INWYS Memoir & Live Show

Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim

SCOTT KYLE: IT’S NOT WHERE YOU START

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.

But underneath the laughter are questions most of us have asked ourselves:

Who am I? Where do I belong? And what am I actually supposed to do with my life?

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 the person he eventually became.

From film and television sets to 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, It’s Not Where You Start moves from laugh-out-loud stories to moments of remarkable honesty.

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 a show 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

SINGIN’ I’M NO A BILLY, HE’S A TIM

THE WIDESCREEN EDITION

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

What happens when one of Scotland’s best-loved theatre comedies collides with the unpredictability of live football commentary?

Welcome to The Widescreen Edition of Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim.

Two football fans. Two sides of Glasgow. One prison cell.

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

Funny, fast, provocative and packed with the unmistakable Glasgow humour that has made Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim a Scottish theatre phenomenon, The Widescreen Edition takes the original award-winning comedy and turns it into a completely different live experience.

The play unfolds on stage while some of Scottish football’s most recognisable voices, former players and personalities watch from the sidelines — providing live, unscripted commentary, analysis, predictions, stories and reactions to the action.

No two performances are quite the same.

And with Rangers and Celtic legends sitting side by side, sometimes the action off the pitch is every bit as entertaining as the action on it.

THE WIDESCREEN TEAM

Rob MacLean — broadcaster and commentator
David Tanner — broadcaster and presenter
Charlie Miller — former Rangers midfielder
Derek Ferguson — former Rangers midfielder
Peter Grant — former Celtic midfielder
Simon Donnelly — former Celtic forward
Jackie McNamara — former Celtic captain
David Robertson — former Rangers defender

Together with the full cast of Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim, they bring the atmosphere, arguments and humour of Scottish football into the theatre — with absolutely no guarantee that everyone will agree with the referee.

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

This is 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 considerably more in common than they thought.

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 — Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim: The Widescreen Edition is first and foremost a great night of Scottish comedy.

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

2027