Panto Preview and Listings 2024
It’s Panto time!
Oh Yes it is! So here is a roundup of all the pantomimes and Christmas shows on in Edinburgh and nearby this Festive season.
It’s always tricky working out which is more useful, listing shows by opening date or by venue… Some venues such as the Church Hill have many different productions while the big venues have shows running the whole Christmas season.
Here, listed by opening date, are all the pantomimes, Christmas shows and seasonal offerings in Edinburgh and around.
Listings
Click on the name of the show or the Book here link to go to its ticketing site.
Sat 23 Nov – Tue 31 December 2024
Cinderella
Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT.
Tue – Sat: 2pm & 7pm; Sun: 1pm & 5pm.
Join returning panto favourites Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young with a new magical pantomime for all the family. Packed with all of the traditional pantomime ingredients, Cinderella features laugh-out-loud comedy, stunning scenery, beautiful costumes and plenty of boos and hisses as Cinders goes from rags to riches, outwits her very wicked sisters and meets her Prince Charming.Book here.
Wed 27 – Sat 30 November 2024
Elf: The Musical (A-Team Productions)
Church Hill Theatre, 33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Evenings: 7pm; Sat mat: 2pm.
Based on the hit Christmas movie. Buddy, a young orphan child, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Unaware that he is actually human, Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. Book here.
Wed 27 – Sat 30 November 2024
Despicable Panto (EUTC)
Bedlam Theatre, 11B Bristo Place, EH1 1EZ.
Evenings: 7.30pm.
Vector returns to earth after a short stint on the moon to try and ruin Gru’s Christmas… but will he succeed? Gru, Santa and the gorls team up to make sure Christmas stays on track but the pressure of the looming holiday certainly provides a colourfully tense backdrop. This panto is filled with music, dancing and of course lots of minions so buckle in because Vector returning is just the start of the Christmas chaos! Details here.
Wed 27 November – Sun 1 December 2024
Little Red Robin Hood (Happy Sad Productions)
Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EL
Wed, Fri-Sun: 7.30pm; Sat Mat: 2.30pm.
Combining the well-loved stories of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Robin Hood’, and a sprinkle of some other fairy tale characters too, this sweet and goofy pantomime production will have every member of the family in hysterics! Book here.
Thurs 28 November – Sat 4 January 2025
Treasure Island
Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street EH3 9AX
Sat 30 Nov 2024 – Sat 4 Jan 2025
Sat 30, Thurs 5 – Sat 4 (not Sun/Mon): 2pm, 7pm; Suns: 1pm, 6pm.
Following the smash-hit Christmas production of The Snow Queen, the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh presents another epic story for the whole family – a new re-imagining of esteemed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson’s quintessential adventure story. Book here.
December 2024
Tue 3 – Sat 29 December 2024
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Playhouse, 18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA.
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm; Mats Thurs, Sat: 2.30pm; Suns: 1pm & 5pm.
Xmas eve: 1pm & 5pm, no show Xmas day. Boxing day: 6pm, extra matinee Fri 27.
Starring the legendary Donny Osmond as the roof-raising Pharaoh, the smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Edinburgh Playhouse for Christmas. Book here.
Wed 4 – Sat 7 December 2024
Aladdin (St Serf’s Players)
Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 1a Clark Road, EH5 3BD.
Wed – Fri: 7.30pm; Sat: 2pm & 6.30pm.
St Serf’s with Norman Robbin’s version of the time-honoured pantomine with all the well loved character, Aladdin himself and, of course, the well hated character of Abanazar, the evil magician, who provides plenty of opportunity for boos and hisses from the audience. Book here.
Wed 4 – Sat 7 December 2024
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Balerno Theatre Company)
Church Hill Theatre, 33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Evenings: 7.30pm; Fri Mat: 2.30pm, Sat mat: 2pm.
Enter a World of Pure Imagination and join Balerno Theatre Company as they retell this delicious tale. Based on Roald Dahl’s iconic story, the stage show combines memorable songs from the original 1970’s motion picture with new numbers from the songwriters of Hairspray. Book here.
Tue 10 – Sun 15 December 2024
Six – Teen edition (Captivate)
Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU.
Daily: 6pm; Fri 2.30pm; Sat: 12 noon (Central).
Don’t miss the chance to witness incredibly talented teens bring the queens of history to life in this high-energy, smash-hit musical! Don’t be put off by teen edition, these young women are extremely talented and the show is much the same as the one you all know and love. Grab your tickets while you can! Book here.
Tue 10 – Sun 15 December 2024
Nativity! the Musical (Captivate)
Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU.
Daily: 8pm; Sat/Sun mats: 2pm.(Central).
St Bernadette’s School’s unlucky in love teacher Mr Maddens is staging this year’s school Nativity and making it a musical. To get one over his rival school (and teaching nemesis Gordon Shakespeare) he has however told a teeny tiny lie…… that a Hollywood producer is coming to see the show and turn it into a film… Step up please, Mr Poppy! Book here.
Thurs 12 – Sat 14 Dec 2024
baba (EUTC)
Pleasance Theatre, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ.
Evenings: 7pm; Sat mat: 3pm.
It’s the week before Christmas in the Village In The Middle Of Nowhere. The grand Christmas Ball is looming, thrown by the Man Who Might Be The Devil.. Book here.
Fri 13 – Sat 14 Dec 2024
A Christmas Carol (Guy Masterson)
Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU.
Daily: 7.30pm.(Upstairs).
Guy Masterson, EdFringe legend, Olivier Award winner and West End and Broadway Director, returns to Edinburgh with his acclaimed performance of Dickens’ festive favourite. Famed for bringing literary masterpieces to vivid life (Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm) Masterson gives us Dickens’ original performance text in his own inimitable multi-character style. Book here.
Fri 13 – Sun 22 December 2024
The Sleeping Beauty (EPT)
Church Hill Theatre, 33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Weekdays (not Mon): 7pm; Weekend matinees: 2.30pm.
King Nolly and Queen Dottie of Woollyglen, the land of sheep and spinning wheels, are excited for the Royal Christening of their beautiful daughter, Princess Aurora in Ben Crocker’s traditional panto script, brought to the stage by EPT. But no expects wicked fairy, Carabosse, and her naughty feline accomplice, Spindleshanks… Book here.
Wed 18 Dec 2024 – Sat 4 Jan 2025
A Christmas Carol (Brunton & Wonder Fools)
The Brunton at Loretto School Theatre, Millhill, Musselburgh.
Daily (not 25/26, 1/2 Jan) Mats (not 19/20): 1.30pm.
Evenings: 7pm, except 5pm on Fri 20, Tue 24/31, Sat 28/4: 5pm.
Meet Scrooge, Musselburgh’s grumpiest miser and proud owner of Scrooge’s Speedy Cash, who’s in for a rude awakening when three mischievous ghosts turn up to ruin her silent night. With belly laughs, feel-good festive songs, and a hearty dose of Scottish Panto spirit, this isn’t just any Christmas tale – it’s a full-blown panto party that will leave you shouting, “Bah humbug!” all the way home. Book here.
Sat 21 – Mon 23 December 2024
Robin Hood and the Golden Apple (Macastory)
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1SR.
Daily: 11am & 2pm
Sir Guy of Grisslebone and his mother, the evil Sheriff of Morningside, are plotting to capture Robin and his band of Merry-Makers. Perfect Panto Patter especially devised for a young audience and their grown-ups, full of fun and laughter with all your favourite panto moments, packed into a cracker of an hour. Book here.
Mon 23 – Mon 30 December 2024
Kevin Quantum’s Christmas Spectial (MagicFest)
Church Hill Theatre, 33 Morningside Road, EH10 4DR.
Mon 23, Sat 28 – Mon 30: 2pm & 7pm; Tue 24, Fri 27: 12 noon & 4pm.
Straight from sell-out shows around the globe, magician Kevin Quantum and special guests are back with new astonishing magic and spectacular stage illusions in a riotously fun and enchanting Christmas show for the whole family. Book here.
ENDS
