Theatre Royal Glasgow Listings
Upcoming shows at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal
Glasgow Theatre Royal
282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA
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July 2024
The Syndicate
Tue 2 – Sat 6 Jul 2024.
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Based on Kay Mellor’s hit BBC TV show, The Syndicate is a new stage play that follows five supermarket employees whose lottery syndicate numbers come in, just as their jobs and livelihoods are under threat. Book here.
September 2024
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve
Thurs 5 September 2024
Evening: 7.30pm.
The collaboration of Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve has spanned over 45 years, with appearances together on 25 record albums – from Watching The Detectives to The Boy Named If – and on countless stages. Yet twenty years have elapsed since Costello and Nieve made their last full-length appearance in the U.K. at the Cafe de Paris, London in 2004. Book here.
Burlesque The Musical
Wed 11 – Sat 28 Sept 2024
Mon – Sat: 7.30pm; Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Welcome to the glamorous, gritty and outrageously fun new musical based on the much-loved hit movie. When Ali heads to the bright lights of New York in search of her mother, she finds herself drawn into a dazzling underground world where the beat of the music and the heat of the dance moves will change her life forever. Book here.
Don Pasquale (Scottish Opera)
Sat 12 – Sat 26 Oct 2024
Sats 12, 26 & Thur 17: 7.15pm; Sun 20: 3pm.
Don Pasquale runs a crumbling boarding house in Rome with a chain-smoking chambermaid, an ancient porter, and a greasy cook for company. Determined to keep his fortune to himself, Pasquale decides to marry, spiting his nephew Ernesto. But, when he finds a bride, he discovers that married life is not as simple as he expected… Book here.
Albert Herring (Scottish Opera)
Fri 18 & Tue 22 Oct 2024
Fri 18 & Tue 22: 7.15pm.
One of the 20th century’s most beloved operatic comedies, ‘Albert Herring’ is Britten’s loose adaptation of a Guy de Maupassant short story, full of quirky yet loveable characters and 1990s nostalgia. Book here.
Access Don Pasquale (Scottish Opera)
Fri 25 Oct 2024
One performance: 3pm.
Scottish Opera’s accessible afternoon performances make coming to a favourite opera as easy and stress-free as possible – keeping the drama on stage where it belongs! With Dementia Friendly values at their core, these shortened performances are open to all. Book here.
Only Fools & Horses The Musical
Mon 28 Oct – Sat 2 Nov 2024
Evenings: 7.30pm; Wed, Sat: 2.30pm.
Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to town! Based on John Sullivan’s legendary television show, this critically acclaimed home-grown musical spectacular features cherished material from Britain’s best loved TV series. Book here.
Disney’s Aladdin
Wed 6 – Sat 30 Nov 2024
Wed – Sat: 7.30pm; Wed & Sat: 2.30pm; Sun: 1pm & 6pm.
Æ review of previous tour: ★★★★☆ Spectacular
One lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite. Featuring the iconic music by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice – this exuberant production is filled with unforgettable magic, comedy and breath-taking spectacle. Book here.
The Nutcracker (Scottish Ballet)
Fri 6 – Mon 30 Dec 2024
Wed – Sat: 7.30pm; Mon, Thurs, Sat/Sun: 2.30pm; Tue 24: 1.30pm.
Follow Clara on a journey through the worlds of her imagination, as she drifts off to sleep on Christmas Eve. She meets the dashing Nutcracker Prince, takes on the larger-than-life Rat King, sees snowflakes dance in the Land of Ice and Snow, and is whisked into the luscious Land of Sweets by the Sugar Plum Fairy! Book here.
2025
Titanic (Shine)
Wed 15 – Sat 18 Jan 2025
Wed – Sat: 7.30pm; Sat: 2.30pm.
Local amateurs Shine with the emotionally stirring musical, focusing on the dreams, hopes, and aspirations of real passengers on board the doomed Titanic. Specially designed sets and costumes this bespoke production is not to be missed! Book here.
The Girl on the Train
Tue 28 Jan – Sat 1 Feb 2025
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect… Book here.
The Makropulos Affair (Scottish Opera)
Sat 15 – Sat 22 Feb 2025
Wed & Sats: 7.15pm.
Emilia Marty is a stylish, enigmatic diva with a secret. For over three centuries, she has lived many lives, in a quest to become a great opera singer. Hailed as an ‘unmissable triumph’ (The Telegraph) and nominated for a 2022 Southbank Sky Arts Award, this co-production of Janáček’s mature masterpiece returns to Scottish Opera in its first full staging since 1993. Book here.
National Opera Studio (Scottish Opera)
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Evening: 6pm.
Scottish Opera welcomes the rising stars of the UK National Opera Studio to Glasgow. Directed by Emma Jenkins and accompanied by The Orchestra of Scottish Opera conducted by Head of Music Derek Clark, the 16 exceptional young singers showcase their skills and vocal prowess with a fun, energetic programme titled Anarchy at the Opera. Book here.
Six
Tue 25 Feb – Sat 1 Mar 2025
Evenings (not Wed): 8pm; Wed: 6pm & 8.30pm; Mats Fri: 5pm, Sat: 4pm.
Æ review of previous tour: ★★★★☆ Spitting rhymes
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red. Book here.
War Horse
Tue 25 Mar – Sat 5 April 2025
Mon – Sat: 7.30pm; Wed & Sat: 2.30pm.
Æ review of previous tour: ★★★★★ Magnificent
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and songs, is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-sized horses by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage. Book here.
Ghost Stories
Tue 8 – Sat 12 April 2025
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats Weds, Sat: 2.30pm.
When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings – as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child – Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations. Book here.
The Merry Widow (Scottish Opera)
Wed 30 Apr -Sat 17 May 2025
Both Weds & Sat 10: 7.15pm; Sun 4: 3pm.
A lavish Parisian party is a grand occasion for dancing, drinking, and (in)discreet love affairs. But Baron Zeta, the ambassador to the fictional cash-strapped state of Pontevedro, has a slightly more serious matter on his mind. Book here.
Trial by Jury (Scottish Opera)
Wed 14 – Fri 16 May 2025
Wed & Fri: 7.15pm.
New production accompanied by the world premiere of Emma Jenkins & Toby Hession’s A Matter of Misconduct! in a double-bill evening. With a comic cast performing contrasting roles in both pieces, this promises an unmissable night of classic G&S comedy and new writing. Book here.
Access The Merry Widow (Scottish Opera)
Thurs 15 May 2025
One performance: 3pm.
Scottish Opera’s accessible afternoon performances make coming to a favourite opera as easy and stress-free as possible – keeping the drama on stage where it belongs! With Dementia Friendly values at their core, these shortened performances are open to all. Book here.
The Crucible (Scottish Ballet)
Thur 22 – Sat 24 May 2025
Evening: 7.30pm; Sat Mat: 2.30pm.
The intense, visceral choreography in this edge-of-your-seat production unleashes the emotional force of Arthur Miller’s famous play about the 17th-century Salem witch trials. Tender, devastating duets are followed by intoxicating solos and wild, feverish ensemble numbers as the tight-knit village community unravels into chaos. Book here.
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
Tue 3 – Sat 7 June 2025
Evening: 7.30pm; Mats Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Thrilling, bold, witty and emotive, this genre-defining event is still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turning tradition on its head. Book here.
Picture You Dead 
Tue 10 – Sat 14 Jun 2025
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Superintendent Roy Grace is back, in a brand new play, for the seventh Peter James stage adaptation. Back home in Brighton, DSI Grace investigates a cold case that leads him to the rarified air of fine art but beneath the respectable veneer lurks a dark underworld of greed, deception and murder. Book here.
Terrible Tudors (Horrible Histories)
Thur 10 – Sat 12 July 2025
Thurs: 10.30am, Fri: 6.30pm, Sat: 2.30pm.
From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about the torturing Tudors. Find out the fate of Henry’s headless wives and his punch up with the Pope. Meet Bloody Mary and see Ed fall dead in his bed. Survive the Spanish Armada as it sails into the audience! Book here.
Awful Egyptians (Horrible Histories)Thur 10 – Sat 12 July 2025
Thurs & Sat: 6.30pm; Fri: 10.30am.
From the fascinating Pharaohs to the power of the pyramids, discover the foul facts of death and decay with the meanest mummies in Egypt. Are you ready to rumble with Ramesses the Great? Dare you enter through the Gates of the afterlife? Book here.
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Tue 6 – Sat 30 Jun 2025
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats Wed, Sat: 2.30pm.
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