With over 100M views online see the longest running panellist from BBC Scotland’s “Breaking The News” live in his first national tour! Stuart Mitchell is now regarded as one of the UK’s top comedians and social media stars with over a 100M views online. You’ve seen him online and now you can see him on his first ever national UK tour, Tips Not Included. Join the longest running panellist of BBC Scotland’ Breaking The News as he shares his amazing life story.

Live borders arts & creativity present 'Covenant' from Tatty Pants Theatre Company. Something's wrong with Becca. Like really wrong. She's left with little choice over what to do. With last night’s house party raging outside the door, Georgia and Faye must decide how to care for their friend and how much they’re willing to lose. _24Weeks _is an original work by Laura Walker following three women in their house party, as they consider the legality, morality and consequences of criminalised choice – leaving them with no option but to make villains of themselves and those they love. WHEN: Saturday 26 July @ Heart of Hawick TICKETS: £10 (£8) RUNNING TIME: 1hr (no interval) AGE: 16+ CONTENT WARNINGS: SA, pregnancy and/or childbirth, abortion, blood, flashing images, sexism, drugs/alcohol/substance abuse TATTY PANTS THEATRE COMPANY is a queer and female-led theatre company making bold, feminist work with a focus on “theatre as activism” (The Student). We earned our stripes at the University of St Andrews, producing sell-out runs at the Byre Theatre of Hollie McNish’s ‘Antigone’ and ‘Braided’ (a company original). We were awarded three prizes at a competition hosted by Australian production company Diversion Creative, leading us to work on Bijli’s tour of ‘One Mississippi’. We went on to review theatre for Fringebiscuit, SNACK, and recently, Binge Fringe. Currently, producer Alex is pursuing her PhD in St Andrews, director Issy is a Drama Assistant at a school in Suffolk, and writer Laura works in TV in Glasgow. TPTC is looking forward to producing yet another political “theatrical gem” (The List) that fuels controversy amongst our audiences, and encourages them to confront difficult questions. In 2023, we made our Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut with ‘WITCHES’ (★★★★★ The Student). In 2024, we brought ‘COVENANT’ (★★★★★ The Student, London Theatre Doc) to the Fringe Festival as a Work in Progress show, receiving praise from audiences and critics alike. We are preparing to bring our next production to a bigger stage, with a bigger team. We endeavour to keep working with other early-career creatives, offering up as many opportunities to others as possible.

Scotland's best and much-loved stand-up comedian, Fred MacAulay is getting ready to hit the road again with a 2025 tour around Scotland. Now in the fourth decade of his comedy career, Fred MacAulay still loves being on stage doing what he does best.......quite simply it's STAND-UP ! "At my age it's sometimes an achievement to be actually standING up" jokes Fred, but his appetite for performing is as strong as it was all those years ago when he took a massive side-ways step from a career as an accountant and company secretary into the world of entertainment. A career which has taken him all over the world (apart from South America) (and some other continents) where he has worked in television and radio. But it's always been and always will be as a stand-up that Fred wants to be remembered. It's because of Stand-Up that I've been asked to do all the 'celebrity' things that I've done. (See below). He might talk about some of them, but he's more likely to talk about what is current - having been a guest on the famous Radio 4 News Quiz show for almost 18 years he has some previous in this respect. And as a family man he'll no doubt be talking about the latest stage of that aspect of life.....Grandchildren. " I can remember the joy of having our kids just after I'd embarked on my career in comedy......what a great source of material they were! I mean, that wasn't the main reason for having kids ...... but I hope the same applies to the grandkids!"