Listings: Mon 25 – Sun 31 May 2026
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s a big week, with two major local companies putting on theatre, a five star hit at the Lyceum, a new musical at the Pianodrome, a touring scarer at the Playhouse, Scottish Opera’s in town and the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival opens. Phew!
Click on the name of the show or the Book here link to go to its ticketing site.
NB: The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival (EICF) Opens on Saturday 30 May with free events the Museum of Scotland. Productions open on Sunday at Assembly Roxy, the Storytelling Centre and the Studio. Full EICF details in our listings here, with a preview here.
Assembly Roxy
2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU.
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl (EICF)
Sun 31 May – Sun 7 June 2026
Sun: 1.30pm, 5.15pm; Mon: 11am; Tue: 1.45pm; Wed: 10.15am; Thurs: 1.45pm; Fri: 10.30am; Sun: 4pm.
Running time: 50 mins.
Ages: 8 – 12 Years. (Vee Smith & Sadiq Ali. Scotland)
Æ review from EdFringe 2025: ★★★☆ Mesmerising
Two friends perform breathtaking aerial shows. They fly, spin, hang from the rooftops and fall out of the sky… But they weren’t always so glorious. How did they transform from feeling like outsiders, unable to fit in, to the fantastical creatures they always knew they had inside them? Tickets and details.
Church Hill Theatre
33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Calendar Girls (EPT)
Wed 27 – Sat 30 May 2026
Wed – Fri: 7.30pm; Sat, mat only: 2.30pm.
A group of friends who attend a Yorkshire Women’s Institute are inspired by a tragedy to pose for a charity calendar with a difference – no more photos of Wharfedale bridges or Norman churches for them. Overcoming their initial reserve, the friends drop their dressing gowns to do their version of a glamour calendar, their modesty spared only by artfully placed cakes, knitting and flower arrangements. Book here.
Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
The Marriage of Figaro (Scottish Opera)
F
ri 29/Sun 31 May, Tue 2, Thurs 4, Sat 6 June 2026
Tue – Sat: 7.15pm; Sun: 3pm.
Sir Thomas Allen revives his much-loved production of Mozart’s unstoppable masterpiece. Simon Higlett’s sumptuous designs provide the backdrop for a comedy of social revolution and subversion that is as relevant today as ever, and this time sung in English. Book here.
Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre
1a Clark Road, EH5 3BD.
Waiting For Elvis (St Serf’s Players)
Thurs 28 – Sat 30 May 2026
Evenings: 7.30pm.
1960. The news that Elvis Presley will touch down in Scotland on his way home from National Service in Germany somehow gets out, so Tony, Jean, and Sylvia commandeer a car and head North, hoping to catch a glimpse of their hero. They encounter an array of comic characters as, in a race against time, they progress to Prestwick and a potential date with the King. Book here.
Lyceum Theatre
Grindlay Street EH3 9AX. Phone booking: 0131 248 4848.
Sweat (Season 25/26)
By Lynn Nottage. Lyceum production.
Wed 27 May – Sat 13 Jun 2026
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm. Mats Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm..
A gritty and deeply human portrait of America’s working class, where the fate of each generation unravels into the next. As Tracey and Cynthia’s sons, Jason and Chris, inherit the fallout of a system that has already failed their mothers, rage and desperation explode in ways no one could have foreseen. Book here.
National Museum of Scotland
Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF.
EICF Family Day
Sat 30 May
Events: 1am – 5pm.
Free Family Day, featuring free pop-up performances and artists’ interventions as part of this year’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. This year the events include three commissioned works from artists based in Scotland. Windbags, by Ronan McMahon in collaboration with Sita Pieraccini, Fergus Dunnet and Ben Winger (details); Dreich, Drookit and Braw, by Julia Chan, Robyn Gray, Michelle Ross and Vee Smith (details); and Tufts! by Kerry Cleland, Ben Winger, Katy Wilson and Ella Mackay (details). Family day details.
Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA. Phone booking: 0844 871 3014.
2:22 A Ghost Story
Mon 25 – Sat 30 May 2026
Mon – Sat: 7.30pm; Weds, Sat mats: 2.30pm.
Edge-of-your-seat, supernatural thriller by Danny Robins. A brilliantly funny and adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may or may not appear… What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth? Book here.
Pianodrome Bruntsfield
St. Oswald’s Centre, 41 Montpellier Park, Bruntsfield, EH10 4NB.
Nottingham (The EdinBards)
Mon 25 – Thur 28 May 2026
Evenings: 7pm.
A folk-medieval Robin Hood musical based on the early medieval ballads. This original musical stays true to the ballads’ timeless themes of challenging the status quo and appealing to our most primal need for community and fellowship. Join the Merry Men in this exciting world premiere; a fresh authentic retelling of an ancient enduring story. Book here.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High St, EH1 1SR. Phone booking: 0131 556 9579.
Perfect Dead Girls
Fri 29 May 2026.
Two shows: 3pm & 7pm
A gruesome yet tender celebration of the joys and paranoias of girlhood. In a purgatory plastered with graffiti, glitter, and teenage angst, two young girls find themselves trapped after their sudden deaths only to discover that they are not alone: something else is here, watching them, deciding who gets to leave and who gets left behind. Book here.
Cringe (EICF)
Sun 31 May – Wed 3 June 2026
Sun: 7pm; Mon/Tue: 10am, 1pm; Wed: 10am.
Running time: 60 mins.
Ages: 10 – 15 Years. (Ross MacKay and Scottish Theatre Producers, Scotland)
It’s Reid Aitken’s first day of high school and he just wants to vanish. When an embarrassing incident spirals into a legend known only as “The Creeping Snake”, Reid finds himself at the centre of the cruellest joke in
school. Suddenly, the question isn’t how to disappear – it’s how to survive, and who will stand beside you when everything feels impossible. Tickets and details.
Studio Theatre
The Studio, 22 Potterrow, EH8 9BL. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Mirkids (EICF)
Sun 31 May – Mon 1 June 2026
Sun: 1.45pm, 4pm; Mon: 9.45am, 11.45am.
Running time: 45 mins.
Ages: 5 – 11 Years. (Prototype Status / Cie Jasmine Morand. Switzerland)
Mirkids is a feast for the eyes and the imagination. The audience lies on the stage around a cylindrical structure, gazing at a suspended mirror and glimpsing dancers reflected on its surface. Here an arm, there a leg, disconnected and multiplied. In sync, with a geometric rhythm, body parts create mesmerising shapes like the vibrant patterns of a kaleidoscope: symmetrical, fluid, enigmatic and forever-changing. Tickets and details.
*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.
