Edinburgh Playhouse | 15 September 2026 The sun may come out tomorrow, but on opening night at the Edinburgh Playhouse, Annie didn't quite shine as brightly as I had hoped. The much-loved musical returned to Edinburgh this week, bringing with it all the familiar ingredients: the red-haired orphan, the formidable Miss Hannigan, billionaire Daddy Warbucks, an adorable dog and, of course, those songs that most of us could probably sing whether we've ever actually seen Annie or n

Edinburgh Playhouse | 8 September 2026 Champagne, glamour, gorgeous gowns and enough Cole Porter classics to keep you humming all the way home — High Society certainly knows how to throw a party. The much-loved musical arrived at the Edinburgh Playhouse this week promising audiences an evening of old-school Hollywood glamour, and visually, it absolutely delivers. But opening night came with an unexpected bit of drama before the curtain had even gone up. The production's two a

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 | Assembly George Square Gardens After days of running around Edinburgh squeezing as many shows as humanly possible into a Fringe schedule, sometimes you just need someone to hand you some crayons and tell you everything is going to be okay. Enter The Bob Ross Effect. Written and performed by Sarah-Louise Young, this wonderfully warm show takes inspiration from Bob Ross — the softly spoken, spectacularly permed artist who convinced millions of p

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 | Assembly George Square Gardens What happens when you take six West End performers, dress them as fishermen and turn some of the biggest pop, rock and musical theatre songs into sea shanties? Apparently, you get one of the most ridiculously feel-good hours at the Fringe. Welcome to Shantify. The premise is brilliantly simple: take songs everybody knows and give them a nautical makeover. Dolly Parton's 9 to 5, The Proclaimers' I'm Gonna Be (500

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 | Pleasance Courtyard Most Fringe shows involve squeezing three performers, a chair and some questionable homemade scenery into a tiny room. Bliss apparently didn't get that memo. With a cast of 17 West End performers, a live band, dazzling costumes and enough production value to make you wonder whether you've accidentally wandered into the West End, this new musical arrives at the Pleasance Grand with some serious ambition. The story follows fo

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 | Summerhall Let's get one thing out of the way. Bigfoot Ripped My Dog in Half I Saw It wins my award for best show title at this year's Fringe. Thankfully, the show itself is every bit as bonkers. Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland play two teenagers in a struggling Appalachian town who crash their truck into a stop sign and decide upon the only sensible explanation: Bigfoot did it. One fake sighting leads to another, the lie spreads through the tow

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 | Underbelly Cowgate Only at the Edinburgh Fringe could you walk into a room to watch a romantic musical about a half-man, half-moth cryptid and emerge thinking: “You know what? That actually worked.” Mothman: A Romance Musical is exactly the sort of gloriously stupid, completely committed nonsense that makes the Fringe so much fun. Written by Alex Franklin and Nikola McMurtrie, who perform alongside Alex Prescot and Hudson Hughes, the story beg

"Red hot. Rocking. Ridiculously good fun." Moulin Rouge! has landed in Edinburgh, and OH MY MOULIN – this show is an absolute knockout....

The contents of a 119-year-old message in a bottle, discovered at the King’s Theatre during the ongoing redevelopment project, have...

This week, I was invitied along to the Edinburgh Playhouse again for press night of the musical & Juliet . This captivating jukebox...

BONJOUR! As a fan of classic British television, I was buzzing to be invited along to the Edinburgh Playhouse for the press night of Only...

"Thrilling, high-energy... a match made in Valhalla!" Boasting (and quite rightly) the world’s only show combining theatre and...

Flying into Edinburgh Playhouse this week is the musical production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Tuesday doubled as the Opening and Press...

"A nostalgic rom-com with great pace and a great ensemble." Straight from London's West End, Pretty Woman The Musical has finally arrived...

Last night, I was invited along to highly anticipated Scottish premiere of Hamilton at the Festival Theatre. As a huge fan of both...

The King’s Theatre has been awarded £2 million from the UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund, a welcome boost to the ongoing...

Capital Theatres’ new season brings stars of stage and screen, groundbreaking physical theatre and exceptional work for families to the...

A new musical version of Dodie Smith’s classic book 101 Dalmatians will embark on a UK tour, playing at the Edinburgh Playhouse in...

Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you! The smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical ...

"A fun and heartwarming nostalgic trip to the 90s that delivers a poignant and thought-provoking punch." Greatest Days, the official Take...

"A murder? Oh, I like murder!" The most famous ‘Whodunnit’ in theatre history has come to town. Celebrating 70 years and holding the...

“Oh What A Night...at Edinburgh Playhouse!” The multi-award winning and internationally acclaimed jukebox musical Jersey Boys follows the...

“Really, it was loverly!” The Lincoln Center Theater’s multi award-winning production of My Fair Lady has arrived at Edinburgh Playhouse....