writing

The High Life

With the help of the great Johnny McKnight, Forbes Masson and I brought our 1995 BBC2 sitcom The High Life to the stage as a musical, a co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and Dundee Rep.

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

Toured 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)