Archive for September, 2026
Legally Blonde
★★★★☆ Courtroom Diva
Amber Davies shimmies her way into Harvard Law School as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, which drops into the Playhouse this week on an impressively high octane and entertaining national tour.
PPP: The Whaler’s Wife
★★★☆☆ Atmospheric
The Whaler’s Wife, the first in the new season of Òran Mór’s Play, A Pie and A Pint offerings at the Traverse, is a compelling if uneven historical drama blending myth, music and more modern elements.
Listings Mon 28 Sep – Sun 4 Oct 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
There’s a bit of a musical tip to this week’s theatre offerings, from Sarah Ruhl’s take on Eurodice, to Orkney songs in the first Play Pie & Pint of the season, Amber Davies giving her Elle Woods and a great big Scottish Hip Hop take on Wallace.
I’ll Be Seeing You
★★★☆☆ One-note
The Pitlochry premiere of I’ll Be Seeing You by Martin Sherman is sprinkled with stardust, but the glitter is applied unevenly to a production that infuriates as much as it satisfies.
Happy Days
★★★★★ Humane
Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days is one of the touchstones of 20th century drama. Its striking staging may be its most famous aspect but it also boasts an unflinching yet sympathetic depiction of the tyranny of time, and of the bizarre unquenchability of human optimism in the face of extinction.
Showcase 2026 – Dream as One
★★★★☆ Appealing
In 36 years Showcase has raised over £385 000 for Macmillan Cancer Care, and the annual production at the Church Hill continues to provide an upbeat and thoroughly entertaining selection of music.
Listings Mon 21 – Sun 27 Sept 2027
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
They’re dancing in all sorts of ways round Edinburgh’s stages this week with the new King’s stage being used for a touring dance show for the first time, loads of moves with the grooves at the Church Hill, backstage shenanigans at the Studio and a certain Time Warp knocking them dead at the Bedlam.
Anton gets Ballet
Strictly judge to star in Ballet Shoes
Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke is to star in the National Theatre’s tour of hit show Ballet Shoes coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse in October next year, 2027.
Private Peaceful
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
Private Peaceful is only at the Lyceum for one weekend, but is certainly worth catching. The touring production, from The Production Garden in association with Exeter Northcott, is affecting and wonderfully acted.
SIX The Musical
★★★★☆ Energetic
SIX The Musical at the Festival Theatre is a lively, noisy entertainment whose popularity shows no sign of abating. And while it continues to be performed with this much skill and spirit, quite right too.
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