What's On Scotland 9-16 Apr: Buzzcut Festival & more

It's that time again, to limber up your experimental theatre muscles in preparation for the months ahead. Lucky, then, that one of our favourite festivals is in town this week: Glasgow's Buzzcut Festival returns from 15-18 April across various venues, including Tramway, Hidden Gardens and Glade Cafe, with its signature cutting edge programme of experimental performance.

Highlights from this year’s programme include Margot Conde Arenas’s intimate solo performance about the sea as a site of diaspora (pictured), Sean Wai Keung’s durational cooking performance Hand Pulled, and a whacking exhibition by Dorine Mugisha. Discover the full programme here.

ADVERTISEMENT | Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2026
Various venues, Hawick, 30 Apr-4 May

New look, same commitments: the sixteenth edition of the UK’s festival of experimental film and artists’ moving image is steeped in a solidarity and rage appropriate to our times. The usual razor-sharp politics, attention to detail and infectious humour are threaded through this year’s programme. If you’re looking for a genuinely communitarian gathering that doesn’t compromise on its curation, this is it. Day Passes available for day-trippers and this year there’s even a crèche for those visiting with wee ones.

Extraction
Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh. 11 Apr-26 Jul
Five artists put their work in conversation with Jupiter Artland’s landscape. Drawing on the park’s proximity to gas and North Sea oil economies and renewable sources, the exhibition interrogates the ways that energy systems leave residues of memory and identity. Image: John Geerhard.

Bibi Club
Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh. 11 Apr, 7pm
Montreal-based duo Bibi Club blend ethereal synths, punk-y rhythms and both French and English vocals for a truly unique take on dream pop. Their latest album Amaro is a tangled yet unflinching exploration of grief, threading ideas of loss and release together. Image: Anna Arrobas.

PHANTASMAGASM IV
Stereo, Glasgow. 11 Apr, 8pm
Glasgow rockers Maz and the Phantasms put on their fourth PHANTASMAGASM – a curated evening of local musical talent and chaotic vibes. There's the titular phantastic (hehe) band themselves, punk outfit Comfort, and a surprise selection of other bands and DJs. Image: Faye Strǎssle.

Ariana Reines launch
Pianodrome, Edinburgh. 16 Apr, 8pm
Acclaimed poet Ariana Reines visits Edinburgh's coolest venue this coming week. Hosted by Lighthouse Bookshop and held at the Pianodrome, this launch celebrates Reines' newest collection The Rose, a visceral exploration of feminine archetypes and masculine pain.

↪ Counterflows 2026
Various venues, Glasgow. 9-12 Apr
Counterflows, Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental music, returns with an incredible lineup of international artists playing all things from ambient to computer music. Festival passes are sold out already but there’s still tickets for individual events.

→ Rhythms of Spring: Introspekt, HUNTRESS, Salam Kitty, Chicha
Exit, Glasgow. 10 Apr, 10pm
Spring is here!!! By the way!!!! Did we mention it yet?? That the eternal winter is over??? To celebrate with the appropriate levels of gratitude and enthusiasm, head to Exit where LA DJ LA’s Introspekt plays with dubstep, garage and bass in search of rhythms of renewal.

→ GRDN: Spring Break
People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh. 10 Apr, 11pm
Underground club night GRDN are also getting into the seasonal spirit with a gorgeous Spring Break lineup made up of local legends Hiba and Ria playing b2b, with GRDN resident Bartek warming up.

ADVERTISEMENT | National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Various cinemas nationwide, from 16 April

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) and Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) feature in the epic five-star West End production of Arthur Miller's classic, directed by Ivo Van Hove. Filmed live on stage, in cinemas nationwide from 16 April. Find your local venue here.