Listings Mon 21 – Sun 27 April 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
A select listing this week as one biggie opens, another returns and braw new local company puts on some new work.
The big opener is Moulin Rouge at the Playhouse (ends 14 June: tickets) the big and no-doubt slick stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic world of splendour, eye-popping excess, glitz, grandeur and glory.
The cast of Isobel McArthur’s Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of). Pic: Mihaela Bodlovic.
Returning, is Isobel McArthur’s Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) bursting out of the servants’ stairs and into the Festival Theatre (ends Sat: tickets) in an irreverent take on Jane Austen.
More intriguing is Cossett Bolt’s Living with the Dead, downstairs at Augustine United Church (Fri/Sat: tickets). This is Not So Nice theatre with a tale of a novice mortician and the stories her cadavers reveal.
The Traverse has A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here (Thurs/Fri: tickets) about the real life cancelling of an educational show for young families due to misinformed online outrage.
Over the weekend RJ Hunter is at the Trav with their Stupid Sexy Poem Show (Sat: tickets), there is circus at the Roxy with Cirqulation’s Heritage, family-friendly show in all discipline circus (Sun: tickets) and The McDougall are at the Church Hill with their Pirate Adventure (Sun: tickets).
Listings
Assembly Roxy
2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU
Heritage (Cirqulation)
Sun 27 April 2025
One show: 6pm (Central).
We are celebrating our 10th edition, and the theme this time is HERITAGE. Where did we come from? What are we bringing with us from our cultures, ancestors, and connections? What are we leaving behind, and what will we be remembered by? A family-friendly show in all discipline circus. Book here.
Augustine United Church
41 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EL.
Living with the Dead (Not So Nice)
By Cossette Bolt
Fri 25/Sat 26 April 2025.
Evening: 7.30pm; Sat Mat: 2.30pm.
A young mortician prepares the bodies of the departed for their final send off. As she does, the dead experience their “last words”, a chance to relive, reminisce and remember a moment from their lives. What happens to those who are left behind? How do we learn to live with the dead? Book here.
Church Hill Theatre
33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Pirate Adventure (The McDougals)
Sun 27 April 2025.
One show: 1pm.
Ahoy, mateys! Everyone’s favourite children’s theatre company presents a brand new swashbuckling singalong show for 2025. Join Auntie Aggie, Max and Morag the Rabbit as they set sail on a musical treasure hunt, filled with songs and sea shanties such as Row Row Row Your Boat and A Sailor Went to Sea. Book here.
Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)
Tue 22- Sat 26 April 2025
Evenings: 7.30pm; Mats: Weds, Sat: 2.30pm.
Æ review: ★★★★☆ Delightful
Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance. This multi-award-winning production features a string of pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and You’re So Vain. Book here.
Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA. Phone booking: 0844 871 3014.
Mouline Rouge! The Musical
Previews: Tue 22-Thurs 25 Apr 2025
Fri 25 April – Sat 14 June 2025
Mon – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats: Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical begins its World Tour at Edinburgh Playhouse from April 2025. Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage with a world of splendour, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Book here.
Studio Theatre
The Studio, 22 Potterrow, EH8 9BL. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Don Quixote Rides Again (Inés Álvarez Villa)
Wed 23 April 2025
Evenings 7.30pm.
Æ Review from EdFringe 2024: ★★★★☆ Entertaining classic
A spellbinding storytelling experience as Spanish Storyteller Inés Álvarez Villa brings the iconic adventures of Don Quixote to life. Inés will be accompanied on stage by flamenco musician Danielo Olivera. Together they will transport us to the heart of Spanish culture. Book here.
Float (Starcatchers)
Fri 25/Sat 26 Apr 2025
Mornings: 10pm.
Designed especially for babies up to 12 months old, Float invites you to relax with your baby and enjoy a gently interactive performance, with music, dance, visual projections and sensory objects, in a beautiful, calm space inspired by the healing properties of water. Book here.
Traverse
10 Cambridge Street, EH1 2ED. Phone booking: 0131 228 1404.
Looking for Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood
By Paulus.
Wed 23/Thurs 24 Apr 2025
Evening: 7.30pm (Trav 2).
Featuring the star of BBC1’s All Together Now, Paulus The Cabaret Geek with Michael Roulston (Fascinating Aïda) on piano, this is an evening of pure joy filled with Victoria’s best-loved songs, including the iconic Ballad of Barry & Freda (Let’s Do It). Book here.
A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here (ThisEgg)
By Josie Dale-Jones, Abbi Greenland and Rachel Lemon.
Thurs 24/Fri 25 Apr 2025
Evening: 7.30pm (Trav 1).
In 2022 a show was cancelled while it was still in rehearsal. The idea of what the show might be created a demand for it to be left unseen. This piece of theatre – part autobiography, part fiction – questions the limits of performance: what we make it for, what we go to it for and what we are willing to stand up for. Book here.
Stupid Sexy Poem Show
By RJ Hunter.
Sat 26 April 2025
One show: 8pm (Trav 2).
This is a poetry show… But not as you know them. RJ Hunter takes you on a stupid, sexy, poetic journey through their life as a trans queer word-jester. Discussing transness, masculinity, femininity, relationships to others and herself and the beauty of the utterly stupid and pointless. 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.
