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.
Listings for the week: Monday 13 – Sunday 19 October 2025:
For the following week’s listings, look here: On Stage the Following Week.
The current week’s listings are here: On Stage This Week.
Click on the name of the show or the Book here link to go to its ticketing site.
Assembly Roxy
2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU.
Catch!
Sat 18 Oct 2025
One perf: 3.30pm.(Upstairs).
Two friends explore their similarities and differences through juggling, games and play. Catch! is a mesmerising and joyful show that leaves audiences of all ages delighted and surprised. Book here.
Bedlam Theatre
11B Bristo Place, EH1 1EZ.
Read the Room (EUTC)
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Evening: 7.30pm.
Two original plays by local playwrights performed as a staged reading.
Gatekeepers by Rose Sarafilovic: A dynamic new piece of sci-fi theatre; and Crawl by Till Schindler: “Temple and Brandt want to fix a chandelier. They dig a hole instead.” Book here.
Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Mary, Queen of Scots(Scottish Ballet)
Thurs 16 – Sat 18 Oct 2025
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat Mat: 2.30pm.
Following a sold out EIF run, Scottish Ballet returns with its epic historical ballet from choreographer-in-residence Sophie Laplane (Dextera) and co-creator, James Bonas (The Crucible). Laplane’s bold choreography blends classicism with modernity, reshaping the familiar story of Mary’s relationship with Elizabeth I with powerful originality. Book here.
Lyceum Theatre
Grindlay Street EH3 9AX. Phone booking: 0131 248 4848.
The Seagull
Adapted by Mike Poulton. Lyceum production.
Tue 14 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 2025
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm. Mats Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Chekhov’s much-loved masterpiece soars anew in a darkly comic reimagining by Mike Poulter, with new AD James Brinning directing a stellar ensemble, led by Caroline Quentin. The Seagull blends sharp-edged comedy and emotionally rich drama into a timeless story of vanity, creative hunger, and the cost of dreams. Book here.
Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA. Phone booking: 0844 871 3014.
The Elvis Tribute Artist World Tour
Sun 19 Oct 2025
One show: 7.30pm.
Don’t miss three of America’s greatest Elvis tribute artists together in one show! Starring Shawn Klush, the sensational Cody Ray Slaughter and Moses Snow – making this an all-American spectacular not to be missed by any Elvis fan. Book here.
Summerhall
1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL.
Stuntman (Superfan)
Sat 18 Oct 2025
One performance: 7.30pm.
This performance of Superfan’s Stuntman has been cancelled due, ironically, to a performer injury. Details.
Traverse
10 Cambridge Street, EH1 2ED. Phone booking: 0131 228 1404.
Black Hole Sign (Tron & Traverse in association with NTS)
By Uma Nada Rajah.
Wed 8 – Sat 18 Oct 2025
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats Sats & Thurs 16: 2.30pm (Trav 1).
When a hole appears in the roof of a crumbling and understaffed A&E department, patients, porters and nurses do what they must to make it through the night. Directed by Traverse AD Gareth Nicholls. Book here.
Maybe Tomorrow (PPP)
By Brian James O’Sullivan & Hanna Jarrett-Scott.
Tue 14 – Sat 18 Oct 2025
Lunchtime: 1pm (Trav 2).
Sian Silver has been on stage her whole life, with years in show business and countless seasons under her belt. Now at the end of the pier (and her wits) in a dingy dressing room full of unrealised ambitions, there’s still one dream she just can’t shake. Hilarious musical about a faded starlet with dejected desires and abandoned aspirations. 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.
