Auntie May is Top Dame
Allan Stewart wins Best Dame at UK Pantomimime awards
Allan Stewart was recognised at the very best dame in all the Pantosphere this last Christmas season, for his turn as Dame ‘Auntie’ May McTrott in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Festival Theatre.
Listings Mon 20 – Sun 26 April 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s a bit of an odds and ends week, this. However there are a couple of strong (and very different) showings at the Traverse from Jessica Hardwick and Jack Docherty, while the Cold War creeps onto the Festival stage.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
★★★☆☆ Solid
The Makars give a solid account of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Church Hill Theatre, in a production which speaks to the mundanities of Tom Stoppard’s script while allowing its humour to speak for itself.
The Fringe that Porty’s building
Porty Fringe for 12 day event in August
The Fringe is set to come to Portobello this summer, in the form of the first Porty Fringe, a 12 day series of events planned for Portobello Town Hall, from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 12 August.
Listings Mon 13 – Sun 19 April 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Plenty of variety this week, including the always brilliant Vanishing Point, two top local amateurs companies, a new play at the Trav, a couple of musicals and some red-hot dance action too.
MAMA bound for Loretto
Wedding Singer is Easter break
The Brunton might be dark but local amateurs MAMA, the Musselburgh Amateur Musicals Association, are bringing light to the town with a new production of The Wedding Singer.
Listings Mon 6 – Sun 12 April 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s chocks away for a big musical theatre week. For your pleasure we have two new musicals created in Scotland, a pair of high-hitting staples from local amateur companies, and an interloping rocker.
May Day Mayday
NTS stage one-off “response to the times we are living through”
The National Theatre of Scotland to stage Mayday, a one-night only, multi-performer “response to the times we are living through” at the Central Hall in Tollcross on May the first.
Listings: Mon 30 March – Sun 5 April 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
So farewell then, Ellen Kent, your opera tours were certainly memorable. Not the most avant garde, but bringing opera to the people in big accessible productions.
Children’s Festival Listings
Edinburgh International Children’s Festival listings 2026
The 36th edition of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival boasts 15 individual productions in venues around Edinburgh over the first week of June 2026.
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