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🏥Trolleydarity invites hospital patients on a sensory micro-adventure, blending soundscapes and scents to take you places without ever leaving their bed

Co-created by Shona Reppe and Alan Grieve

In partnership with NHS Lothian Charity: Tonic Arts

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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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“The whole of the 20th-anniversary season is about going out to the people of Scotland, and actually being part of the storytelling of the nation…”

NTS AD Jackie Wylie spoke to Jane Bradley at The Scotsman ahead of our 2026 launch.

🔗 Read more here - shorturl.at/9i9lW
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Join us for the premiere tonight of Kinaara (Edge) 💛

A powerful new short film by @realkalsabir.bsky.social, produced by @ntsonline.bsky.social part of @mhfestival.bsky.social at CCA Glasgow.

🎟️ www.mhfestival.com/events/home-comforts/

📸 Kirsty Anderson
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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20 Years of Game-Changing Theatre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
💙✨

Bold ideas, new voices, and unforgettable stories. Check out our 2026 programme now! 💫 

👀👉 www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/nts-at-20-launched

#NTS2026
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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📣 Announcing #NTS2026 📣
20 Years of Game-Changing Theatre

For two decades, @ntsonline.bsky.social has ripped up the rulebook. Our 2026 season celebrates bold ideas, new voices, and unforgettable stories. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ready to find out more? 👇
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📸 Kirsty Anderson
A group of ten people smiling together on a stage in front of a painted backdrop of mountains. Some are standing on platforms, while two are seated in front.
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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The stage is set. Tomorrow at noon. #NTS2026
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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From 4 November, artists Shona Reppe and Alan Grieve (Trolleydarity) will be offering patients and staff at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, the chance for a unique, immersive Scratch and Sniff Staycation! 🏥

In partnership with NHS Lothian Charity: Tonic Arts

📸Eoin Carey
Two people are sat on either side of a poster for Trolleydarity. They are wearing branded tracksuits, one with a purple jumper and the other with a green jumper. They are both wearing yellow hats and headphones, one with a lanyard that says 'scratch' and the other that says 'sniff'.
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🚨COMPETITION TIME🚨

🎟️ If you’d like to win 2x tickets to the red-carpet premiere of The #FifthStep NT Live capture at Jack Lowden’s favourite cinema – The Filmhouse, Edinburgh on Tues 4 November, reply to this post by 13:00 on Fri 31 October and make sure you’re following us!
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The #FifthStep, with Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman comes to cinemas worldwide from 27 November with National Theatre Live🐰

Find your local venue and book now! 🎟️
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October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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First Nights offers community groups a brilliant night out at the theatre

To celebrate 20 years of NTS in 2026, we are hosting more groups than ever before!

By supporting Festive First Nights this year, you’ll help make this possible

MORE INFO
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A panto dame dressed in a gingham dress holds a basket in one arm and has the other extended. It is snowing.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Tonight is the final performance of Black Hole Sign, the urgent new play by Uma Nada-Rajah, directed by Gareth Nicholls. Thanks to the cast, creatives and crew who brought this show to the stage, and to all the audiences who joined us in Glasgow and Edinburgh

📸Mihaela Bodlovic
A nurse is sitting with her arms rested on her knees. Beside her, a porter is sitting holding a box of chocolates. A nurse sits beside a hospital bed, looking at a man lying in it. A woman is sitting in a wheelchair, with an IV drip attached to her arm. She is wearing a hospital gown and silver boots. She is looking alarmed. A girl in a hospital gown has headphones around her neck and is using a crutch. In her left hand she is holding a cup. She is smiling at a nurse in scrubs who has her arms folded around a dossier smiling back at her. Behind them, a man lies in a hospital bed.
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The #FifthStep, with Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman comes to cinemas worldwide from 27 November with National Theatre Live🐰

Find your local venue and book now! 🎟️
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October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It’s #NationalRestartAHeartDay, and today, NTS staff and freelancers have been doing Emergency First Aid at Work training, delivered by Bee Core Training. We also have a publicly accessible defibrillator in our Rockvilla HQ and always have trained staff on site to operate it.
A group of people holding CPR training materials surrounding a screen that says 'Restart a Heart'.
October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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We're going to be a little quieter on our social platforms as we get ready for 2026 Season Launch...

We launch our 20th Birthday Season on November 6 2025 – we can’t wait to share!
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October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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To mark #WorldMentalHealthDay, we wanted to share a first look at Kal Sabir’s short film Kinaara (Edge)

🎥The short film, written and directed by @realkalsabir.bsky.social and produced by NTS, will premiere at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2025
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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📢 WE ARE HIRING 📢

We are looking for a Producer to work as part of our Producing and Planning team to support a range of projects and productions!

Deadline: Monday 3 November

APPLY NOW
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/jobs/producer

#ArtsJobs
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October 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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#BlackHoleSign opens at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social tonight and plays until the 18 Oct, you don't miss it!

BOOK NOW🎟️
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📸Mihaela Bodlovic
A porter and a nurse in a hospital ward, looking up at the ceiling. An elderly woman is in a wheelchair wearing a gown and sparkly silver boots. There is text overlaid which reads '4 Stars - "achieves a rare and subtle balance between tragedy and ecomedy, despair and faith, that tastes like reality itself", The Scotsman' A man is sitting up in a hospital bed, shouting, with a gown half hanging off his shoulder. There is text overlaid which reads '4 stars "a fine example of powerful, thought-provoking, disturbing dark comedy done well" Lisa in the Theatre' A nurse sits at a desk, looking at a computer monitor with a pensive expression. There is text overlaid which reads '5 stars "a masterful piece of theatre" North West End' A nurse wearing a raincoat is facing forward, in front of a dimly lit green curtain. There is text overlaid which reads '4 stars "sharp, funny and thought provoking" Theatre and Tonic"
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Today, Martin O’Connor’s “thought-provoking and ­delightfully humorous” (The National) show Through the #ShortbreadTin was screened for a live and online audience of High School Gaelic learners from around Scotland
Three people are sitting on stage talking to an audience of young people.
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Tonight marks the final performance of #SmallActsofLove

Thanks to everyone who brought this story to the stage, and everyone who came out to celebrate the return of the Citz

And thank you to those who shared their stories and pain – this work stands as a tribute to your strength and compassion💙
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October 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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We are delighted to welcome @1katemcgrath.bsky.social to our Board of Directors

She is Artistic Director & CEO, and co-founder of Fuel, a Clore Leadership Trustee and is committed to socially engaged and adventurous artists and theatre-making

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October 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay!

Following a call-out earlier this year, three new poetry-led performance pieces have been announced, premiering at Edinburgh International Poetry Festival @ptbopoetry.bsky.social on 23 November
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October 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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We have £15 tickets to Black Hole Sign for NHS workers. Use code BLACKHOLE15 online or present your Blue Light Card to our Sales Desk

8-18 OCT
https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/black-hole-sign-autumn-25

A Tron Theatre & Traverse production, in association with National Theatre of Scotland
Promotional image offering £15 tickets for NHS workers, with the instruction 'Use code BLACKHOLE15'. The image shows a smiling elderly woman in a hospital gown sitting and holding a mug, while a young NHS nurse in scrubs stands beside her, smiling and holding sparkly silver boots. They are in a clinical setting with a blue curtain and overhead light.
October 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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You’ve got until Saturday to catch #BlackHoleSign in Glasgow at @trontheatre.bsky.social

Fear not if you miss your appointment, you can see it at @traversetheatre.bsky.social! in Edinburgh from next week!

BOOK NOW🎟️
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October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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🎭TWO TISS SHOWS ON THE ROAD🎒

TiSS is back on the road across Scotland with two inspiring and interactive shows for Primary School childreN

FIND OUT MORE
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📷 Amy Sinead and Katy Steele
Two people in colourful clothing are standing next to a brightly coloured sign post, with signs pointing towards Skye, Edinburgh and home. They are both holding paper areoplanes in their hands. Two people are resting their stomachs on the top of step ladders, holding their hands out as if they are flying. Both wearing dungarees, with one wearing a yellow t-shirt and one wearing a red t-shirt.
September 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Still a week left to catch Uma Rada-Rajah's “powerful” (The Scotsman) new play #BlackHoleSign at the @trontheatre.bsky.social before it heads to the @traversetheatre.bsky.social in Edinburgh from 8 to 18 October

BOOK NOW🎟️
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📸Mihaela Bodlovic
A nurse in blue scrubs stands in front of a green curtain holding a clipboard. A nurse in white scrubs stands in front of a green curtain, looking to the right. A man is lying in a hospital bed, sitting next to him is a man in green scrubs, with a hand on his shoulder. A woman in a hospital gow is sitting holding a cup of tea, looking alarmed as a nurse in blue scrubs comforts her.
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM