Festival Theatre
Christmas Week Listings
Shows to get you in the holiday mood…
There is a full card of productions to see in Edinburgh this week before Christmas, with availability for nearly every show (but not every performance) and something for most tastes.
The Snow Queen
★★★★☆ Beautifully wintry
The traditional Scottish Ballet festive slot may have shifted forward a little due to the King’s pantomime moving across town, but the return of The Snow Queen still manages to provide the appropriate Christmas glitter.
Gang Show 2022
★★★☆☆ Shining
The Edinburgh Gang Show is back, on song and up on its dancing feet – but in a brand new venue as it takes to the Festival Theatre stage while the King’s is being refurbished.
Gang Show Lives!
Edinburgh Gang Show is back, at Festival Theatre
The long-running Edinburgh Gang Show is back this week after the Covid hiatus, opening on Tuesday 1 November 2022 at the Festival Theatre with what its director says is the highest number of new recruits since the first one, back in 1960.
South Pacific
★★★★☆ Enchanted evening
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific comes to the Festival Theatre for a week, bringing triumph, tragedy and a truckload of Broadway’s best tunes.
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.
The Osmonds: A New Musical
★★★★☆ I hear music
They were whipping out their Osmond fan club scarfs in the front row of the Festival Theatre on opening night of The Osmonds: A New Musical. It’s that sort of show.
The Sound of Music
★★★★☆ Big sings
Huge performances, memorable staging and a strong message make Southern Light’s 125th anniversary production, The Sound of Music at the Festival Theatre, a fabulous night out.
Grease
★★★★☆ The Word
The Beyond Broadway Experience production of Grease, at the Festival Theatre for three performances only, is as vibrant a staging of the show as you could want.
Duggee’s Scottish dates…
It’s time to earn your Theatre Badge, Squirrels!
Hit children’s show Hey Duggee is to tour the UK in a vibrant and interactive stage show that will come to the Edinburgh Festival Theatre from Fri 27 Sun 29 January, 2023 and the King’s Glasgow Thurs 25 – Sat 27 May 2023.
