Five (plus one) Top Scottish Theatre Picks for November

As the nights are fair drawing in, and you get dragged into pantomime mode, here are five theatrical nights out we would suggest might be worth getting out into the cold for. We’ve got a Springsteen inspired MAGA moment, a shake up of Shakespeare, immersion in the studio at the Citz, a radical show for neurodivergent teenagers, a nostalgic night of revelations and as the ghoulies give up Hallowe’en for another year, the ghosties are alive and well in a High Rise flat in Glasgow. So, in no particular order… 

Born in the USA

Andy Jordan Productions

Eastwood Park Theatre & Theatre Royal Dumfries

9^th & 14^th November

Meet Jimmy, an ex-Ford factory worker, anti-hero of the ‘Rust Belt’ made famous by Bruce Springsteen. A ‘Nam veteran, this explains the love affair between him and the MAGA cause, before reality kicks in with disillusionment as he seeks to reconcile with those who shunned his views and could not understand his motivation. This production received massively favourable reviews whilst at Edinburgh Fringe and in London.

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Hamlet

Teatro La Plaza

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen

6th till 10th November

This is Hamlet, but not as you expect him. Aberdeen is the only Scottish date as this hit of the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival brings Hamlet with Downs Syndrome actors. It sold out at Edinburgh and mixes Hamlet with personal reflections of the cast – it is truly extraordinary in scale, ambition and delivery. To See, or Not to See… Go see.

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Flight

Vox Motus

Citizen’s Theatre Studio

6th till 10th November

Adapted from the novel, Hinterland by Caroline Brothers, Flight tells the story of two brothers who have been orphaned but are now looking for freedom and safety. Vox Motus are well known for theatrical spectacle and Flight takes you into danger, in a miniature world filled with big challenges. It’s immersive and in the new Citizen’s Theatre studio space.

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Because We Said We Would

Fox And Hound Theatre Company

Theatre 118

7th & 8th November

(Touring till March 2026 including visits to Sanquhar and Aberdeen.)

Dumfriesshire theatre company, Fox and Hound, visit the Theatre 118 space in Glasgow, gifted to use up unoccupied office space, and run by companies who have championed new writing. Because We Said We Would starts in 1976, in a barn with 7-year-olds Jeanie and Tam. Topics of their conversation include the complexities of working-class identity, gender expectations and the long shadow of trauma. 

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DUSSSKK

SNAP-ELASTIC

Platform, Easterhouse

8^th November

An all-female led Scottish company presenting work developed with support from schools involving them in the development of a show all for neurodivergent teenagers. Highly interactive and innovative with a complexity that makes every performance different. 

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Plus one (beacuse we can’t count)

Gravity

A Play, A Pie, and A Pint

Oran Mor

10^th – 15^th November

This might feel present like a typical last person standing in a high-rise demolition story, however Kevin P. Gilday has an effective poetic touch which works very well theatrically – here he has a social worker trying to be the bridge across the disaster but which unearths the ghosties in his past which remind Liam, who is refusing to leave his flat, of why he wants to stay.

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