Production News
Strictly Ballroom for Edinburgh
November 2020 dates for Playhouse:
Craig Revel Horwood is to direct a new tour of Strictly Ballroom – The Musical, playing the Edinburgh Playhouse in November 2020 with tickets on sale from 10am Wed 4 December 2019.
It’s Hairspray for the 45!
Balerno TC hit Baltimore:
Balerno Theatre Company is moving away from its traditional pantomime for this year’s seasonal offering at the Church Hill Theatre and returning to its roots to stage the Edinburgh amateur premiere of Hairspray, The Musical!.
Dreamgirls for Edinburgh
November 2020 date for R’n’B smash hit:
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for Dreamgirls, the 1960s-set musical about the rise and rise of a three person R’n’B girl group, which is set to hit the Edinburgh Playhouse in November 2020.
Mormon’s mission to Playhouse
Book of Mormon announces June 2020 dates:
Smash hit musical The Book of Mormon has announced summer 2020 dates for Edinburgh, playing the Playhouse for a long fortnight from Wednesday 17 June to Saturday 4 July.
EGTG Catch their 22
Pace, Panto and Pathos promised at Biscuit Factory:
Stage adaptations of literature have been pouring off Edinburgh’s stages in the last wee while, but amateur company EGTG has gone to the top of the tree marked Iconic.
SB’s Swan Lake for Festival
Scottish Ballet launches 2020/21 season:
Scottish Ballet is to open all three of its major tours during its 51st season from Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, starting with David Dawson’s production of Swan Lake, opening in April 2020.
Passing Through for NY
Peapod Prods hits the Big Apple:
Edinburgh based grassroots company Peapod Productions is taking its romantic comedy Passing Through to the Chain Theatre in New York for two performances this week.
Footloose for Playhouse
Gareth Gates to star in UK Tour:
Gareth Gates is to star in the 2020 UK tour of Footloose The Musical, coming to the Playhouse in July and on to the Glasgow King’s in August.
Heathers for Playhouse
West End hit musical on tour in 2020:
Westerberg High is coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse in July 2020, as Heathers The Musical sets out on a UK tour.
MagicFest 10 Revealed
Tenth MagicFest programme is out:
Details of the tenth Edinburgh MagicFest, taking place from 27 December 2019 to 5 January 2020, have been revealed, with a new Hogmanay event added at Lauriston Castle.
