Production News
Still Waiting…
Sequel to Waiting in the Wings for Church Hill
Still Waiting in the Wings, a charity concert to raise funds for brain tumour research, is taking place at the Church Hill Theatre this weekend, with an evening performance on Friday 13 and Saturday matinee on 14 October 2023.
SB’s Cinders! surprise
Male Cinderella for Scottish Ballet Xmas production
Scottish Ballet’s new show, Cinders!, which comes to the Festival Theatre in January 2024, is to feature gender-swapped roles for Cinderella and Charming – but only in half the performances.
Xmas Carol Casting Call
The Forth Act gets Dickensian for Christmas
Edinburgh amateur theatre company The Forth Act, is set to stage an adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at St Salvador’s Church in Stenhouse in the second week of December 2023.
SIX & Night Oot! return
SIX the Musical posts June 2024 date
SIX the Musical is returning to Edinburgh in June 2024, spending a week at the Edinburgh Playhouse, with tickets on general sale today.
Cinderella open call
Paid opportunity at Porty Panto…
Cinderella, the new professional pantomime at Portobello Town Hall from Stage Door Entertainment, has put out an open call for the show’s principals.
Football play closes Trav 60
Same Team – Street Soccer Story to play Traverse in December
The final play of the Traverse’s 60th anniversary season is to be Same Team – Street Soccer Story, by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse, created with the women of Street Soccer’s Dundee Change Centre and inspired by the Homeless World Cup.
3d Theatricals’ Cinderella Call Out
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella November 2024
Edinburgh amateur company Threepenny Theatricals is stepping into musical theatre for its seventh outing, in November 2024, when it will stage Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the Church Hill Theatre.
Next James Play announced
James V: Katherine to premiere at Festival Studio
Rona Munro’s James Plays, her series of Scottish history plays about the Stewart kings, is to continue with James V: Katherine, which will open at Edinburgh’s Studio Theatre in April 2024 ahead of a Scottish tour.
Peaky Blinders returns
Rambert’s dance adaptation sets 2024 Festival Theatre date
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Rambert’s dance theatre adaptation of Steven Knight’s popular TV show, is returning to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre in 2024.
Locally Wicked
Fife born Megan Gardiner stars in UK tour opening at Playhouse
Fife-born actor Megan Gardiner is set to star as Nessarose, Elphaba’s wee sister, in the UK and Ireland tour of Wicked which opens at the Edinburgh Playhouse in December for a six week run.
