Coming Attractions in Scottish Theatre...

For the first half of May, the Traverse Theatre is occupied by the Imaginate Festival. Although primarily aimed at younger audiences, the international flavour of Imaginate offers a few treats for the more mature theatre lover. And for the dance connoisseur, Colette Sadler's I Not I is intellectual dance that strives to discover what lies behind or beyond gestures. With Tramway presenting Trisha Brown – who has a piece in Scottish Ballet's repertoire, and is one of the great choreographers to evolve from the 1960s radical dance movement in the States – dance is covering the more challenging and erudite theatrical territory.

 After two successful seasons at the Globe, Howard Brenton’s Anne Boleyn is about to arrive at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre in May. Produced in partnership with English Touring Theatre, the show was produced by the Globe as part of its programme of new writing. In it, Brenton shows Anne Boleyn as a smart, ambitious young woman planning to make England protestant. Her story is told through the discovery, by James I, of Anne’s Tyndale Bible, crucial for James’s ‘authorised’ bible. Directed by John Dove, this production features some of the original performers, including James Garnon and Colin Hurley, and emphasises that the Globe is not just a nostalgia venue for tourists, but is willing to move forward with history.

 While the main theatre at The Citizens is ablaze with Dominic Hill's King Lear – Hill's tenure as artistic director is fulfilling the hopes of critics who imagined that his skill in energising classic plays would be a perfect fit for the Citz – the smaller studios are more revealing: the National Theatre of Scotland has programmed a week of emerging performers for NTS Reveal. Amanda Monfrooe – thanks to the support of the Bank of Scotland – acts ups as an actress who can't find the gap between performance and reality, while the suave Alan Kendrick directs his own translation of Kasmir and Karoline. With scratch shows and works in progress, plus a full production of Roman Bridge – last year's rehearsed reading – Reveal suggests that the NTS is investing in Scotland's stages' futures.