Portobello Town Hall

Beauty and the Beast: The Pantomime

Beauty and the Beast: The Pantomime

★★★★☆ Roar-some

There are no talking teapots and dancing jugs as Stage Door Entertainment’s Beauty and the Beast: The Pantomime comes to Portobello, but there is plenty of good-old fashioned panto fun.

Dec 10 2025 | By More
Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

★★★★☆  Blooming marvellous

The comic horror musical Little Shop of Horrors comes to Portobello Town Hall this week courtesy of Stage Door and proves shockingly good.

Nov 8 2025 | By More
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

★★★★☆ Splendid

Stage Door Entertainment light up Portobello Town Hall with a bright and joyous production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring an enormous local cast and stellar leading performances.

Sep 28 2025 | By More
Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

★★★★☆ Porty Pals

What do you get when you combine an evil landlord and his devious henchwoman, a boy and his mother just trying to survive, and their faithful cow? Well a pantomime of course— what were you expecting?

Dec 11 2024 | By | Reply More
MAMA’s venue reprieve

MAMA’s venue reprieve

M.A.M.A finds replacement venue for 2024 revue

The Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association has found a new venue and posted new dates for its postponed annual revue, the M.A.M.A Spotlight Awards.

Apr 18 2024 | By | Reply More
MAMA pulls annual revue

MAMA pulls annual revue

M.A.M.A Spotlight Awards postponed

Rising costs and low ticket sales have forced the Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association to postpone its planned revue, the M.A.M.A Spotlight Awards at Portobello Town Hall.

Apr 7 2024 | By | Reply More
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

24 Hour Challenge: Impressive

The Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association made a strong and entertaining go of their 24 hour Musical Challenge – to learn, rehearse and perform a musical all in 24 hours, staging the final result on Saturday night at the Portobello Town Hall.

Mar 5 2024 | By | Reply More
Oliver!

Oliver!

★★★★☆ Let’s Twist again

Consider yourself lucky if you have a ticket for Oliver! at Portobello Town Hall this week – the inaugural stage show since the hall was re-opened as a community run charitable enterprise in June

Nov 9 2023 | By | Reply More
Listings: Mon 6 – Sun 12 Nov 2023

Listings: Mon 6 – Sun 12 Nov 2023

What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week…

Good to see a really decent fist of involved drama from Edinburgh’s amateur companies on the stages this week, where they have no less than three plays and a musical on offer.

Nov 7 2023 | By | Reply More
Cinderella open call

Cinderella open call

Paid opportunity at Porty Panto…

Cinderella, the new professional pantomime at Portobello Town Hall from Stage Door Entertainment, has put out an open call for the show’s principals.

Sep 25 2023 | By | Reply More
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