The High Life | First Listen

After a 30-year delay in the departure lounge, The High Life returns in a new musical spectacular featuring all four original cast members - Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart.

Oh deary me! Air Scotia has been sold, and unless our intrepid cabin crew can prove they’re still fit for purpose it looks like the future destination for Air Scotia is the scrap heap. In this flight for their lives, our cut-price cabin crew must get themselves (and their passengers) to their destination safely, testing their mettle and putting decades old friendships and rivalries finally to rest.

Based on the original much loved BBC Scotland cult comedy series, this revival sees our iconic characters finding themselves growing older in an ever-changing world. It’s wickedly funny, features new and original music, is stuffed full of camp silliness and is cleared for take-off.

Touring Scotland March - May 2026 from Dundee Rep Theatre (27 Mar – 4 Apr & 6 – 9 May) to Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (7 – 11 Apr), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (14 – 18 Apr), Eden Court, Inverness (29 Apr – 2 May) and King’s Theatre, Glasgow (12 – 23 May).

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Story, Script and Lyrics by Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson and Johnny McKnight
Music by Forbes Masson, additional music by Alan Cumming
Directed by Andrew Panton

Co-produced by National Theatre of Scotland and Dundee Rep Theatre in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts and Capital Theatres.

The High Life
A song from The High Life the Musical - Still Living It!
Written and performed by Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson
Additional vocalists – Kyle Gardiner, Kirsty Findlay, Lauren Steele, Lee Harris
Musicians - Cameron Jay, Harben Kay, Richard Leonard , Jenny Clifford, Duncan Lyall, Scott Mackay
Music supervisor – Sarah Travis