A Taste of Honey
★★★☆☆ Troubling
A pair of perfectly pitched performances ensure that the EUTC’s production of A Taste of Honey at the Bedlam, to Friday, provides a more than creditable account of Shelagh Delaney’s script.
Strange Town’s tidal trilogy
Youth company celebrates 15th year with trilogy at Traverse
Youth company Strange Town is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and will be staging a trilogy of new plays, in the theme of Tides, performed by its young companies at the Traverse in June.
Preview & Listings Mon 18 – Sun 24 March 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
In another varied week of theatre, with ten shows on offer, the big opener is Rob Drummond’s brilliant Don’t. Make. Tea. from Birds of Paradise at the Traverse for two nights only ahead a stint in London.
Mother Clap’s Molly House
★★★★☆ Gloriously vulgar
The EUTC deliver a fully frank and deliciously frivolous take on Mother Clap’s Molly House, Mark Ravenhill’s dark comedy with songs, which plays the Bedlam to Saturday.
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.
Listings and Preview Mon 11 – Sun 17 March 2024
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
There is a full card of theatre this week with plenty to attract the eye from both local and touring companies with plays by great contemporary playwrights, as well a few one-off nights.
Shirley Valentine’s Lyceum date
Sally Reid to reprise award-winning role
The Pitlochry Festival Theatre 2022 production of Willie Russell’s iconic play Shirley Valentine is touring to the Lyceum in June 2024, with Sally Reid reprising her award-winning turn in the title role.
Hamilton
★★★★★ The storm’s eye
Event theatre has arrived in Edinburgh with the major production of Hamilton at the Festival Theatre, where it will sit down for nearly nine weeks in a run that was all-but sold out before it even opened.
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.
Listings & Preview Mon 4 – Sun 10 March 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
It’s a case of little and large this week, with two big sold-out musicals and a host smaller works and one-off performances.
