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Listings for the week: Mon 18 – Sun 24 May 2026:

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Assembly Roxy
2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU.
Funeral for my Boobs (PPP)
By: Hannah Howie
Wed 20 – Sun 24 May 2026
Daily: 1pm; Thurs eve: 6pm.(Upstairs).
You are invited to a funeral like no other, as we gather together with acclaimed performer and singer Hannah Howie for a glorious send-off for her boobs before a double mastectomy. Dress accordingly. No flowers, please. Purvey to follow! Book here.

Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
An Evening With Louis Theroux
Fri 22 May 2026
Evenings: 7.30pm.
For more than three decades, Louis Theroux has travelled the world meeting people on the extremes. Now, he offers audiences the chance to step inside the mind of one of Britain’s most distinctive documentary makers. In this intimate, in-depth conversation, he will reflect on the moments that shaped his career, the interviews that surprised him and the environments that tested him. Book here.

Lyceum Theatre
Grindlay Street EH3 9AX. Phone booking: 0131 248 4848.
Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil (Season 25/26)
Gary McNair.
Fri 8 – Sat 23 May 2026
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm. Mats Thurs 14, Wed 20, Sats 16 & 23: 2.30pm..
Æ review of 2021 Soundstage prodution: ★★★☆☆ Human
Gary McNair’s stage adaptation of Ron Ferguson’s beloved book comes alive with original music performed live on stage by Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue). When Sally returns to Cowdenbeath from her busy city life for her father’s funeral, she’s pulled back into the world of “The Blue Brazil” – the trials, triumphs, and unbreakable loyalty of a small-town football club with a big heart. Book here.

Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA. Phone booking: 0844 871 3014.
The Bodyguard
Mon 18 – Sat 23 May 2026
Mon – Sat: 7.30pm; Sat mat: 2.30pm.
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge–what they don’t expect is to fall in love. Book here.

Portobello Town Hall
147-149 Portobello High St, Portobello EH15 1AF.
Sunshine on Leith (Stage Door)
Thur 21 – Sun 24 May 2026
Evenings: 7.30pm; Mats Sat: 2.30pm; Sun: 2pm.
In this jukebox musical based on the songs of the Proclaimers, Ally and his friend Davy search for normality after returning from the army. Families, friendships and life are not all plain sailing in this funny and moving story about love and life. Book here.

The Raging Bull
161 Lothian Road, EH3 9AA.
Real Life Magic (Scoop)
Thur 21 May 2026
One perf: 7.30pm (doors: 7pm).
Can magicians use their skills to make everyday real life better? In this hilarious and mind-blowing show free drinks will appear, minds will be manipulated, the lottery will even be predicted, all with plenty of laughs along the way. Book here.

Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High St, EH1 1SR. Phone booking: 0131 556 9579.
Finding Balance (Balancing Act)
Wed 20 May 2026.
Evening: 7pm
A night of bold new theatre that celebrates creativity, collaboration, and the process of making work. Produced by Balancing Act Theatre, the event brings together writers, directors, and performers to share fresh ideas with a live audience in a relaxed and supportive environment. Book here.

Studio Theatre
The Studio, 22 Potterrow, EH8 9BL. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Ragnarok (Tortoise in a Nutshell)
Sat 23 May 2026
Evening: 7.30pm.
Æ review from 2024: ★★★★☆ Dark
Taking inspiration from Norse mythology’s cyclical tale Ragnarok creates a bold, haunting and multisensory theatrical world. Tortoise in a Nutshell fuse forms to stunning effect, blending human performance, puppetry and hand-crafted live animation to tell a story about fate and determination, mortals and gods, the world’s end and its rebirth. Book here.

Traverse
10 Cambridge Street, EH1 2ED. Phone booking: 0131 228 1404.
Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit In (NTS & Tron)
By Frances Poet.
Tue 19/Wed 20 May 2026
Evening: 7.30pm (Trav 1).
Greenock 1981. Faced with the threat of their factory closing, and with 240 jobs on the line, there’s no way the women of the Lee Jeans factory are going down without a fight. They barricade the doors, take a stand against corporate greed and stage a sit-in that lasts for 7 long months. Developed in conversation with some of the key women involved in the strike, this new play is full of authentic details that bring this significant moment in Scottish history to life. Book here.

Baby Mash-Up, What On Earth are you Doing? (Stillpoint)
By Sally Hobson, Directed by Nicholas Bone.
Fri 22/Sat 23 May 2026
Evening: 7.30pm (Trav 1).
Something’s wrong. Baby Mash-up knows there’s something adrift, but she can’t pin it down. There’s something off about the way her family gather for dinner, about the bombs that may or may not be going off outside and about the feeling that history is closing in on her. The seams of time and space are splitting, and she wants to figure out what’s going on and, most importantly, how she ended up here. Book here.

The Voodoo Rooms
19A West Register Street, EH2 2AA.
Casino! (State Ae That Theatre)
Tue 19/Wed 20 May 2026
Evenings: 7pm.
Ben Martin Byrne’s play follows five restaurant workers down on their luck struggling in a minimum wage job in a capitalist world gone mad. A comedic tale on one of societies unfunny topics. From drunken nights at the casino to hungover shifts, the staff pine for the days the graft will have been worth it.Will a drunken night change their lives forever? Does the saying money changes people rain true? 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.