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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.
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.
All Rise for a little bit of politics
Political edge to EIF 2026 theatre programme
Under the festival theme of All Rise, the Edinburgh International Festival’s theatre programme challenges the myths and stories that the ruling class in the United States of America would like to tell for the country’s 250th anniversary of independence.
Summer lunching at Roxy
PPP to stage four productions at Assembly Roxy
Assembly Roxy is to host four productions from Glasgow’s famed lunchtime theatre producers, A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) in April, May and June 2026.
SM call out
Professional role for Easter Play
Cutting Edge Theatre has put a call out for a Stage Manager with experience of working in the open air for their 2026 Easter Play, to staged in Princes Street Gardens (West) on Saturday 4 April.
Cinders! steps out
Scottish Ballet’s Cinderella story returns for Xmas 2026
Boy can meet boy and girl meet girl in Scottish Ballet’s latest iteration of their hugely popular 2023 ballet Cinders! which returns to the Festival Theatre for Christmas 2026 with tickets on sale this coming week.
Forth Act’s final act
Amateur company calls it a day
Local amateur company The Forth Act has announced that it is closing after six productions, including two memorable al fresco Shakespeares in the Italian Garden of Saughton Park.
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