Listings Mon 27 Oct – Sun 2 Nov 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
It’s hot stuff for Edinburgh’s stages this week, with the Birmingham Royal Ballet holding their Black Sabbath Ballet (Thurs-Sat: Tickets) at the Festival and Miss Saigon at the the Playhouse (ends Sat: Tickets) in a tour so new they haven’t even got production shots yet.
But the hottest tip of all is to get to the Lyceum before The Seagull closes on Saturday. (Tickets) It comes highly recommended (★★★★☆ Impressive).
The other big local production is up at the Church Hill Theatre where the increasingly excellent local amateur company Blackout is staging Come from Away (ends Sat: Tickets), the musical about the planes diverted to tiny Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001.
The students of the EUTC have Oliver Lansley’s Immaculate at the Bedlam (Ends Fri: Tickets), about Mia who is young, free, single and pregnant – but hasn’t slept with anyone for a year.
Local company Strawmoddie celebrate their first decade with a Scratch Night at St Brides on Thursday (Tickets) for which we have a preview with founder Jonathan Whiteside.
This week’s Lunchtime PPP at the Traverse, The Fisher King (ends Sat: Tickets) is returns only (★★★☆☆ Jarring), but Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey (Fri/Sat: Tickets) – about mass emigration from the Hebrides to Canada in 1923/24 – is worth seeing.
And finally, Half Man Half Bull, which combines the myths of Thesus and Icarus, is at the Studio Theatre (Fri/Sat: Tickets).
Listings for the week to Sunday 2 November 2025:
Click on the name of the show or the Book here link to go to its ticketing site.
The Banshee Labyrinth
29-35 Niddry St, EH1 1LG
Edinburgh Horror Festival
Thurs 23 – Fri 31 Oct 2025
Various times.
The Edinburgh Horror Festival returns with a healthy 16 pieces of theatre amidst the even more healthy 41 different productions over the nine nights. There are a lot of clashes in the theatre programme, but many play for more than one performance, so plan wisely!
Mon 27/Tue 28 only:
Dracula (Tartan Tabletop). The Chamber: 8pm (1hr). Details.
Tue 28 – Thurs 30:
King of the Scouts (Half Trick). Cinema Room: 7.30pm (1hr). Details.
Unmasked. Cinema Room: 8.45pm (1hr). Details.
Click here for full programme details and booking links.
Bedlam Theatre
11B Bristo Place, EH1 1EZ.
Immaculate (EUTC)
Wed 29 – Sat 31 Oct 2025.
Evenings: 7.30pm.
Mia is young, free and single. And pregnant. The last person she slept with was her ex-boyfriend, and that was almost a year ago. Her pregnancy is strange to say the least. Explanations include, but are not limited to, said evil ex-boyfriend, a potential one night stand, the actual Devil, or the next child of God; an immaculate conception. All completely logical and just as likely as each other. Book here.
Church Hill Theatre
33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Come from Away (Blackout Productions)
Wed 29 Oct – Sat 1 November 2025.
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat mat: 2.30pm.
Based on the true story when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001. Book here.
Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Black Sabbath – The Ballet (Birmingham Royal Ballet)
Thurs 30 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 2025
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat mat.: 2.30pm.
Black Sabbath forged their unique sound in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s home city. Expect a spectacular theatrical evening featuring thrilling dance alongside full orchestrations of legendary Black Sabbath tracks such as Paranoid and Iron Man, as well as new orchestral works inspired by their music. 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.
Miss Saigon
Tue 28 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 2025
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Wed, Thur, Sat mats: 2.30pm.
A new production of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical. In the last days of the Vietnam War, 17 year-old Kim is forced to work in a Saigon bar. She meets and falls in love with an American GI named Chris but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. Book here.
St Brides Community Centre
10 Orwell Terrace, EH11 2DZ
Strawmoddie Scratch Night
Thurs 30 Nov 2025
Evenings: 7.30pm.
Join Strawmoddie Theatre as they celebrate the last 10 years of bringing joy and horror to audiences, with scenes from their first shows, sneak peeks at what’s next, Shakespeare and more — just in time for Halloween! Book here.
Studio Theatre
The Studio, 22 Potterrow, EH8 9BL. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Half Man Half Bull
Fri 31 Oct/Sat 1 Nov 2025
Evenings: 7.30pm.
A lad heads off to kill a monster; A boy falls out of the sky.
Two inextricably linked stories of hope and loss, wildly retold by internationally acclaimed ‘masters of storytelling’. Wright&Grainger and Oliver Tilney reimagine two myths – the adrenaline fuelled Theseus & The Minotaur and the heartrending Daedalus & Icarus. Book here.
Traverse
10 Cambridge Street, EH1 2ED. Phone booking: 0131 228 1404.
Rich Iasgair: The Fisher King (PPP)
By Kenny Boyle.
Tue 28 Oct – Sat 1 Nov 2025
Lunchtime: 1pm (Trav 1).
On the moors of the Isle of Lewis, strange things happen… Lexie and Effie are best friends, but Lexie has a secret that she won’t share, and Effie is determined to find out what it is. Folk thriller based on the folklore of the Isle of Lewis, coinciding with the Gàidhlig holiday Samhainn that marks the beginning of winter, or the “darker half” of the year. Book here.
Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey (Metagama Ensemble)
By Liza Mulholland & Donald S Murray
Fri 31 Oct/Sat 1 Nov 2025
Evening: 7.30pm (Trav 1).
Step aboard the SS Metagama, a journey that will take you from the Butt to Barra and on to the lakes and plains of Canada, to 1920s Detroit and Prohibition, through the ebb and flow of fortunes on both sides of the Atlantic, with this ensemble of acclaimed musicians and singers. Book here.
High Expectations (Babatunde Aléshé)
Sun 2 Nov 2025
Evening: 8pm (Trav 1).
Join the multi-award-winning comedian as he guides us through family life, his new- found fame and the joys of Costco in this hilarious new stand-up show. As seen on Taskmaster (C4), Live at the Apollo (BBC), Celebrity Gogglebox (C4), Would I Lie to You (BBC) and The Last Leg (C4). 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.
