Listings: Mon 8 – Sun 14 June 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
The big event of the week is the Edinburgh amateur premiere of Dear Evan Hanson at the Church Hill Theatre (ends Sat: tickets), where Room 29 Theatre are performing for the first time.
It’s a “★★★★☆ Accomplished” production according to Æ reviewer Hugh Simpson, who was particularly impressed by the performances in what he points out is a problematic show, in terms of both themes and structure.
This is the final week of Sweat at the Lyceum (ends Sat: tickets) which Hugh said is “★★★★★ Unmissable“. Expect strong ideas, great performances, smart direction and a beautifully realised production design, in this tale of modern industrialised America.
Just in time for the World Cup, this week’s A Play, A Pie and a Pint at the Assembly Roxy is The Corinthian (ends Sun: tickets), about Andrew Watson, the worlds first Black international footballer, who led Scotland to defeat England 6-1 in 1881 – and 5-1 a year later.
More home-grown productions at Summerhall this weekend, with local youth company Strange Town staging three one hour plays in rep. Tickets for The Kind Complex by Isla Cowan, Heart of the Storm by James Beagon and Love Bites by Sam Siggs are all here.
Australian choreographer Joel Burke goes big in his Dracula at the Festival Theatre (Fri/Sat: tickets). This crowd-pleasing stuff, driven by music from the classical greats, which unleashes a collision of desire, torment and immortality.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre has a pair of good one-nights. Turan Ali’s Queer Folks Tales returns on Friday (tickets) with guests stand-up Heather Kondak Ross, crime novelist Emma Christie and musician Raveloe. And Iddo Oberski’s slow tour of his deeply personal Balancing in Freedom is on Saturday (tickets).
Listings
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.
The Corinthian (PPP)
By: Joe McCann
Wed 10 – Sun 14 June 2026
Daily: 1pm; Thurs eve: 6pm.(Upstairs).
Æ review: ★★★★☆ Necessary
The remarkable story of the world’s first Black international footballer who captained Scotland to glory. March 12, 1881. England lost 1–6 in a record home defeat to a mighty Scotland team, captained by a forgotten name from history: Andrew Watson. A raw, unflinching exploration of Watson’s life and what it means to belong nowhere and everywhere at once. Book here.
Church Hill Theatre
33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Dear Evan Hansen (Room 29)
Tue 9 – Sat 13 June 2026.
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat mat: 2.30pm.
Æ review: ★★★★☆ Accomplished
Room 29 make their Church Hill debut with this powerful, thought provoking and Tony Award-winning musical which follows a teenager who finds himself caught in a lie that spirals out of control – forcing him to face connection, grief and what it means to be seen. Book here.
Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT.
Dough (Rehearsed reading)
Mon 8/Tue 9 June 2026.
Evenings: 6pm.
Albie’s, an old Jewish-owned bakery in Glasgow, is under threat of closure. The last shop in a row of derelict houses, the bakery has been affected by shifting demographics, the rise of supermarkets, and now Albie’s landlord, Rashid, wants to develop the site. Book here.
Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Tue 9 Jun 2026
One perf: 7.30pm.
Film screening from the National Theatre. Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Book here.
NT Live: All My Sons
Wed 10 Jun 2026
One perf: 7.30pm.
Film screening from the National Theatre. Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge). Book here.
Dracula
Fri 12 – Sat 13 Jun 2026
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat Mat: 2.30pm.
Driven by masterpieces from Bach, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns and Debussy, this haunting retelling unleashes a collision of desire, torment and immortality. Choreographed by Joel Burke, the production features a powerhouse international cast of alumni from ballet companies across the world. 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.
Æ review: ★★★★★ Unmissable
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.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High St, EH1 1SR. Phone booking: 0131 556 9579.
Queer Folks Tales (Turan Ali)
Fri 12 June 2026.
One performance: 7.30pm
Æ Review from EdFringe 2025: ★★★★★ Triumphant
LGBTQ+ storytellers share stories of queer lives, past, present and future. Sometimes hilarious, often moving, occasionally shocking, the mix of true and fictional stories is as varied as the range of invited performers. Tonight, Turan is joined by stand-up Heather Kondak Ross, crime novelist Emma Christie and musician Raveloe. Book here.
Balancing in Freedom (Iddo Oberski)
Sat 13 June, Fri 20 Nov.
June: 2pm; Nov: 7.30pm;
A journey through the landscape of personal story, searching for meaning, connection and expression. In this unique blending of multiple art forms, Iddo Oberski takes us on a deeply personal exploration of his family’s Holocaust history, his own disability and Rudolf Steiner’s Philosophy of Freedom. Book here.
The 3% (Boufoni)
Sat 13/Sun 14 Jun 2026.
Evenings: 7.30pm
Set in 2040, in the so-called “Old Neuropa,” four individuals move within a landscape of constant control, in a society of limited sovereignty and continuous surveillance. They walk a path that leads either to annihilation or to the so-called people of the caves. Inspired by the Greek financial crisis, Vily Sotiropoulou’s play is performed in Greek with English surtitles. Book here.
The Voodoo Rooms
19A West Register Street, EH2 2AA.
The Road to the Grand Theatre of the World (Salvador Kent)
Mon 8 June 2026
Evening: 8pm.
An international, riotous celebration of life that follows two Troubadours on a journey to Lima. Filled with song, mask and wit, it is a unique devised work with all the heart and melancholy of life and the paths we take. Book here.
Summerhall
1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL.
The Kind Complex (Strange Town)
By Isla Cowan
Sat 13/Sun 14 June 2026
Sat: 2pm; Sun: 5pm. TechCube 0
Welcome to the Kind Complex – the factory of the future, where only the best and brightest teenagers of the tech generation are selected to work. When Agnes joins the design team, she enters the manufactured world of human-Kin: artificial intelligence humanoids created for hospitality and service jobs humans don’t want. Book here.
Heart of the Storm (Strange Town)
By James Beagon
Sat 13/Sun 14 June 2026
Sat: 5pm; Sun: 8pm. TechCube 0
Suffocating in a bothy at the end of the world, a group of girl guides attempt to survive a never-ending storm of dust. Brutal sacrifices must be made, with a clash of consensus and leadership. All the while, monstrous whispers haunt them from the dark: whispers of vengeance. Justice. Fun. Book here.
Love Bites (Strange Town)
By Sam Siggs
Sat 13/Sun 14 June 2026
Sat: 8pm; Sun: 2pm. TechCube 0
Midsummer night’s eve in Edinburgh. A girl with wings and a plastic bow and arrow sits sobbing on a bench. It’s been a hard day. Love. Bites. First performed in 2012 and published in 2021, Strange Town returns with many tales of fraught and frantic love, all as relevant today as they were then. 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.
