The shortlists for the 2026 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland which have been released today, Thursday May 7, see What I’m Here For - Vanishing Point and Teater Katapult’s “enthralling brief tone poem of a theatrical piece” (Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman) - and Windblown - Karine Polwart’s “haunting elegy for a felled 200-year-old natural wonder”(Mark Fisher, The Guardian) - top the list with five nominations each.

Mother Goose at Gaiety Theatre, Ayr; Peter Pan at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre; A Christmas Carol at Brunton, East Lothian; and Ya Wee Dickie McWittington at King’s Kirkcaldy have been nominated for the first Outstanding Pantomime award it was revealed today as the shortlists for the 2025 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland were announced.