Children’s Fest on sale
Edinburgh International Children’s Festival announces 2026 Programme
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has announced a programme of 15 productions in its 2026 edition, with tickets going on public sale from noon today, Wednesday 25 March 2026.
Listings Mon 23 – Sun 29 March 2026
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
An interesting week this one, with a strong clutch of small scale productions, a big touring Christie classic and the continuing saga of Emma and Dexter at the Lyceum
Crimes of the Heart
★★★★☆ Deep
Strawmoddie Theatre Company bring a thoroughly entertaining and emotionally direct production of Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart to the upstairs room of Assembly Roxy to Sunday.
It’s A Sin for CapTheatres
Rambert announces early development of It’s a Sin ballet
Channel 4’s BAFTA-nominated drama It’s A Sin is to get a ballet makeover from Rambert, with Edinburgh’s Capital Theatres as one of the co-producers.
Calling Ally & Davy!
Stage Door callout for Sunshine on Leith
Stage Door Entertainment has put an amateur callout for performers to play Ally and Davy in their production of Sunshine on Leith at Portobello Town Hall in May.
Edinburgh Panto up for awards
“King’s” panto recognised at the UK Pantomime Awards
Jack and the Beanstalk, last Christmas’s King’s Panto (at the Festival Theatre) has received four nominations in the The UK Pantomime Association’s annual awards, in which two Edinburgh brothers are also up for the Best Sisters award.
Strawmoddie go American gothic
Beth Henley’s play about fierce, complicated love is upstairs at the Roxy
This week sees the ever impressive Strawmoddie Theatre take on another piece of award-winning theatre. This time it is to the States that they turn, and Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Crimes of the Heart, playing the Assembly Roxy from Thursday to Sunday.
Listings Mon 16 – Sun 22 March 2026
What is on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s another busy week on Edinburgh’s stages with prime theatre from established local companies Strawmodie and EPT, from newcomers Encapulus and from tourers Ayr Gaiety, Raw Material and Children’s Theatre Partnership.
Mary is first act of Union
New company Union Theatre announces first production
Union Theatre, a new Edinburgh-based independent theatre company, operating in the amateur sphere was on Friday 13 March 2026, and announced that its first production will be the Scottish premiere of Mary, by Rona Munro.
Paper Factory re-opens its doors
Hidden Door announces venue and dates for 2026 event
Edinburgh’s pop-up arts festival Hidden Door has announced that it will return to The Paper Factory, a massive industrial site in west Edinburgh, for the 2026 edition of the multi arts festival.
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