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MagicFest turns 16 with big Xmas offering
Christmas in Edinburgh is that bit more magical than in any other city – thanks to MagicFest, the Edinburgh International Magic Festival, which this year celebrates its 16th edition
Listings Mon 1 – Sun 7 Dec 2025
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
December is a-creeping in, with three full-on pantomimes opening this week – two panto versions of Beauty and the Beast and a Dick Whittington – and three non-panto Xmas shows.
Listings Mon 24 – Sun 30 November 2025
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week
Listings for the week to Sunday 30 November 2025:
Christmas Listings 2025
All the pantos and Xmas shows in one place…
Despite the traditional cries of “Oh no it isn’t!” it really is panto time. And for those who want something different – or indeed extra – to the tradition King’s Panto at the Festival Theatre, there is plenty on offer.
Listings Mon 17 – Sun 23 Nov 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
No big openers this week, although Scottish Opera is still at the Festival Theatre with their magnificent La Bohéme (tickets), and the Tina Turner Musical is still at the Playhouse (tickets).
Listings: Mon 10 – Sun 16 Nov 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
A relatively quiet week this, in terms of amount of shows on stage; but there’s little that is quiet about what is on those stages.
Listings Mon 3 – Sun 9 November 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
In what is surely the busiest week of theatre outside the Fringe for ages, Edinburgh’s stages have everything from Dundee Rep’s ★★★★☆ Reflective The Glass Menagerie at the Lyceum to a student Accidental Death of an Anarchist at the Bedlam.
Listings Mon 27 Oct – Sun 2 Nov 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
It’s hot stuff for Edinburgh’s stages this week, with the Birmingham Royal Ballet holding their Black Sabbath Ballet (Thurs-Sat: Tickets) at the Festival and Miss Saigon at the the Playhouse (ends Sat: Tickets) in a tour so new they haven’t even got production shots yet.
Listings Mon 20 – Sun 26 Oct 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
It’s something of a classics week – but the big event of note is at the city’s most-haunted pub, the Banshee Labyrinth, where the Edinburgh Horror Festival is starting Halloween early.
Listings Mon 13 – Sun 19 Oct 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
New Edinburgh-produced work at both the Traverse and the Lyceum and the return of Scottish Ballet with their smash hit Mary, Queen of Scots to the Festival Theatre make this a week salivate over.
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