Scottish Theatre Highlights: June 2025

Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre hosts Katori Hall's Olivier-winning play, The Mountaintop (31 May-21 Jun), set at the peak of the American Civil Rights Movement. The play follows a fictionalised Martin Luther King, Jr on the eve of his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, weaving the mythologised version of Dr King we know today in with the intricacies of human life. The production is directed by Rikki Henry and stars Caleb Roberts and Shannon Hayes. 

Over at Glasgow's Òran Mór, A Play, A Pie and a Pint opens the month with Meme Girls (2-7 Jun), a new musical about internet culture and virality. Written, composed and directed by Play Pie Pint regular Andy McGregor, the musical explores what happens to a friend duo when one of them finds herself on the receiving end of the hammer of internet infamy. 

Edinburgh-based Icelandic playwright Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir brings her award-winning new play, This Is A Gift (24 Jun-11 Sep), directed by Sam Hardie, to Pitlochry Festival Theatre this summer. The play is set in Leith and based on the story of Midas. Starring Scottish actress Blythe Jandoo, This Is A Gift explores class, care and the double-edged blade of wishing.

25 years after playwright Douglas Maxwell's Tron debut, Tron Theatre presents Maxwell's new play Man's Best Friend (19 Jun-12 Jul), directed by the Tron's artistic director Jemima Levick. Performed by Jordan Young, the play is a solo show about walking dogs, losing them, and finding uncomfortable truths. The play opens at the Tron this month before touring Scotland in September.