Manipulate live
A dozen live works for Manipulate Festival 2026
This year’s Manipulate Festival contains 12 live pieces of puppetry and visual performance, half of them from Scottish and Scotland-based creatives, over its run from Wednesday 4 to Tuesday 10 February 2026.
Listings: Mon 26 Jan – Sun 1 Feb 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
Not a lot, to be honest, one home-grown show, one student revue and on big national tour – thank goodness for the students’ BedFest at the Bedlam.
Listings: Mon 19 – Sun 25 Jan 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
It’s a bit more lively on Edinburgh’s stages this week, thanks to the decade-old touring production of The Shawshank Redemption, a sparkling new Into the Woods and a clutch of works in progress.
Horror show Hiatus
Edinburgh Horror Festival takes 2026 out
The volunteer committee running the Edinburgh Horror Festival (EHF) have announced that they are going to take a hiatus from staging the Festival in 2026, saying “after ten years, we need a break”.
Listings: Mon 12 – Sun 18 Jan 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Not a lot, it must be said. Just the two bona fide pieces of theatre for your delectation over this seven days. Both only on for one day. The mid-January doldrums really have been reached.
Rocky Horror Show
★★★★☆ Naughty
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show returns in good form to the Playhouse where it is playing all week to Saturday, with Jason Donovan reliving his role as Frank N Furter and Jackie Clune as a particularly pithy Narrator.
Listings Mon 5 – Sun 11 Jan 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
We are heading into the mid-January theatre hiatus, when most stages are dark or given over to comedians, but we aren’t there quite yet.
Bonnar for Leitheatre Hon Pres
Mark Bonnar re-joins Leitheatre as Honorary President
Scottish actor Mark Bonnar, recently seen on in Edinburgh-set dramas Department Q and Guilt, as well as Celebrity Traitors, has been made honorary president of local amateur company Leitheatre.
Listings Mon 8 – Sun 14 Dec 2025
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week?
We are deep into panto season now, with five opening this week, to join the Lyceum’s “★★★★☆ Magical” production of Cinderella: A Fairytale (ends Jan 3: tickets) and Porty Town Hall’s Beauty and the Beast – the Pantomomime (ends Dec 28: tickets).
Magic Edinburgh
MagicFest turns 16 with big Xmas offering
Christmas in Edinburgh is that bit more magical than in any other city – thanks to MagicFest, the Edinburgh International Magic Festival, which this year celebrates its 16th edition
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