Find your way to the stage
Across the city.
From the Gorbals to the West End. Grand auditoriums, intimate rooms and spaces to try something new.
Citizens Theatre
One of Scotland's flagship producing theatres, the Citz has been making bold, uncompromising work in the Gorbals since 1945. Following a landmark restoration, it reopened with stunning new studio spaces alongside its iconic Victorian auditorium. Known for daring reimaginings of classic texts and championing new Scottish voices.
Merchant CityTron Theatre
Housed in a beautiful converted church at the heart of the Merchant City, the Tron is Glasgow's home for new writing and independent theatre. With an intimate main stage and a buzzing bar venue, it programmes a mix of Scottish premieres, visiting companies, and its popular scratch series for works-in-development.
PollokshieldsTramway
An internationally renowned arts venue housed in a vast former tram depot on the Southside. Tramway's cavernous industrial spaces host cutting-edge theatre, dance, and visual art from Scotland and around the world. Its programme leans towards the experimental and the boundary-pushing — if it's adventurous, it belongs here.
West EndÒran Mór
A converted church at the top of Byres Road, home to A Play, A Pie and A Pint. The lunchtime theatre programme presents new short plays, with a pie and a drink included in the ticket.
ShawlandsThe Glad Cafe
A warm, community-focused cafe and arts venue on Pollokshaws Road in the heart of Shawlands. The Glad champions grassroots music, spoken word, comedy, and theatre, with regular scratch nights giving emerging artists a supportive space to test new work. Great coffee, great community, great art.
EasterhousePlatform
An arts centre at The Bridge in Easterhouse, with a programme of theatre, music, visual art and creative activities for different ages. Visit the venue website for performances and opportunities to take part.
SouthsideSouthside Fringe
An annual multi-venue festival celebrating the creativity and diversity of Glasgow's Southside. For two weeks each May, the Fringe pops up in cafes, parks, community halls, and shop fronts across the Southside, with a programme spanning theatre, comedy, music, visual art, and family events. Community-powered and proudly local.
HyndlandCottiers
A stunning converted church in the leafy West End neighbourhood of Hyndland. Cottiers' intimate theatre space hosts a varied programme of comedy, music, theatre, and community events beneath original stained glass windows. The venue also houses a popular bar and restaurant — perfect for a pre-show drink.
City CentreKing's Theatre
A grand Edwardian theatre on Bath Street, the King's is Glasgow's home for touring West End musicals, big comedy names, and large-scale drama. With over 1,700 seats across stalls and three balconies, it's where Glasgow goes for the blockbusters — and it hosts the city's legendary annual pantomime every Christmas.
City CentreTheatre Royal
Opened in 1867, the Theatre Royal on Hope Street hosts opera, ballet, touring drama and musicals in a Victorian auditorium. It is the Glasgow home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet.
City CentreThe Old Hairdressers
An independent bar and arts venue on Renfield Lane, hosting live music, exhibitions and experimental performance. Check the venue programme for upcoming events.
Merchant CityMono
Part vegan cafe, part record shop, part live venue — Mono on King Street is a Merchant City institution. Its back room hosts a packed programme of gigs, spoken word, performance poetry, and experimental theatre. Independent to its core, with strong ties to Glasgow's DIY music and arts scenes.