New KT Tunstall musical announced in Dundee Rep season

Dundee Rep Theatre has announced its 2026 season.

The programme opens with The High Life, a musical co-produced with National Theatre of Scotland, Aberdeen Performing Arts and Capital Theatres, as covered here. Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart reunite for the production, directed by Andrew Panton, running in Dundee from 27 March to 4 April before touring and returning in May.

Rep Stripped Festival returns in April under the direction of Fraser Scott, continuing its focus on new voices and ideas. Submissions open in January.

Educating Rita follows from 23 May to 13 June in a new staging directed by Debbie Hannan.

Next summer brings The Singer, a collaboration with Solar Bear, Aberdeen Performing Arts and the Traverse Theatre. Written by Cora Bissett and Jamie Rea, with songs by KT Tunstall, it previews in Dundee in July before its Edinburgh Festival Fringe premiere and subsequent tour.

Tony Roper’s The Steamie tours from 27 August to 12 September, while A History of Paper by Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams returns in a co-production with Pitlochry Festival Theatre, running in Pitlochry from 8 August and at Dundee Rep from 16 to 19 September. It stars Cumming and Shirley Henderson. Details of an autumn collaboration with the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh will follow.

The season concludes with The Snow Queen from 28 November to 30 December, created by Claire McKenzie and Scott Gilmour and directed by Emily Oulton.

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre introduce new pricing initiatives, including £15 tickets for all productions and £5 previews for under-30s, alongside a free ticket scheme for individuals and communities with limited access to the arts. Scottish Dance Theatre will announce its 40th anniversary programme on 20 January.

Visiting productions include ABBA Forever on 7 February, Macbeth from 19 to 21 February, BalletLORENT’s Snow White on 27 and 28 February and Scots from 7 to 11 April, among others.