For more than eight decades the Edinburgh Playhouse has provided the backdrop for some of the most iconic shows and names in musical theatre and live entertainment. Now theatregoers are being given the opportunity to make their mark on the UK’s largest theatre by sponsoring a seat. Continue reading Theatregoers encouraged to make their mark at the Edinburgh Playhouse
Cabaret, starring Will Young, who reprises his award-winning performance as the enigmatic Emcee, and Louise Redknapp, making her stage debut as Sally Bowles, comes to the Scottish capital this November. Rufus Norris’ acclaimed production of Kander and Ebb’s musical masterpiece is on at the Edinburgh Playhouse in a five night run, from Tuesday 14thuntil Saturday 18th November, as part of its record-breaking UK tour. Continue reading Cabaret coming to Edinburgh Playhouse
Actress, singer and TV personality Claire Sweeney is to take over the role of Irene in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of Crazy for You. Claire joins Tom Chambers who plays Bobby and Charlotte Wakefield (Polly) in January. Crazy for You comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse in April next year as part of it’s UK tour. Continue reading Claire Sweeney to join the cast of Crazy For You
New photography has been released providing a glimpse of what fans can expect from The Band, the brand new musica, which kicked of its UK tour earlier this month in Manchester. David Pugh, Dafydd Rogers and Take That’s UK Tour of Tim Firth’s The Band, with the music of Take That, got underway at the Manchester Opera House on Friday 8th September.
Advance box office for the tour has now topped a record-breaking £10million and is set to entertain audiences in Edinburgh, at the Playhouse in July 2018.
The Band charts the story of what it’s like to grow up with a boyband. For five 16 year-old friends in 1992, ‘the band’ is everything. 25 years on, we are reunited with the group of friends, now 40-something women, as they try once more to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.
The Band will be played by AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Curtis T Johns, Yazdan Qafouri and Sario Solomon, who, as Five To Five, won BBC’s Let It Shine.
The Band is on at the Edinburgh Playhouse from Tuesday 10th until Saturday 14th July 2018.
Pictures: Matt Crockett
Flying back to Edinburgh Playhouse from 8th May 2018
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that Amy Ross (Elphaba), Helen Woolf (Glinda), Aaron Sidwell (Fiyero), Steven Pinder (The Wizardand Doctor Dillamond), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Emily Shaw (Nessarose), Iddon Jones (Boq) and Nikki Bentley(Standby for Elphaba) will lead the cast of the spectacular, critically acclaimed and multi record-breaking UK & Ireland Tour when it returns to Edinburgh Playhouse for its only Scottish dates from 8 May to 9 June 2018. Continue reading WICKED cast announced
One of the all-time great musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award®-winning – Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical – masterpiece Sunset Boulevard will play at the UK’s largest theatre, the Edinburgh Playhouse next month. Continue reading Sunset Boulevard coming to Edinburgh Playhouse next month
Call the Midwife’s Laura Main to star as Princess Fiona
SHREK THE MUSICAL® has announced casting for the forthcoming major nationwide tour. Following the unprecedented success of the first UK and Ireland tour, the original production team has reunited to bring the hit musical to a swamp near you! Opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse for the festive season from 12th December, the production will then tour throughout the country in 2018. Continue reading Believe … all ‘ogre’ again!
Cilla – The Musical, which made its world premiere last night at the Liverpool Empire in Cilla Black’s hometown, tells the extraordinary story of the ordinary girl from Liverpool whose teenage dreams of stardom lead her to becoming one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers of all time. Continue reading Cilla’s coming to Edinburgh
Jamie Wilson and Curve are delighted to announce the World Premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman – The Musical which will open at Curve, Leicester on 6th April 2018 before playing at theatres across the UK and in Ireland until 15th September 2018. An Officer and a Gentleman – The Musical will be playing at the UK’s largest theatre, the Edinburgh Playhouse, in a six night run from 2 – 7 July 2018. Continue reading World premiere announced for An Officer and a Gentleman – The Musical
Grease is the word! The original West End production of the electrifying musical, Grease, lights up the UK once again and visits the Edinburgh Playhouse from 11 – 16 September. The cast will be led by international pop star Tom Parker (The Wanted) in his first ever theatrical role, heart-throb Danny Zuko. Continue reading Edinburgh to welcome Grease The Musical
