Capital Theatres
King’s hits bedrock
Delays and cost escalation revealed for King’s
The King’s theatre refurbishment has been delayed and it will not now be ready in time to host events during EIF 2025 but instead is now expected to open for the 2025 pantomime.
Graham Simpson, unsung hero
Festival Theatre usher surprised at Night of Musicals
Graham Simpson, who has been an usher at the Festival Theatre for 30 years, was the surprise winner of the Unsung Hero Award at The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals 2024.
Faint plays Munro’s Katherine
Catriona Faint takes title role in fifth James Play
The title role of Katherine Hamilton in Rona Munro’s latest James Play, James V: Katherine, will be played by Catriona Faint, who was recently seen as Jonathan in the NTS production of Dracula – Mina’s Reckoning.
Inclusivity award for Cap Theatres
Capital Theatres heads Scottish winners at UK Theatre Awards
Capital Theatres’ “pioneering and ambitious” dementia-friendly programme, started in 2015, has won the Excellence in Inclusivity award at this year’s UK Theatre awards, held in London’s Guildhall on Sunday, 8 October 2023.
£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.
