Scottish Theatre Highlights: March 2026

March theatre in Scotland is leaning into myth and moral reckoning, with plenty of ancient stories refracted through contemporary lenses. At Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre, Waiting for Godot runs until 14 March, offering Beckett’s bleak meditation on stasis for those willing to play the long game. The mood stays across multiple venues: Company of Wolves bring The Bacchae to the Citizens in Glasgow (4-7 Mar) and the Studio Theatre in Edinburgh (9-10 Mar), with a solo, shattering take on Dionysos, while Medea takes the Traverse Theatre (6-7 Mar) before reappearing at the Tron Theatre (25-28 Mar), reclaiming Euripides’ heroine with renewed fury.

Elsewhere, classical figures are taken into clubland at Summerhall, where Medusa (6-8 Mar) reimagines the Gorgon as a queer nightclub worker in a rave-soaked Athens. It’s Greek tragedy with glitter and bass.

The cast of Medusa. Photo: Tiu Makkonen

Political storytelling also threads through the month. A Grain of Sand visits both the Traverse Theatre (10-12 Mar) and Citizens Theatre (13-14 Mar), drawing on Palestinian folklore to follow a young girl navigating life in Gaza. Later, Flight (from 21 Mar, Citizens Theatre) charts two orphaned brothers on a desperate journey to safety – an immersive road story that sees audiences experiencing the journey through their own personal booth with headphones. Meanwhile, A Giant on the Bridge lands at the Studio Theatre in Edinburgh (13-14 Mar), using gig theatre to explore prison homecoming through lived experience and song.

Performers in The Giant on the Bridge. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

For audiences seeking something lighter, Dundee Rep premieres The High Life: The Musical, Still Living It! (from 27 Mar), reuniting the original cast of the beloved BBC Scotland series for a dose of camp nostalgia. And new musical Flora heads to Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre (26-28 Mar), placing Flora MacDonald centre stage in her own story at last, with Gàidhlig woven through its script and soundtrack.