THE actor Jack Lowden is set to return to stages across Scotland as the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) announces its programme for the year ahead.
Lowden – who has appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such as Fighting with My Family and Dunkirk – made his theatrical debut in the NTS-produced revival of Black Watch in 2010.
In 2024, he will return to stages in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow in The Fifth Step, a provocative new play written by David Ireland.
The play will preview at the Dundee Rep Theatre before opening at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh as part of the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival.
It will then end with a week’s run at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow in August.
It is among numerous new NTS productions set to hit the stage in Scotland this year.
They include a new play about the life of June Carter Cash written and performed by Charlene Boyd.
June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me will open at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before touring venues in Scotland.
The much-anticipated stage adaptation of Damian Barr’s memoir Maggie & Me is opening in Glasgow in Spring before heading to Inverness, Perth, Cumbernauld, Dundee, Northampton and Edinburgh.
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Dear Billy, an acclaimed “love letter” to the Big Yin Billy Connolly, will head to Aberdeen, Inverness and Glasgow following a successful tour in 2023.
Another acclaimed hit, Enough of Him, which tells the true story of former slave Joseph Knight and his legal battle for freedom in Scotland, will also return to stages in 2024.
A full list of all NTS productions taking place in Scotland in 2024 is available on their website.
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