Shows at Church Hill Theatre

As You Like It A Radical Retelling

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Edinburgh International Festival
Church Hill Theatre
20th - 23rd Aug 2025

SCOTTISH PREMIEREEncounter Cliff Cardinal’s radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic in this unapologetic production.

Cutting the Tightrope

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Edinburgh International Festival
Church Hill Theatre
14th - 17th Aug 2025

SCOTTISH PREMIEREThis collection of short plays audaciously explores the power of the arts in today’s world events, political resistance and displays of artistic freedom.

The Outrun - Relaxed Performance

WORLD PREMIERE A relaxed performance of Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir brought to life in an epic and elemental world premiere.

The Outrun

There was a lot of excitement around Any Liptrot’s 2016 memoir, The Outrun, which combined a searingly honest take on her alcoholism with atmospheric descriptions of her native O…

Supporter Event: Bluebeard’s Castle Backstage Tour

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Edinburgh International Festival
Church Hill Theatre
25th Aug 2023

An exclusive event for members and supporters of Edinburgh International Festival.

Bluebeard's Castle

Director Daisy Evans draws the audience not only into the dark corridors of a mysterious castle in her revival of the Bela Bartok opera Bluebeard’s Castle.

Dimanche

In an era where anthropogenic climate change is not only an abstract global concern, but also becoming a lived reality for countless people, the joint production of Belgian puppetr…

Jesus Christ Superstar

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Edinburgh
Church Hill Theatre
24th - 28th Jan 2023

The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group return to the Church Hill Theatre Stage with a thrilling production of the monumental Rock Opera, “Jesus Christ Superstar.

Jesus Christ Superstar

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Edinburgh
Church Hill Theatre
24th - 28th Jan 2023

In the fallout of civil unrest, the masses turn to Jesus Christ for guidance, comfort, and healing.

When You Walk Over My Grave

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Edinburgh International Festival
Church Hill Theatre
25th - 28th Aug 2022

Playwright Sergio Blanco explores his relationship with death in this moving, autobiographical work.

The End of Eddy

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Edinburgh International Festival
Church Hill Theatre
19th - 21st Aug 2022

Exploring the complexities and intersections of family, poverty, politics and sexuality, this adaptation brings all the urgency and relevance of Édouard Louis’s novel to the stage…

The Book of Life

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Edinburgh International Festival
Church Hill Theatre
13th - 16th Aug 2022

Rwandan writer and activist Kiki Katese takes to the stage with her all-female drumming group to share the powerful stories of those affected by the Rwandan genocide, in a performa…

Metamorphoses

Ossining High School have delivered a solid and enjoyable, if somewhat flawed, production of Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses.

Little Shop of Horrors

The American High School Theatre Festival presents Little Shop of Horrors, a wacky musical journey downtown to Skid Row, a poor run-down neighbourhood where all its residents want …

Godspell

Godspell is one of composer Stephen Schwartz’s lesser known musicals.

The Dining Room

In a single dining room revisited over the course of the 20th Century, a series of family dramas show the decline of the American upper-middle class.

A Midsummer Night's Dream in Gotham

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Gotham is exactly what it says on the tin.

The Hairy Maclary & Friends Show

Making a musical out of poetic animal stories aimed at children is nothing new but, while Andrew Lloyd Webber opted to turn T S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats int…

Guys & Dolls

Guys & Dolls is a renowned theatrical oxymoron, depicting the menacing underworld of gambling gangsters via the melodic and cheerful medium of golden-age musical theatre.

Loserville

“One day every company will fear a geek in a garage,” we’re told early on in Elliot Davis and James Bourne’s Loserville.

The Hobbit

The American High School Theatre Festival brings a sliver of Tolkien’s Middle Earth to an Edinburgh stage in their very ambitious fantasy adaptation of The Hobbit, performed usin…

Americans in Breshkistan

Ten high school seniors find themselves in a strange room, in the middle of nowhere, lit only by a dim overhead lamp.

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a hard play to get wrong.

Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is being presented by The Kinkaid School of Houston, Texas, as part of The American High School Theatre Festival.

Antigone Now

Part of the American High School Festival, Antigone Now is nothing if not endearing in its attempts to impress.

Chess - The Musical

There’s one thing I hate about musical theatre, which is especially common with “amateur” productions – there’s seemingly no way of stopping audiences full of family an…

Footloose

“Footloose may be a hit, but it’s trash - high powered fodder for the teen market.

Peter Pan

This offering of Peter Pan from the American High School Theatre Festival never reaches the heights of the Second Star to the Right.

Always... Patsy Cline

Before this show, I had not heard of Patsy Cline.

Nevada: It Ain’t Just About Vegas, Baby!

This original work sets out to present the history of the US state of Nevada, contending that there’s more to it than Vegas.

The Legend of the Little Mermaid

Sticking close to the original story by Hans Christian Anderson, a cast of five use dialogue and contemporary style dance to tell this dark story of the sea and love.

Monster Madness

I love monsters.

Roots

Folk tales are a fascinating, timeless and valuable form of cultural currency, once passed around by firelight and now echoing through art, music, and literature.