Listings: Mon 23 – Sun 29 Oct 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
The big shows steal the headlines this week, with the World premiere of Treason The Musical at the Festival and the opening of the UK tour of Disney’s Aladdin at the Playhouse.
Schism
★★★☆☆ Thoughtful
There is plenty to ponder in Alex Cook’s intriguing new play, Schism, for Broadsword theatre, which is staged in the bowels of Augustine United Church for four performances only, ending on Monday 23.
101 Dalmatians musical for Edinburgh
Zinnie Harris adaptation for Playhouse in 2024
Zinnie Harris’s adaptation of 101 Dalmatians, Dodie Smith’s children’s classic, with a book by Johnny McKnight and music by Douglas Hodge, will play Edinburgh Playhouse in November 2024 as part of a UK tour.
Listings: Mon 16 – Sun 22 Oct 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
The half-term break sees a week without a huge show in town – although children of a certain age will be bouncing out of their high chairs in anticipation of the arrival of Stick Man at the Lyceum.
And… And… And…
★★★★☆ Captures the essence
Strange Town Touring Company’s And… And… And… takes time out from its tour round Edinburgh’s schools, to play the Traverse for two nights only, proving that Isla Cowan’s script is worth a wider audience.
Les Mis for Glasgow Hydro
Oct 2024 dates for Les Misérables arena spectacular
Tickets have gone on sale for the Glasgow leg of the Les Misérables Arena Spectacular world tour, which will be playing the SSE Hydro Arena, Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October 2024.
Still Waiting…
Sequel to Waiting in the Wings for Church Hill
Still Waiting in the Wings, a charity concert to raise funds for brain tumour research, is taking place at the Church Hill Theatre this weekend, with an evening performance on Friday 13 and Saturday matinee on 14 October 2023.
Listings Mon 9 – Sun 15 Oct 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
Welcome to a top week of on-stage entertainment, with two big theatrical events at either end of the production values spectrum, the second and final week of Peter Arnott’s latest, and the return of Waiting in the Wings, the benefit for brain tumour research.
Inclusivity award for Cap Theatres
Capital Theatres heads Scottish winners at UK Theatre Awards
Capital Theatres’ “pioneering and ambitious” dementia-friendly programme, started in 2015, has won the Excellence in Inclusivity award at this year’s UK Theatre awards, held in London’s Guildhall on Sunday, 8 October 2023.
Wake Up
★★★★☆ Audacious
Solar Bear’s triple bill of short plays, brought together under the title of Wake Up and playing for one night only at the Studio near the start of a Scottish tour, is a resounding and entertaining success.
