Scottish Theatre Highlights: June 2026

June begins with a few productions carrying over from May. At Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, Scottish Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro runs until 6 June, bringing Mozart’s comedy of mistaken identities, romance and social upheaval to the stage in an English-language production. Elsewhere, the Royal Lyceum Theatre continues its run of Lynn Nottage’s Sweat (until 13 Jun), an examination of working-class lives in America’s Rust Belt, while Dundee Rep hosts Educating Rita (until 13 Jun), Willy Russell’s story of friendship and self-discovery.

Morbid history takes the stage at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre, where The Long Drop (5-20 Jun) adapts Denise Mina’s novel about one of Glasgow's most notorious murder cases, the Peter Manuel trial. When the Rain Stops Falling (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 9-12 Jun) offers a dysfunctional and dark family story, tracing secrets and consequences across generations and continents.

For those looking for some spectacle, Dracula arrives at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (12-14 Jun) following a sold-out London run. This dance adaptation turns Bram Stoker’s gothic classic into a balletic experience. There seems to be plenty of life left in the vamp, after all.

At the Traverse Theatre, The Table (18-20 Jun) uses intergenerational dance theatre to ask who gets a seat at society’s table, while Revolution Days (19-20 Jun) arrives at the Studio Theatre, drawing on real experiences of humanitarian aid work during the Arab Spring.

The month closes with two productions exploring collective memory. At Dundee Rep, RECollect (26-27 Jun) brings together members of the local dancing community and Scottish Dance Theatre professionals in a new collaborative work. Meanwhile, Kanpur: 1857 comes to the Tron Theatre (27 Jun). Niall Moorjani’s anticolonial drama premiered at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, where it won a Scotsman Fringe First Award, and now arrives in Glasgow following a year of acclaim.