Production News
Hit Musicals set Edinburgh dates
Come From Away and Bonnie & Clyde to tour to Edinburgh
Two of the biggest recent West End musicals have announced tours which are coming to Edinburgh in 2024, with both putting tickets on sale today, Wednesday 31 May 2023.
Bright & Wild 2023
Lyra presents two weekends of fun
The Bright and Wild festival 2023 features four productions, commissioned and performed by the young participants at Lyra, the youth performing arts company in Craigmillar, staged at its Artspace venue.
StagEHd Fest Details
Full programme for 2023 edition revealed
StageEHd the open-access, free-to-attend festival of theatre is to return to the Ross Bandstand on the weekend of Saturday 10/Sunday 11 June 2023 with a dozen pieces from Edinburgh’s independent, grassroots and community theatre companies.
Al Fresco Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Forth Act to stage Shakespeare’s Dream in Saughton Park
This midsummer, new Edinburgh grass-roots theatre company, The Forth Act, is set to perform Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the open air arena of the Italian Garden in Saughton Park.
Warehouse Macbeth for Edinburgh
January 2024 dates for site-specific production
Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma are to star in a new production of Macbeth, touring to an as yet unnamed warehouse location in Edinburgh this coming January, 2024.
Dame Judi Dench sets Edinburgh date
I Remember It Well
Dame Judi Dench is to make an appearance in Edinburgh this August, when she brings her hit West End reminiscence show, I Remember It Well, to the Edinburgh Playhouse.
King & I dances back into town
Playhouse getting to know hit musical again
The multi award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I will return to the Edinburgh Playhouse in September 2023.
Drifters Musical for Edinburgh
The Drifters Girl sets Playhouse dates in 2024
Tickets have gone on sale for The Drifters Girl, the jukebox musical based on the story and music of the American vocal group The Drifters and their manager Faye Treadwell, which will tour to the Edinburgh Playhouse in May 2024.
JC Superstar for Edinburgh
Playhouse dates for Olivier Award-winning revival
The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s reimagined production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar will visit Edinburgh’s Playhouse in February 2024 as part of a major UK tour.
Oz wizzes into Ed
Wizard of Oz sets Edinburgh dates
The Wizard of Oz is flying over the rainbow and into Edinburgh for a week in February 2024, with tickets for the Playhouse dates going on sale from this Friday 3 March 2023 at noon.
