Church Hill Theatre Listings

Upcoming shows at Edinburgh’s dedicated amateur venue

Church Hill Theatre
The Church Hill Theatre, 33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Website: churchhilltheatre.co.uk.
Tickets are usually sold by the company hiring the venue.

The Church HIll Theatre. Pic: Thom Dibdin

This council-owned venue is run as a sister to the Assembly Rooms and has an audience capacity of up to 353 in its main auditorium as well as a small studio space.

The former Morningside High Church, built in 1892, was bought by the then Edinburgh Corporation in 1963 and opened for the use of Edinburgh’s amateur companies in 1965.

Access: There is ramped access to the box office and bar area, with a lift to the main auditorium.

Click on the name of the show or the Book Here link to go to the ticketing site.

2026

January 2026

Winter Wonderland! (The McDougalls)
Sat 10 January 2026.
One performance: 1pm.
A Singalong Adventure for all the Family – Live on Stage! Brrr! It’s time to wrap up warm and join everyone’s favourite children’s theatre company on a musical journey to the snow-filled Winter Wonderland! Book here.

Into the Woods (EUSOG)
Tue 20 – Sat 24 January 2026.
Evenings: 7.30pm, Sat mat: 2.30pm.
Into The Woods recounts the fairytale stories we all grew up with and asks the question: what happens next? Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s answer is a tale that still contains moments of childlike wonder, but also explores the harsh realities of the real world. Book here.

February 2026

Kiss Me, Kate (EU Footlights)
Tue 10 – Sat 14 Feb 2026.
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat mat: 2.30pm.
Brush up your Shakespeare and get your show tunes ready for Cole Porter’s classic musical, set on the opening night of a touring company’s The Taming of the Shrew. Frederick C. Graham thinks it will be his magnum opus but does film star Lilli Vanessi agree? An already stressful night is complicated by the appearance of two of Baltimore’s more infamous gangsters… Book here.

One Act Festival (SCDA)
Thurs 19 – Sat 21 February 2026.
Evenings: 7pm
The Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders round of the SCDA One-Act Festival with adjudicator Mr Oliver Brooks. There will be a 15 minute interval between each play. Winning teams will go on to compete in the SCDA Eastern Divisional Final: Thur 2 – Sat 4 April, Leslie Town Hall.
Thursday 19
Edinburgh Peoples Theatre: Bull (Other)
Broadsword: Dream Before I Take The Stand (Drama)
Leith Theatre: Psychic (Comedy)
Friday 20
QMU (A company): Ghost (Comedy)
Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group: Medea (Drama)
St. Serfs: All By Myself (Comedy)
Saturday 21
QMU entry B): Theres Something Here (Drama)
St Kentigern’s Drama Society: Little Box Of Oblivion (Comedy)
Followed by the platform party presentations.
Book here soon.

April 2026

Footloose (EMT)
Fri 31 Mar – Sat 4 Apr 2026.
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat mat: 2.30pm.
When Ren and his mother move town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. But he’s not prepared for the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, who is determined to exercise control over the town’s youth. Book here.

Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Makars)
Thurs 14 – Sat 16 Apr 2026.
Evenings: 7.30pm.
Tom Stoppard’s absurdist, existential tragicomedy takes place in the wings of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where Rozencrantz and Guildenstern look on in bemusement at events happening onstage while major characters from Hamlet appear intermittently to enact fragments of the original’s scenes. Book here from Feb.