, it won't be hard to find live theatre in Edinburgh. However, theatres located outside of the capital city also host a variety of offerings this month, from new work to old favourites.

In addition to Pitlochry Festival Theatre's many long-running offerings, Scottish playwright Isla Cowan's new play, To the Bone, premieres this month. The play is an incisive drama about a woman confronting her past and reckoning with her future (18 Aug-29 Sep).

In Glasgow, Tramway hosts Aya Kobayashi and Monika Smekot's Wheel See, which is an offsite, outdoor performance as part of Tramway Beyond Walls. This free show features 20 dancers and their bikes (13 Aug).

Dundee Rep has several enticing offerings this month. In association with Gardyne and Dundee Rep, Shaper/Caper presents Small Town Boys, an immersive, site-specific piece exploring the escapism of the queer nightlife scene through the AIDS crisis (Kings, Dundee, 8-12 Aug).

At the end of the month, Scottish Dance Theatre brings their research and performance project, Every Map Has a Scale (Chapter 3) to Dundee Rep. Led by choreographer Joan Clevillé, the cast of dancers will travel by foot, bike, or public transport to spontaneously pop up across the region (28 Aug-10 Sep).

For more information on theatre and live performance happening in Edinburgh this month, head over to our Edinburgh Fringe section – we've got a whole batch of interviews, previews and picks.