Edinburgh Playhouse
Matilda marches on
Matilda the Musical tour for Edinburgh in March 2026
The RSC’s smash hit production of Matilda the Musical is set to got out on UK tour again in 2025, arriving at the Edinburgh Playhouse from Wednesday 4 to Sunday 22 March 2026.
Jason Donovan gets Rocky at Playhouse
Rocky Horror Show tours to Playhouse in Jan 2025
Tickets are now on sale for the Rocky Horror Show touring to the Edinburgh Playhouse in January 2025 with Jason Donovan reprising his role as Frank’n’Furter.
The Drifters’ Girl
★★★☆☆ Stories still unsung
The Drifters Girl, at the Playhouse this week as part of a UK tour, provides plenty of Drifters hits, hung around the story of Faye Treadwell, who managed the group up until 2001.
Disney’s Aladdin
★★★★☆ Spectacular
Flying onto the Playhouse stage on the magic carpet of Disney, the big touring production of Aladdin which sets off on a 15 month UK tour is a big, sparkling concoction of fun.
Jersey Boys
★★★★☆ Slick and seamless
Packed with hits and bristling with energy, Jersey Boys, the musical telling of the formation and career of the Four Season, returns to the Playhouse for another extended stay until February 4.
Billionaire Boy
★★☆☆☆ Unfocussed
The Birmingham Stage Company’s adaptation of David Walliams’ Billionaire Boy splutters into the Playhouse for a half dozen performances, wearing its fun on its sleeve but failing to fizzle as it might.
School of Rock – The Musical
★★★★☆ Belting
Heads up pop pickers! School of Rock – The Musical, which grooves onto the Playhouse stage for a week until Saturday, is a big fat bundle of anarchic rocking-out and feel-good wish-fulfilment.
Burke’s Wedding Date Confirmed
My Best Friend’s Wedding sets Edinburgh Date:
Tickets are on sale for the rescheduled UK tour of My Best Friend’s Wedding staring Alexandra Burke, hitting the Edinburgh Playhouse in March 2022, and the Glasgow King’s in Feb 2022.
Waitress for Playhouse
West End and Broadway hit sets Scottish debut:
Waitress the Musical, based on the 2007 movie staring and directed by Adrienne Shelly, is making its Scottish debut at the Edinburgh Playhouse in January 2021 as part of a UK-wide tour.
