Previews
Crawling your way back to Absurdism, Baby
Absurdist play Crawl for Pianodrome
Salvador Kent brings Crawl, a piece of absurdist theatre by German writer Till Schindler to the Pianodrome Bruntsfield next week. Ahead of the performances on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 June, Kent reflects on what on earth Absurdist Theatre means in 21st century Edinburgh. Or whether is even has meaning at all.
MAMA bound for Loretto
Wedding Singer is Easter break
The Brunton might be dark but local amateurs MAMA, the Musselburgh Amateur Musicals Association, are bringing light to the town with a new production of The Wedding Singer.
Strawmoddie go American gothic
Beth Henley’s play about fierce, complicated love is upstairs at the Roxy
This week sees the ever impressive Strawmoddie Theatre take on another piece of award-winning theatre. This time it is to the States that they turn, and Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Crimes of the Heart, playing the Assembly Roxy from Thursday to Sunday.
Casting Magic
Hampson talks Cinders! and fluid gender roles in ballet
Cinders! has been announced as Scottish Ballet’s Christmas treat for 2026 at the Festival Theatre. Here, choreographer and company AD Christopher Hampson talks about the latest iteration in this hugely popular ballet.
Listings Mon 9 – Sun 15 Feb 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s a big week, with midterm student theatre mayhem from the big three Edinburgh Uni companies, cracking comedy at the Festival, from those Goes Wrong rascals, Mischief, and some weekend shows that aren’t quite love, actually.
Manipulate live
A dozen live works for Manipulate Festival 2026
This year’s Manipulate Festival contains 12 live pieces of puppetry and visual performance, half of them from Scottish and Scotland-based creatives, over its run from Wednesday 4 to Tuesday 10 February 2026.
Magic Edinburgh
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
Strawmoddie strikes ten
Scratch Night at St Brides
Edinburgh’s grassroots theatre company Strawmoddie celebrates its tenth anniversary this week with a scratch night including script-in-hand extracts from its first four productions.
Will power
Rebecca Mahar talks to Salvador Kent about form, farce and clowning in political theatre
The General Will is a new play at the Fringe from up-and-coming Edinburgh-based writer and director Salvador Kent, who uses the the meta-analysis of clown to critique current events and the political players who shape them.
Priscilla goes Bohemian
Bohemians’ Priscilla for Festival Theatre
Edinburgh has a long relationship with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which was the opening gala movie at its International Film Festival in 1994, when the after party dress-code was “black tie or drag”. We speak to Greg McCafferty-Thomson, Graeme Melvin and Dean McAvoy about donning frocks for the film’s musical adaption.
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