INWYS Memoir & Live Show

Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim

Hilarious. Moving. Completely true.

How do you work out who you are when you’ve spent most of your life trying to work out where you belong?

Scott Kyle has spent a lifetime trying to answer that question.

From a childhood shaped by poverty, violence, sectarianism and the care system, to an extraordinary career in theatre, film and television — and eventually coming full circle as a foster carer himself — Scott’s life has taken him places he could never have imagined.

And very little of it has gone according to plan.

There have been extraordinary highs, spectacular mistakes, unlikely friendships, failures, second chances and moments so ridiculous they could only be true.

In It’s Not Where You Start, award-winning actor, producer and author Scott Kyle takes audiences on a funny, candid and deeply personal journey through the people, places and unexpected moments that shaped his life.

From the Glasgow streets of his childhood to film and television sets, The Angels’ Share, Kajaki and Outlander, winning The Stage Award for Acting Excellence, and the extraordinary rise, fall and return of Scottish theatre phenomenon Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim — Scott discovers that sometimes the things that go wrong tell us more about who we are than the things that go right.

Performed live using storytelling, photographs, film and animation, the show moves from laugh-out-loud stories to moments of remarkable honesty, exploring identity, belonging, resilience and the people who can change the direction of our lives.

This isn’t a story about having all the answers.

It’s about spending a lifetime looking for them.

Funny, surprising, poignant and ultimately uplifting, It’s Not Where You Start is for anyone who has ever questioned where they belong, changed direction, started again — or wondered whether they’re actually doing what they’re supposed to be doing with their life.

From foster care to foster carer.

Because sometimes you have to travel a very long way to discover who you were all along.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

“What a show! Superb. We will have to have you back.”
— Frances Wood, Chairperson, St Duthac Book & Arts Festival

“A compelling, laugh-out-loud and deeply inspiring show… it genuinely connected with our audience — so much so that we immediately rebooked the show for Autumn 2027.”
— Caroline Morgan, Managing Director, Tivoli Theatre

“Scott offers a unique perspective on the quiet terror of childhood stigma… and the struggle to survive when the professionals who should protect you never truly arrive.”
— Michael Stewart, Chair of the Board, Who Cares? Scotland

2027

Scotland’s award-winning comedy — bigger, bolder and like you’ve never seen it before.

Two football fans. Two sides of Glasgow. One prison cell. And this time, some of Scottish football’s biggest personalities are watching from the sidelines.

For more than 20 years, Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim has entertained audiences across Scotland with its fearless mix of football, friendship, sectarianism and unmistakable Glasgow humour.

For producer and actor Scott Kyle, the show has also been a remarkable part of his own story. It helped establish him as an actor, with his performance earning The Stage Award for Acting Excellence at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before a career that would take him into The Angels’ Share, Kajaki and Outlander.

Now, more than two decades after the journey began, Scott has brought Billy & Tim back — bigger and better than ever before.

Welcome to The Widescreen Edition.

On the day of an Old Firm clash, Rangers supporter Billy and Celtic fan Tim find themselves locked in a prison cell together, forced to confront the rivalry, prejudice and contradictions that have divided generations.

But this time, they’re not alone.

As the play unfolds, former Rangers and Celtic players sit alongside professional broadcasters providing live, completely unscripted commentary — reacting to the action, sharing stories, analysing the characters and, inevitably, disagreeing with each other.

The Widescreen team features broadcasters Rob MacLean and David Tanner, alongside former Rangers players Charlie Miller, Derek Ferguson and David Robertson, and former Celtic players Peter Grant, Simon Donnelly and Jackie McNamara.

With football legends sitting side by side, sometimes the action off the pitch is every bit as entertaining as the action on it — and because the commentary is live, no two performances are ever quite the same.

Beneath the laughs remains the reason Billy & Tim has endured.

It’s a comedy about football, friendship, family, identity and sectarianism — asking why the colours we wear can mean so much, where rivalry ends and hatred begins, and whether two people raised on opposite sides can discover they have far more in common than they thought.

More than 20 years after Scott first stepped into the world of Billy & Tim, the show that helped change his life begins its biggest chapter yet.

Part theatre. Part football show. Part live commentary. Completely unpredictable.

Whether you’re Rangers, Celtic, neither — or couldn’t tell a penalty from a corner kick — this is first and foremost a great night of Scottish comedy.

90 minutes. Two teams. One stage. And absolutely no VAR.

2027