When a hole appears in the roof of a crumbling and understaffed A&E department, patients, porters and nurses do what they must to make it through the night. Senior Charge Nurse Crea strives to deliver safe and effective care while porter Billy angles after a date. Staff nurse Ani juggles her bursting caseload, knowing that no one has come to Mr. Hopper’s bedside for his final moments. Octogenarian Tersia is trapped in a disco-fuelled fever dream while a disgruntled Fred Turnbull prepares his strongly worded complaint. And student nurse Lina has No. Idea. What. Is. Going. On. Personal principles clash with professional obligations as three generations of nurses and one ‘long in the tooth’ porter are pushed towards breaking point.

Written by practising NHS critical care nurse Uma Nada-Rajah, directed by Traverse Artistic Director Gareth Nicholls, Black Hole Sign takes a razor-sharp scalpel to the absurdities, tragedies and hilarity within one of our most beloved but besieged institutions. An exploration of changing attitudes towards an institution once world renowned, the play asks what we want for the future of our National Health Service and, crucially, who will hold it together when it all falls down?

A rip-roaring night of the very best live stand-up comedy starring the TV names you know and love alongside some of the hottest up-and-coming talent. Presented by Scotland’s original home of live comedy Gilded Balloon, this is the ultimate night out for comedy fans! Star of ‘The Office’ (Australia), Felicity Ward headlines this season following appearances on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and The Stand-Up Sketch Show. Joining her for a hilarious night of comedy is fellow Live at the Apollo star Brennan Reece, one of the Scottish comedy circuits best loved acts Ross Leslie and Glasgow’s own, So You Think You’re Funny? 2024 winner, Alana Jackson. Hosting the show is Amy Matthews, best known from appearances on Scot Squad and Comedy Central live, who’ll be bringing her signature whimsical comedy to the stage.
*Line-up is subject to change in exceptional circumstances. In the event of a line-up alteration, a performer of similar calibre will be added.

'A fierce 70 minutes of music and protest' (The Scotsman)

Against a stunning live soundtrack ofgospel and blues, Through The Mud explores what it takes to become a revolutionary.The story of two generations of women activists in the struggle for black liberation in America. One, notorious Black Panther Assata Shakur, the other a college student at the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson in 2014. Written and performed by Apphia Campbell, Fringe FirstAward Winner and creator of the hit show Black is the Colour of My Voice.

She waits. He listens. They watch. In a room, high in a tower block, Isla waits for her number to be called. Her only companion, on the other side of the wall, is an anonymous man who collects her stories. Today there is a new listener. He offers glimpses of the world beyond the tower, and what seems at first to be a small, if strange, conversation between two strangers turns out to be something much more terrifying and sublime. Arlington by Enda Walsh is a dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination. A new production by Glasgow-based dance-theatre company, Shotput.