Listings Mon 13 – Sun 19 April 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Plenty of variety this week, including the always brilliant Vanishing Point, two top local amateurs companies, a new play at the Trav, a couple of musicals and some red-hot dance action too.
Listings
Click on the name of the show or the Book here link to go to its ticketing site.
Augustine United Church
41 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EL.
Unhinged (Encapulus)
Sun 19/Mon 20 April 2026
Evenings: 7pm.
Talking ferrets? Derry Girls? Tequila and castration? Sounds like yer usual Friday night. Come along tae see what Isla & Marie get up tae! This dark comedy explores friendship, trauma and survival through the lens of a quarter-life crisis. Blending sharp humour with emotional honesty. The play navigates themes of sexual assault, mental health and identity. Book here.
Cameo Cinema
38 Home Street, EH3 9LZ.
Idol Worship (Mink Stole)
Thurs 16 April 2026
One perf: 8pm.
Cult film icon and John Waters legend Mink Stole and her longtime collaborator and San Francisco drag superstar Peaches Christ with a wildly entertaining, uncensored, and heartfelt night of cabaret, storytelling, and song. A deeply personal and gloriously unfiltered celebration of cult cinema, drag history, outsider art, and enduring friendship. Book here.
Church Hill Theatre
33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Makars)
Thurs 16 – Sat 18 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.
Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
Tue 14 – Sat 18 April 2025
Evenings: 7.30pm; Mats: Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Matthew Bourne’s magical double Olivier Award-winning production of the legendary Powell and Pressburger film. An intoxicating drama where life imitates art with fateful consequences, The Red Shoes will dazzle your senses and break your heart. Book here.
Lyceum Theatre
Grindlay Street EH3 9AX. Phone booking: 0131 248 4848.
One Day – The Musical (25/26 Season)
Book by David Greig. Lyceum production.
Run ends: Sun 19 April 2026.
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats Wed, Sat: 2.30pm; Sun: 5pm.
Æ review: ★★★★☆ Accomplished.
Emma and Dexter first meet on the night of their graduation, 15th July 1988 – St. Swithin’s Day. Over the next twenty years we return to them on the same day each year, and through joy and heartbreak, missed opportunities and second chances, they navigate love, ambition, and the unpredictable twists of life. Book here.
Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA. Phone booking: 0844 871 3014.
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Tue 14 – Sat 18 Apr 2026
Evenings: 7.30pm; Wed, Sat mats: 2.30pm.
This joyous Broadway and West End hit musical takes you on a hilarious, heart-warming ride as three friends hit the road across the Outback to put on the show of a lifetime. Packed with jaw-dropping dance routines, eye-popping costumes, and an iconic soundtrack full of your favourite 80s and 90s disco and dance anthems. Book here.
Paul Carrack In Concert
Sun 19 April 2026
Evening: 7.30pm.
English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work with popular bands such as Ace, Squeeze and Mike + The Mechanics, as a successful solo artist and also a respected songwriter, with his songs recorded by artists like Diana Ross, The Eagles, and Tom Jones. Book here.
St Ninian’s Church Hall
40 Comely Bank, EH4 1AG
Comedy Double Bill (ETA)
Tue 14 – Sat 18 April 2026
Tue-Fri: 7.30pm; Sat: 1pm & 6pm.
Edinburgh Theatre Arts with a double bill of sparkling one-act comedies. Eric Berlin’s The Line That’s Picked Up 1000 Babes and the mini-musical comedy Looking For The One by Sylvia Dow with music by Kim Edgar, that highlights the pleasures and perils of dating as a mature grown-up. Book here.
Traverse
10 Cambridge Street, EH1 2ED. Phone booking: 0131 228 1404.
Gush (Traverse Theatre Company)
By Jess Brodie, directed by Becky Hope-Palmer.
Previews: Fri 10/Sat 11. Run: Tue 14 – Sat 25 Apr 2026
Tue – Sat: 7pm; Sat mats 18 & 25: 2.30pm (Trav 2).
Ally’s ready to be a mum. She’s done the antenatal classes, cleaned up her diet, and even forgone her beloved tea to avoid the caffeine. So why does something inside her still feel off? Exploring self-identity, sexuality and the tension between compromise and sacrifice, GUSH considers what it means to discover what we want and dare to ask for it. Book here.
What I’m Here For (Vanishing Point)
By Josephine Eusebius, staged and directed by Matthew Lenton.
Wed 15 – Sat 18 April 2026
Evening: 7.30pm; Mat Thurs 16: 2.30pm. (Trav 1).
With bold theatrical innovation and immersive world-building typical of Vanishing Point and Teater Katapult (Denmark), What I’m Here For is a fast-moving fusion of new European writing and visual imagination, which explores the tragi-comic collateral of hospitals and human choices. Book here.
*NB: This is intended to be a complete listing of all public theatrical productions on in Edinburgh. If you are staging a show which is not listed, or a listing is inaccurate, please get in touch through the contact page, here.
