Scottish Theatre Highlights: September 2023
This month, keep your post-Fringe momentum with new work from Company of Wolves, the return of Dundee Fringe, and an exciting piece of dance theatre at Tramway
Compared to the frenzy of the August festivals, September offers a relatively less intense roster of theatre. Nevertheless, especially in venues outside of Edinburgh, audiences can enjoy a wide variety of new theatre.
From 1 September, Pitlochry Festival Theatre and OVO will host Lesley Hart's Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood, adapted from the Sherlock Holmes story A Study in Scarlet. In a post-apocalyptic world, two survivors come together to perform a version of the classic story.
Now in its third year, Dundee Fringe will run from 15 to 24 September. The ten-day festival offers an invigorating range of comedy, theatre (including children's theatre), music, events, and cabaret/variety.
Shotput will premiere its daring new piece of dance theatre, Totentanz, on 15 September at Tramway. Performed by Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello, the piece explores death as a cause for celebration and wonder.
Scottish theatre group Company of Wolves will tour Ewan Downie's solo adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae. Downie's original script utilises a combination of storytelling, movement, and songs performed in ancient Greek. The production will begin its run at The Barn in Banchory (22 Sep).