Archive for May, 2026
Fame the Musical
★★★☆☆ Energetic
Queen Margaret University Musical Theatre Society returns to Pleasance One with Fame the Musical, a high-energy production that showcases an impressive range of talent across a large cast.
Zinnie Harris leaves Lyceum
Harris to step down from Associate AD role
Playwright Zinnie Harris is to step down as Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, according to a statement issued by her and the theatre today, Thursday 21 May 2026,
PPP: Funeral For My Boobs
★★★☆☆ Lively
Funeral For My Boobs by Hannah Howie, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at Assembly Roxy, is a touching autobiographical tale presented as an all-singing, all-dancing spectacular.
McAllan is Culture Sec
Màiri McAllan appointed CabSec for Culture at Holyrood
Màiri McAllan, the MSP for Clydesdale, will take responsibility for culture in First Minister John Swinnie’s new “streamlined” cabinet, announced today, Wednesday 20 May 2026.
Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In
★★★★☆ Delivers
The National Theatre of Scotland and the Tron Theatre’s touring production Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-in at the Traverse is both entertaining and affecting. The politically charged gig-musical is a thoroughly enjoyable, utterly necessary reminder of recent history.
The Bodyguard
★★★☆☆ Power packed
The Bodyguard, the power ballad-packed musical based on the smash hit film and flaunting its Whitney Houston hits, launches into the Playhouse this week with, quite literally, a bang.
Listings: Mon 18 – Sun 24 May 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
It’s mostly musicals for Edinburgh’s bigger stages, in a week where the less established and up-and-coming young bloods of the scene are the pick of the theatre offerings.
FCT, Leitheatre team up for Xmas show
Leading amateur companies to stage contemporary take on Dickens
Forth Children’s Theatre and Leitheatre are teaming up to create The Tale of Eliza Scrooge, a female-led modern adaptation of Charles Dickens, to be staged at the Church Hill Theatre this November, 2026.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
There is a big heart and an even bigger sense of injustice done in Leitheatre’ powerful production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, playing at the Church Hill Theatre until Saturday afternoon.
Guys and Dolls
★★★★☆ Accomplished
Southern Light’s take on Guys and Dolls at the Festival Theatre is beautifully sung, acted with comic glee, and falls only just short of greatness.
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