Production News
Hair Cast
Casting announced for Playhouse dates of Hair the Musical:
Jake Quickenden, Daisy Wood-Davis and Marcus Collins will lead the cast of the UK tour of Hair the Musical when it arrives at the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2019.
Bobby gets in on Christmas Carol
Iconic Edinburgh pooch for Lyceum Xmas show 2019:
Greyfriars Bobby is to get a walkies on part in the Lyceum’s Christmas 2019 production of An Edinburgh Christmas Carol, adapted from Dickens by Tony Cownie.
We Will Rock You for Playhouse
“Reimagined” Queen musical to return on UK tour:
The Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You is to be reimagined for a 2019 UK and Ireland tour, coming to Edinburgh Playhouse in October 2019.
Mamma Mia! for Playhouse
Here we go again in 2019:
The Abba juke-box musical Mamma Mia! is to open its 20th anniversary UK tour at the Edinburgh Playhouse in September 2019.
Alexandra Burke returns in Bodyguard
Burke returns to Playhouse with Bodyguard:
Full casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of The Bodyguard starring Alexandra Burke, which kicks off in Glasgow at the beginning of December 2018 and arrives in Edinburgh for a fortnight in July 2019.
Bodyguard for Edinburgh
Burke back at Playhouse with The Bodyguard:
Full casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of The Bodyguard starring Alexandra Burke, which kicks off in Glasgow at the beginning of December 2018 and arrives in Edinburgh for a fortnight in July 2019.
Amelie for Edinburgh
Amélie the Musical to play King’s:
The UK premiere production of Amélie the Musical is set to tour to the Edinburgh King’s in June 2019 with dates at the Glasgow King’s in August 2019.
Ulster American Returns
Eleven dates for Traverse’s #EdFringe hit:
The Traverse Theatre company production of Ulster American by David Ireland, a sell-out and critical hit of #EdFringe 2018, is to return for a strictly limited run in Spring 2019.
Bohemians grab Shrek!
Shrek to play King’s in 2020:
Edinburgh’s Bohemians Lyric Opera Company is to stage an amateur production of Shrek The Musical at the King’s theatre in Spring 2020.
New show for Leith Theatre
First professional theatre show for 30 years:
Leith Theatre is to re-open on Armistice Day with its first professional theatre production for 30 years with The Last Days of Mankind, an epic anti-war satire by Viennese writer Karl Kraus with songs by The Tiger Lillies.
