Production News
Tynecastle drama
Hearts 25/26 season on stage
TTwo Halves Productions is set to return to Tynecastle Park this Fringe, with A Play of Two Halves: a theatrical double bill which reflects on Hearts’ season that came within minutes of seeing them crowned league champions.
Gilded Balloon adds EdFringe local discount
“Postcode Pals” £7.25 tix for Central Belt audiences
Gilded Balloon has joined the EdFringe venues offering flat-rate discounted tickets to local audiences at the start of this year’s Fringe.
Assembly EdFringe discount for locals
£8.25 tix for all Central Belt postcodes
Assembly Festival has launched a flat-rate discounted £8.25 ticket for 177 productions staged at its venues over the Fringe opening weekend, Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 August 2026.
Swinton returns to Traverse
Trav revives Man to Man with Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton is returning to the live theatre stage for the first time in over 30 years as Ella/Max Gericke in a revival of the Traverse – Royal Court co-production of Manfred Karge’s Man to Man this Autumn 2026.
Book Fest in Performance
BookFest: Booking opens Thurs 28 June.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival, now firmly established at the Edinburgh Futures Institute in Lauriston Place, has its usual quota of performance and theatre-related events in 2026.
It’s the community’s King’s!
Community companies first on King’s stage
Seven of Edinburgh’s community theatre companies will be joining panto favourites Clare Gray and Gail Watson for A Great Night Out, the very first test production on the King’s Theatres newly revamped stage.
FCT, Leitheatre team up for Xmas show
Leading amateur companies to stage contemporary take on Dickens
Forth Children’s Theatre and Leitheatre are teaming up to create The Tale of Eliza Scrooge, a female-led modern adaptation of Charles Dickens, to be staged at the Church Hill Theatre this November, 2026.
TravFest26 announced
Three new Traverse commissions in ten-strong programme
The Traverse has announced its Edinburgh Fringe programme for 2026, TravFest26, with three newly commissioned Traverse productions, a new piece of Scottish gig-theatre, four touring shows staged in-house and two further productions in external venues.
Trainspotting returns – as a musical
Trainspotting Musical to open UK tour at Playhouse
Choose a book. Choose a play. Choose a film. Choose an immersive Fringe show. Choose a… Musical? Yes. Choose a musical. Choose a UK tour. Choose the Edinburgh Playhouse. Choose October 19 2026.
Cap Theatres new shows on sale
New shows announced for Festival, Kings and Studio theatres
Capital Theatre has announced a raft of 32 new productions being staged at the Festival, King’s and Studio theatres between this May and next May 2027.
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