Capital Theatres
£10 On-the-day tix for Cap Theatres
25&Under scheme goes online.
Capital Theatres has launched a new £10 on-the-day discounted ticket scheme to its theatres for those aged 25 and under, which will be bookable online for the first time.
King’s redevelopment back on!
Funding gap sufficiently reduced for work to commence
Work will now start on the long-awaited redevelopment of the King’s Theatre this Monday, 27 February, after Capital Theatre secured additional pledges of £7.2m for the project.
Hamilton for Edinburgh
Nine week season at Festival Theatre
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has booked into the Festival Theatre for a nine week season in 2024. The Scottish premiere will be the second date of a UK tour starting in Manchester this November.
35 Days to Save the Kings
£8.9M funding gap as city loses out on Levelling Up fund
The King’s is in “last chance saloon” as Edinburgh fails to secure part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up fund, leaving Capital Theatres with an £8.9 million hole in its King’s redevelopment project.
The Gift
★★★★★ Magical
Barrowland Ballet’s jewel of a dance theatre show, The Gift, is pitched perfectly towards its intended audience of eighteen months to five year olds.
James IV – Queen of The Fight
★★★★☆ Resonant
James IV – Queen of The Fight at the Festival Theatre until Saturday and then on tour, is epic in scope and highly satisfying.
Sunshine cancels
Covid blow to King’s final show
Covid-19 has caused the remaining performances of Sunshine on Leith at the Edinburgh King’s to be cancelled, from today, Tuesday 14 June 2022.
Sunshine on Leith
★★★☆☆ Sunshine and showers
With the Edinburgh King’s set to bring down the curtain for a refurbishment, what could be better than a good old Sunshine on Leith singsong to send it on its way?
Leitheatre’s £5k appeal
Crowdfunding appeal to cover cancelation losses
The cancellation of The Odd Couple because of Covid in the cast has cost Leitheatre dearly, the company has revealed as it has set up a crowdfunding appeal to cover its costs.
Bring It On cancels
Selladoor pulls UK tour of Bring It On
Bring It On: The Musical, has been cancelled at the Festival Theatre after producers Selladoor Worldwide pulled the show’s UK tour, blaming the impact of rising Covid-19 cases and self-isolation requirements.
