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Adam Kay – This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 20th - 21st Aug 2020
Multi-million bestselling author back at the Fringe for two nights only.
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 7th - 8th Aug 2020
Now in its 13th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
The Secret Policeman's Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 24th Aug 2019
In cahoots with Deborah Frances-White (Guilty Feminist), Amnesty International’s revered Secret Policeman’s Tour comes to Edinburgh.
Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 18th - 19th Aug 2019
Million-copy bestseller Adam Kay returns to the Fringe for two nights only, sharing entries from his diaries as a junior doctor in this ‘electrifying’ (Guardian) evening of stand-u…
Daniel Sloss: X
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 15th - 17th Aug 2019
2018’s smash-hit show by Scotland’s internationally acclaimed, award-winning Netflix star (Jigsaw, DARK) returns during its extended worldwide tour! ‘X is a stunner of a show…
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 9th - 10th Aug 2019
Now in it’s 12th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
The Crucible
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Stephanie Green
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 5th Aug, 2019
Stunning, visceral and heart-breaking, pitting light against dark, superstition and hysteria against the steady flame of truth and love, Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible choreograp…
Matilda The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul F Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 11th Apr, 2019
When Noel Coward warned a certain Mrs Worthington against putting her daughter on the stage, it's highly likely that he didn't have Matilda The Musical in mind at the time.
St. Vincent
- Listing Music / Music / Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 26th Aug 2018
Fearsomely intelligent, critically adored, St.
Amnesty International UK and the Guilty Feminist Presents The Secret Policeman's Podcast
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 24th - 25th Aug 2018
The Guilty Feminist joins forces with Amnesty International UK to bring The Secret Policeman back to life for 2018! Following the magnificent Secret Policeman’s tradition of presen…
Martyn Bennett's 'Bothy Culture'
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 21st Aug 2018
Light on the Shore with Edinburgh Gin Seaside travels uptown to the Edinburgh Playhouse for one night to revisit Celtic fusion artist Martyn Bennett’s kaleidoscopically rich 199…
John Grant
- Listing Music / Music / Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 20th Aug 2018
Michigan-born, now Reykjavik-based, US singer-songwriter John Grant creates music that can be agonisingly sad, painfully funny – or often both, but never less than breathtaking …
Comedy Gala 2018: In Aid of Waverley Care
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 18th Aug 2018
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns.
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 3rd - 4th Aug 2018
Returning for it’s 10th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Madagascar - A Musical Adventure
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 21st Jul 2018 - 1st Jun 2019
Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar - The Musical follows all of your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s C…
The Band: Take That's New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 10th - 14th Jul 2018
Written by award-winning writer Tim Firth, The Band is a beautiful story for anyone who grew up with a boyband and how those songs became the soundtrack of their lives.
Flashdance - The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Joseph Travers
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 19th Jan, 2018
Selladoor’s touring production of Flashdance continues to shine light and pizzazz with a strong fusion of two worlds moulded into 80s’ pop glitz and grit.
Million Dollar Quartet
- Review
- ★★★
- Carla van der Sluijs
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 26th Oct, 2017
Through lively renditions of Rock and Roll hits, Million Dollar Quartet captures a snapshot in musical history: a jamming session between Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee L…
Cilla – The Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul F Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 21st Sep, 2017
Given that she’s such a much-loved public entertainer, an all-too-obvious challenge in creating a musical based on the early life of the late Cilla Black—born Priscilla Mari…
Rain
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 25th - 27th Aug 2017
Joyful, graceful and overwhelmingly beautiful, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Rain is a powerfully emotional dance creation set to Steve Reich’s iconic minimalist masterpiece Mus…
Nederlands Dans Theater
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 21st - 23rd Aug 2017
Considered by many to be the finest dance company in the world, Nederlands DansTheater has taken a radically progressive path since its founding in 1959 – and has a long history …
Comedy Gala 2017: In Aid of Waverley Care
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 18th Aug 2017
With nearly £500,000 raised for Waverley Care, Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast and special guest hosts Rob Beckett and Russell Kane.
The Music of The Incredible String Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 17th Aug 2017
Whimsical, surreal, truly inspirational: psychedelic pioneers The Incredible String Band entranced listeners in the late 1960s and early 1970s with their visionary, dream-like so…
Yo, Carmen
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 12th - 13th Aug 2017
A vibrant ode to womanhood, and a radical reimagining of Bizet’s voluptuous opera heroine – from the brilliant flamenco dancer and choreographer MarÃa Pagés.
PJ Harvey
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 7th - 8th Aug 2017
Two International Festival concerts from PJ Harvey, who returns to Edinburgh with her full nine-piece band, performing tracks from the critically acclaimed album The Hope Six Dem…
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 4th - 5th Aug 2017
Now in its tenth year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Girls' Night OOT!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 28th Jul 2017
The smash hit comedy musical comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the very first time! Join the girls on a hen night you wont forget, with fantastic songs from 1960s - today! Gua…
Dirty Dancing
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 15th Jun, 2017
A cheesy caricature of itself, Dirty Dancing is full of moments that will make you physically cringe but, if you’re after a literal movie-to-stage adaptation of the so-bad-itâ…
Stand by Me
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 5th Jun, 2017
Opening with the ever-familar chord progression of Stand by Me this tribute to Ben E King and the Drifters by Othello Music had the audience in the palm of their hand from …
Dreamboats and Petticoats
- Review
- ★★★
- Sarah Virgo
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 10th May, 2017
Fans of rock and roll won’t be left disappointed by the musical numbers in teenage romance production, Dreamboats and Petticoats.
Funny Girl
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 21st Apr, 2017
Revivals always run the risk of not resonating with a contemporary audience, or relying wholly on nostalgia, but Michael Mayer’s touring production of the Fanny Brice story, m…
La Cage Aux Folles
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul F Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 10th Mar, 2017
There’s much to love about this new touring production of La Cage Aux Folles; gloriously Technicolor™ sets, gorgeous costumes, tight choreography, clearly enunciated sin…
Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul F Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 3rd Feb, 2017
There is, ironically enough, a lot that’s incredibly old-fashioned about Thoroughly Modern Millie; it’s a feel-good, song and dance show about a young gold-digger who, while se…
Wonderland
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul F Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 26th Jan, 2017
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland isn’t known for its plot; in fact, it’s essentially a succession of wonderfully fanciful sketches which happen to share …
Mamma Mia!
- Review
- ★★★
- Paul F Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 6th Dec, 2016
Reviewing Mamma Mia! almost feels like a lost cause; it’s an unstoppable global phenomenon and, if this touring production—setting up home in the Edinburgh Playhouse for Chri…
Comedy Gala 2016: In Aid of Waverley Care
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 20th Aug 2016
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast, and special guest hosts to be announced! Always a complete sell-out, book early to avoid disappointment.
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 5th - 6th Aug 2016
Now in its ninth year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
Annie
- Review
- ★★★★
- Francesca Street
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 19th May, 2016
A childhood spent watching Fred and Ginger twirl Cheek to Cheek and Bing Crosby dream about a White Christmas gave me a lifelong appreciation for musical theatre.
Guys and Dolls
- Review
- ★★★★
- Angela O’Callaghan
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 13th Apr, 2016
Composer Frank Loesser has become a Broadway giant, and it takes a brave man to revive what is, arguably, his best known work.
Jersey Boys
- Review
- ★★★★
- Francesca Street
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 15th Mar, 2016
It’s a Wednesday night in March and the UK tour of Jersey Boys has reached its final destination: the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Rocky Horror Show
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Pete Shaw
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 1st Mar, 2016
Behind me a slightly overweight man in basque, suspenders and very little else is shuffling up the row to his seat to cheers from the back stalls.
Hairspray
- Review
- ★★★★
- James W. Woe
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 24th Feb, 2016
Hairspray is a breath of fresh from the normal Broadway musicals that trudge their way through the British stages.
Blood Brothers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul F Cockburn
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 10th Feb, 2016
All theatre requires a certain suspension of disbelief, musical theatre even more so.
The Sound of Music
- Review
- ★★★★
- Sarah McIntosh
- UK Regional & Tours
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 7th Jan, 2016
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II didn’t shirk from social issues within their musical theatre productions: racism (South Pacific), transient/absent fatherhood (Carouse…
Comedy Gala 2015: In Aid of Waverley Care feat. Adam Hills & Marcus Brigstocke
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 16th Aug 2015
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event returns with an all-star cast with special guest hosts Adam Hills and Marcus Brigstocke.
Jim Davidson - No Further Action
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 14th Aug 2015
Very few comedians could turn the worst year of their life into a resounding success.
Oriental Fairy Tales: Wild Zebra (Ballet with Orchestra)
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 13th Aug 2015
Wild Zebra is a fantasy ballet with symphony orchestra accompaniment showcasing the accomplishments of a troupe of young Chinese performers (8-12 years).
Backstage Pass to the UK’s Biggest Theatre!
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 10th - 11th Aug 2015
Explore the labyrinth of secrets lurking behind the Edinburgh Playhouse foyer doors as the custodians (past and present) of this stunning theatre lead you through the history of a …
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - The Official Stage Tour
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 9th Aug 2015
BBC Radio’s multi award-winning antidote to panel games returns to the stage in 2015 for a one-off Edinburgh festival performance of its highly acclaimed touring show.
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 7th - 8th Aug 2015
Now in its eighth year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment.
Comedy Gala 2014: In Aid of Waverley Care
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 19th Aug 2014
Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event featuring an all star cast, with special guest hosts to be confirmed! Previous years have included Jon Richardson and Kevin Bridges among others.
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 1st - 2nd Aug 2014
Now in its seventh year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
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