F.U.D.S is a three-hander providing 55-minutes of ultimate Scottish patter. Buzz, Faolan, and Tinny invite the audience into their front room for an hour of paranoia, rage and an alternative take on friendship and greed. Find out what happens when a paranoid drug dealer lets slip that all his money is stored in his dad’s garden shed. Will any of the boys take this opportunity? After all, “he can’t phone the police and report stolen drug money, can he?
Brought to you by the same team behind all of your favourite annual pantomimes. Directed by Reconnect Theatres own Creative Director Pete Sneddon, who you may know from directing panto favourites such as Cinderella (Reconnect Regal Theatre 2023) Peter Pan (Reconnect Howden Park 2024) and Snow White (Reconnect Regal Theatre 2025) as well as many more. He is joined by Reconnect’s Deputy Creative Director and in-house panto writer Sam Stuart Fraser starring as Tinny. You may know Sam as Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz”, Smee in “Peter Pan” or Anita Jobé in “Cinderella”.
The show debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024 as its former name Doped. It then went on to return in 2025 at the Gilded Balloon Patter House with the new title F.U.D.S.
Bosting three 5 star reviews and much audience acclaim, F.U.D.S has been described as:
“This play is timely…hilarious and very Scottish” – North West End UK (*****)
“The most authentically Scottish show I’ve seen at the fringe!” – A Young(ish) Perspective (*****)
“Brilliantly Performed” – Derek Awards (*****)
“I’ll be talking about this for ages to come” – FringeFanJohnny
“A splendid piece of theatre” – Broadway Baby (****)
Date: 15 May 2026
Time: 7:30pm
Ticket Cost: Standard = £15 + BF, Student = £13 + BF
Venue: The New Muse, Reconnect Howden Park, Livingston
Howden,
Livingston,
EH54 6AE
01506 340700
boxoffice@reconnectcharity.com
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