Ian Rankin on stage.

Scheduled for the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham (UK) in November 2024 is Rebus: A Game Called Malice, a play cowritten by Ian Rankin and Simon Reade, in which investigator John Rebus must suss out secrets of guests during a post-dinner mystery game. Reade may be best known as the producer-screenwriter for the 2017 film of R.C. Sherriff's Journey's End.

Update, May 25, 2024: The play will run at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow from Sept 23–27.

Twenty Years of Rankin, National Library of Scotland.

The exhibit "Crime Scene Edinburgh: Twenty Years of Rankin and Rebus" is now running until January 13th at the National Library of Scotland. An article and photos about the exhibit are posted here. Rebus creator Ian Rankin will appear at the library on November 27th to discuss Rebus's departure from the police force in Exit Music.