Our Artistic Director, Jackie Wylie is chatting about our special 20th year with @lenniesaurus.bsky.social on BBC Scotland's The Art Mix this afternoon Tune in to hear them discuss our upcoming shows: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

✈️ We're thrilled that Ann Scott Jones is reprising the role of the iconic Air Scotia training instructor Gretchen Betjemen, for a special filmed cameo for #TheHighLife. 📸Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Tickets here🎫https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-high-life

📢 WE ARE HIRING 📢 We are looking for an experienced Production Manager to support our productions and busy technical team. Deadline: Friday 20 March APPLY HERE www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/jobs/product... #ArtsJobs 📸Mihaela Bodlovic

📢 Our 2026/27 Fellowships are now open to applicants! 📢 Deadline: 10am, Mon 27 April Find out more about this opportunity, the eligibility criteria, and how to apply, follow the link: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/for-artists/...

Vocal chords are warming up in the Air Scotia staff room. It’s #TheHighLife rehearsals! Expect shenanigans, alliteration, and many more character names that rhyme. 🛬 There’s plenty of time to secure your seats before take-off, click the link below: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-h...

Thug Màirtinn Ó Conchobhair dhuinn òraid le pìosan dhen dealbh-chluich Through the Shortbread Tin ann an Gailearaidhean Nàiseanta na h-Alba rè Seachdain na Gàidhlig. Lean an ceangal againn airson coimhead air an òraid air YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/eeRJeDF...

🎂 We're twenty! Donate £20 to enter our Twenty-In monthly prize draw and claim a piece of NTS history. This month: a special prize from Medea, selected by Artistic Director Jackie Wylie. Every month of 2026 brings something new. 👉 www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/support-us/t...

YOUR TRUE STORY, ON SCOTLAND’S STAGE 🎭 To mark our 20th Birthday, we're launching #TrueStory, a search for one real-life story from the Scottish public to be brought to life on stage, chosen by you. 📃 Find out more: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/true-story

Twenty years of our national theatre –were celebrated last night at the @parliament.scot in true NTS style, marking two decades of Scottish theatre-making. Here’s to the next twenty! 📸by Julie Howden

🚌 TiSS turns 10! And we're offering FREE theatre performances to Scottish schools in 2026–27. 100+ shows, 10,000+ young people. Register your interest by 27 Apr here: www.theatreinschoolsscotland.co.uk/tiss-at-10.h... 📸James Chapelard #TheatreInSchools #Scotland #TagATeacher

Call out for East & Southeast Asian participants! 🐎To kick off Chinese/Lunar New Year, our Dramaturgy Fellow Hannah Low is looking to hear from artists and communities in Scotland for her research project. Find out more: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/esea-researc...

The High Life takes off! Rehearsals begin as original cast Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond & Patrick Ryecart join Director Andrew Panton, Writer Johnny McKnight & the full cast & creative team ✈️ Get your tickets here🎫https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-high-life

20 years of NTS L.O.V.E. 💌Here's to two decades of the stories that captured our hearts. 📸Eoin Carey, Mihaela Bodlovic, Manuel Harlan

Facilitators Dan & Minnie are taking over the Trolleydarity wheels for the next few weeks, bringing our multi-sensory Scratch n Sniff experience to even more hospital wards. Find out more about ‘Scratch n Sniff Staycation' here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/fancy...

This month we're celebrating all things NTS as we mark two decades of theatre without walls. Read our feature in the Scotsman.com now, with more birthday celebrations to come: www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul... 📸 by Drew Farrell

👖 GREENOCK LEE JEANS WORKERS NEEDED👖 On the 45th anniversary of the Lee Jeans Occupation, NTS & @trontheatre.bsky.social seek strikers, or their family members. More info/sign up here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/whats-on-tem...

“Rankin’s portraits helped me crack open Miss Jean Brodie as a woman of our times.” - Gayle Rankin. When Rankin met Miss Jean Brodie.

On Muriel Spark's birthday, we present Gayle Rankin as THE Miss Jean Brodie, photographed by THE Rankin. 🎟️ Snap up your tickets quick - Miss Brodie won't tell you twice! www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-p...

Nearly 100,000 people have taken the Fifth Step at cinemas since November 2025. You still have the chance to join them…. Watch the showdown between James (Martin Freeman) and Luka (Jack Lowden) on the big screen by following the link below: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-f...

👋 Free movement workshop for deaf & hard of hearing performers with EJ Boyle! 📍 Sat 14 Feb | 10.20-4.30pm | Rockvilla, Glasgow 💰 FREE ⏰ Apply by Mon 4 Feb Find out more, BSL flyer & accessibility info: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/movem...

🎭 2 paid commissions for Scottish South Asian playwrights £2,750 & license fee & full dramaturgical support Deadline: 16 March Details: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/south-asian-...

Happy Burns night to friends far and wide! We fondly remember the devilish Alan Cumming as ‘Scotland’s rockstar poet’ in Burn, 2022. 📸Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Team Trolleydarity are back on the airwaves 💪 Tune into Shona and Alan on tonight's Front Row, 7.15pm on BBC 4 with Kirsty Wark.

Familiar faces at Portraits of an LGBTI+ Generation this weekend as Rosemary, Shirley, Colin and Stuart reunited with their photographic selves, alongside photographer Tiu Makkonen. Congratulations to @alancumming.bsky.social, Lewis Hetherington & the entire team at @pitlochryft.bsky.social.

A first peak behind-the-scenes of Metamorphosis - our short film project with multi-disciplinary artist Gillian Katungi (PAIX). 📸 Tiu Makonnen

We're proud to join Refuweegee's #SafeWithMe campaign & support our community by adding Rockvilla to the safe places map. Learn more about the campaign and how to add your business, public space, or home to the safe places map: www.refuweegee.co.uk/safewithme

Tune into BBCscotland’s The Arts Mix today from 3.30pm as Shonna Reppe & Alan Grieve invite @lenniesaurus.bsky.social to a Trolleydarity: Scratch n Sniff experience. 📸Pete Didbin

Behind every radical act of protest, are the everyday moments that galvanize a whole movement. 👖Frances Poet, Jemima Levick & Paul English discuss Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit In that put Greenock onto centre stage.

Fab news! Rockvilla is getting a Changing Places Toilet thanks to Scottish Government funding. This specialist facility will help us welcome people with complex needs, helping to remove a key barrier to participation. #ChangingPlaces #AccessibilityMatters #InclusiveCommunities

See The #FifthStep nationwide on Sun 11 Jan as part of the Dry January® Challenge ☕️ 🎟️ Find your nearest screening: thefifthstep.ntlive.com

Here’s to 2026 and lang may yer lum reek! 🥂 With heartfelt thanks to all our audiences who joined us in theatres across the land in 2025! And to the creatives, freelancers and partners who made the magic happen!

We have published our Annual Review for 24/25. Find out about what we achieved, on stages, in schools and in communities across Scotland and in our creative hub, Rockvilla on the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow. Read it here www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/about/reports-and-documents#annualrep

May your season be jolly and bright! 🔔 ❄️ With love from all the team at the National Theatre of Scotland. 📸 Kirsty Anderson

One more sleep. The inimitable Reuben Joseph performing 'Perfect Christmas' from Johnny McKnight’s digital panto, Rapunzel. Originally produced in 2020. Full credits here www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/past-perform...

The very good dogs of Rockvilla HQ wish everyone a peaceful and joyful festive season. With a wee paws up that the office will be shut from 24 December to 5 January. 💫

REMINDER Apply for the Assistant Producer role within our Artistic Development team by 7 Jan 2026 at 10am. 👉 More information and how to apply here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/jobs/assista...

✈️ CAST ANNOUNCEMENT ✈️ This is your captain speaking, please be in your seats to welcome...THE AIR SCOTIA CABIN CREW. Find out the full cast list at: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/meet-...

Just what the doctor ordered! 🏥 Patients and staff at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital are being treated to a Scratch and Sniff Staycation by Trolleydarity artists Shona Reppe and Alan Grieve, with stage manager Tam Wiltshire 📸Pete Didbin

Gift someone an unforgettable night at the theatre in 2026, this festive season. The High Life, Stand and Deliver- The Lee Jeans Sit In and Prime of Miss Jean Brodie are all on sale.

We are so proud that Portraits of a LGBTI+ Generation exhibition will be coming to @pitlochryft.bsky.social Jan 16-18, 2026 as part of 'Out in the Hills', a brand-new festival for everyone, under Alan Cumming’s creative direction.

🏦 Congratulations to Stuart Burt for his @whatsonstage.bsky.social Awards nomination in the Best Casting Direction category for Make It Happen! Cast your votes here: www.whatsonstage.com/news/voting-...

The warmest welcome to everyone who attended an NTS show in 2025 through our First Nights Programme. 👉 Help us open the door for someone's first night at the theatre in 2026: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/support-us/f...

Huge congratulations to Vee Smith & @_sadiqsadiq, flying high as double winners for The #UnlikelyFriendship….. 🪶Winning a Scottish Emerging Theatre Award 2025 from Framework Theatre 🪶And a Creative Edinburgh 2025 Award for Collaboration

What a year. We are delighted to receive 14 nominations for Make it Happen, Through the Shortbread Tin, and Keli, and the artists that made these shows in this year's Broadway World UK / West End Awards. Congrats to all the nominees! Cast your vote NOW: www.broadwayworld.com/westend/awar...

👖ON SALE NOW👖 240 workers. 7 months. 1 act of resistance. 🎫Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In is now on sale in Glasgow! Book your tickets here: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/stand...

Did ye ken? If you’re aged 14-26 or in receipt of low-income benefits, you can get all this theatre for only a fiver? Find oot more and sign up now: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/theatre-for-...

📝 Free hot desks are back! We have facilities at our Rockvilla office for theatre workers looking for a warm, co-working space this December and January. Find out more & how to book your space: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/hot-d...

This St Andrew's Day, we're celebrating Martin O’Connor’s tartan odyssey, Through the Shortbread Tin Performed in Scots with Gaelic songs, the show toured across Scotland in 2025, exploring Scottish culture and identity. More info on the 2026 tour coming soon. #ScotlandHighlights2025

What a year for Scottish talent! 🔥 Winning hearts on our stages and making history on the field 🏆 Fabulous to Jackie Wylie and these brilliant artists from our programme featured in @thelistuk.bsky.social #ListHot100 for 2025!

Do you remember your first NTS show? This festive season we’re delivering our biggest ever First Nights programme, bringing the life-affirming experience of live theatre to 20 community groups in more than 10 towns and cities across Scotland.