Playhouse
Jojo gets Kinky at Playhouse
Johannes Radebe to star in Kinky Boots tour coming to Playhouse
A new production of Kinky Boots the Musical, staring Johannes Radebe as Lola and Dan Partridge as Charlie Price, will tour to Edinburgh’s Playhouse and the Glasgow King’s in February 2025.
Chicago razzles back
Playhouse dates for Feb 2024
The latest UK tour of Chicago has announced new venues, including a week at both the Edinburgh Playhouse (Tue 4 – Sat 8 Feb 2025) and the Glasgow Kings (Mon 18 – Sat 23 Aug 2025).
Dolly musical & Jimmy Carr set Summer dates
Tickets now on sale for Here You Come Again
The new Dolly Parton jukebox musical, Here You Come Again has added the Edinburgh Playhouse to its 2024 tour ahead of a West End run, playing Monday 23 to Saturday 27 July 2024.
Lead cast for & Juliet announced
International Women’s Day announcement for Playhouse dates
The three leads have been announced for the UK tour of & Juliet, the jukebox musical which imagines a theatrical universe where Juliet ditches her famous ending with Romeo.
TINA Tours to Edinburgh
Tina Turner musical for Playhouse in 2025
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is set to play the Edinburgh Playhouse from Tue 11 to Sat 22 November 2025 (tickets), and the Glasgow King’s Tue 23 Sept to Sat 4 Oct 2025 (tickets), with tickets now on sale for both venues.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
★★★★☆ Fizzing
Peter Pan Goes Wrong, at the Playhouse until Saturday, can – much like its title character – apparently never get old. Instead, it remains fresh, funny and great fun on almost every level.
Joseph’s Xmas return
Donny Osmond’s Pharaoh turn in new tour
Seventies heart-throb, Donny Osmond, who played Joseph over 2,000 times in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, returns to the show this Christmas at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
The Wizard of Oz
★★★★☆ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
We’ve been to see The Wizard, and oh what a Wizard it was. Yes, the Yellow Brick Road leads to Edinburgh Playhouse this week for a spectacular new production of The Wizard of Oz, the beloved 1939 musical movie based on L Frank Baum’s series about the wonderful land of Oz.
Jesus Christ Superstar
★★★★☆ Rock-tastic
It’s back to basics for the Regents Park Open Air Theatre’s Jesus Christ Superstar, at the Playhouse to Saturday, in a production that soars and roars in all the right places.
Pan and Tink join Rydell High
Peter Pan to play Doody, Tink as Rizzo, in UK tour of Grease
Kieran Lynch and Rebecca Stenhouse, who starred as Peter Pan and Tink in the 2023/24 panto at the Festival theatre, have been announced as Doody and Rizzo in the UK tour of Grease, coming to the Playhouse in June 2024, with tickets already on sale here.
