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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
TINA Tours to Edinburgh

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.

Mar 5 2024 | By | Reply More
Buttrey rocks Bedlam

Buttrey rocks Bedlam

EUTC workshop new rock musical at Bedlam

Thaddeus Buttrey wrote his first song when he was 10 years old and first performed in a musical when he was 13. Now, the Edinburgh University phd student is set to have his rock musical Who We Are Now staged by the EUTC in their Bedlam theatre.

Mar 3 2024 | By | Reply More
MAMA’s mystery musical

MAMA’s mystery musical

MAMA take the 24 hour musical challenge

This coming Friday, the first of March 2024, the Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association will learn the name of their latest production. Not much unusual in that.

Feb 28 2024 | By | Reply More
Listings & preview Mon 26 Feb – Sun 3 Mar 2024

Listings & preview Mon 26 Feb – Sun 3 Mar 2024

What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?

There’s plenty going on this week. The debut play from Edinburgh’s Liam Moffat kicks off the new season of lunchtime theatre at the Traverse with JACK (tickets); there’s theatrical comedy at the Playhouse with Peter Pan Goes Wrong (tickets); and musical mystery at the Portobello Town Hall with MAMA’s 24 Hour Musical Challenge (tickets).

Feb 28 2024 | By | Reply More
Joseph’s Xmas return

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.

Feb 22 2024 | By | Reply More
Listings Mon 19 – Sun 25 Feb 2024

Listings Mon 19 – Sun 25 Feb 2024

What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?

This week is all about the one-acts: the Scottish Community Drama Association’s competitive Festival of One Act Plays, in which SCDA members compete for prestige and trophies.

Feb 21 2024 | By | Reply More
Listings Mon 12 – Sun 18 Feb 2024

Listings Mon 12 – Sun 18 Feb 2024

What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week…

There’s a full card of productions on this half term week, with nearly all of Edinburgh’s major stages in use at some point or other and a quite eclectic mix of productions to choose from.

Feb 13 2024 | By | Reply More
Ragnarok

Ragnarok

★★★★☆ Dark

Tortoise in a Nutshell has brought all its considerable prowess in live animation to the stage with Ragnarok, a dark and foreboding take on an ancient Norse myth, foretelling the end of our world.

Feb 13 2024 | By | Reply More
Everybody’s talking about… FCT

Everybody’s talking about… FCT

Forth Children’s Theatre announce 43rd EdFringe show

Forth Children’s Theatre has put out an open call for the teen edition of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at EdFringe 2024, which it will stage Friday 2 to Saturday 10 August at Broughton High School.

Feb 9 2024 | By | Reply More