Playhouse
9 to 5 The Musical
★★★★☆ Fit for work
After 545 days of darkness, the Playhouse stage lit up last night with a crisp and swinging production of Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical, which is playing through to Saturday.
Playhouse Curtain snag
Venue delays reopening as Safety Curtain snags
The Safety Curtain failed to rise at the Edinburgh Playhouse today, Sunday 5 September, for what should have been the venue’s first show for 536 days.
Playhouse to reopen
Venue sets September 5 opening date
The Edinburgh Playhouse is to reopen at full capacity on Sunday 5 September 2021 – after 536 days of being dark – with two performances of Shagged, Married, Annoyed with Chris & Rosie Ramsey.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’ Playhouse date
Nick Cave wreaks CARNAGE on Playhouse
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have announced an Autumn 2021 tour of the UK to promote their album Carnage, with the only Scottish date at the Edinburgh Playhouse on Monday 20 September.
Derren Brown adds Edinburgh dates
Showman tour to play six perfs at Playhouse
Illusionist and psychological manipulator Darren Brown has added six performances at the Edinburgh Playhouse to the eight month UK tour of his latest show, Showman, with tickets to his May 2022 shows now on sale.
Bat Out Of Hell for Playhouse
UK tour rides into Edinburgh February 2022
Bat Out Of Hell – the Musical, has confirmed dates for Edinburgh’s Playhouse in February 2022, before it heads up to Aberdeen, with an earlier visit to the Glasgow King’s in October this year. Tickets are on sale for all three dates.
Lycett’s Edinburgh Bee
Scottish dates for Joe Lycett tour
Joe Lycett, fresh from his latest spell hosting The Great British Sewing Bee, has announced a major UK tour for 2022, which will arrive at the Playhouse in March.
Day lights on Chicago
Darren Day joins Chicago tour coming to Playhouse in September
Darren Day will play Billy Flynn in the UK tour of Chicago which is now due to open at the Glasgow Kings on 11 September 2021 and arrive at the Edinburgh Playhouse on Monday September 27.
Partridge’s Stratagem
Stratagem with Alan Partridge for Playhouse
The Edinburgh Playhouse is the only non-arena venue planned for Steve Coogan’s 14-venue tour of Stratagem with Alan Partridge Live, which will arrive in town on Thursday May 27, 2022 for one night only.
Beauty & Beast cast
Casting for Playhouse dates of Beauty and the Beast
Casting has been announced for the UK tour of Disney’s “reimagined” Beauty and the Beast musical, booked in to the Playhouse for six weeks from October 21 to November 27 2021.
