Tron Theatre unveils autumn/winter season for 2026

Glasgow’s Tron Theatre has announced its autumn/winter 2026 season.

It opens with Tron Theatre Company’s production of Antigone (18 September to 10 October, press night 22 September), a new adaptation by Lulu Raczka of Sophocles’ tragedy. Directed by Finn den Hertog in his Tron debut and produced in association with Groupwork, the contemporary two-hander follows Antigone as she defies authority to bury her brother, while her sister Ismene struggles between family loyalty and self-preservation.

The venue’s festive production celebrates four decades of the Tron panto with The Snaw Queen (18 November to 31 December, press night 20 November). Written, directed by and starring Johnny McKnight, the show revives one of his earlier Tron pantos and reunites him with original cast member Julie Wilson Nimmo. McKnight plays Santa, also known as Kristine Cagney Kringle, who embarks on a quest with Olive the Other Reindeer after Rudie the Red Nosed Reindeer is transformed into the Snaw Queen.

Two editions of the theatre’s In Tronversation With… series will also take place. On 16 August, McKnight will host a River City special featuring Carmen Pieraccini, Jordan Young, Claire Dargo, Darren Brownlie, Kathryn Howden and Scott Fletcher, coinciding with the BBC Scotland soap’s final episodes. A second event on 24 October will see actor Darren Brownlie interview McKnight as part of the panto anniversary celebrations.

The visiting programme includes ThickSkin’s thriller It Walks Around the House at Night (15 to 17 October), Gilded Balloon’s The Big Comedy Roadshow (18 October), featuring Jack Skipper, Alison Spittle, Raymond Mearns, Tasmyn Kelly and compère Gareth Mutch, and Belgian company Ontroerend Goed’s Thanks For Being Here (22 and 23 October), winner of the Belgian Theatre Festival Audience Award in 2024.

Elsewhere, the Tron will once again participate in Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival on 20 September, offering guided tours of the theatre, including the historic Tron Steeple and the James and Robert Adams church auditorium.

The venue is also marking 10 years of its Pay It Forward scheme, which has raised more than £140,000 since 2016 and provided almost 5,000 free tickets to people from more than 90 community groups across Glasgow.