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Lyceum 60th season on sale
Five Lyceum productions in extensive season
Tickets for the Lyceum’s 60th season, and the first of James Brinning’s tenure as Artistic Director and joint CEO, goes on general sale today, with a handful of homegrown shows and a strong touring element.
High Life dates, tickets confirmed
On-sale dates set for The High Life tour
Tickets for the new musical of The High Life at the Festival Theatre go on general sale on Tuesday 17 June 2025 at 11am and the King’s Glasgow, 23 hours later on Wednesday 18 June.
EDGAS duo in birthday honours
David Lyle and Alan Borthwick awarded BEMs by King
Alan Borthwick and David Lyle, the Long-time Artistic and Musical Directors of the Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society, have been awarded the British Empire Medal “for services to music” in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025.
Dita teeses Edinburgh
Dita Von Teese sets Edinburgh date
Dita Von Teese is to bring her new Nocturnelle show to the Edinburgh Playhouse on Friday 13 Feb 2026 on the only Scottish date on an eight night tour of the UK.
The High Life hits the high notes
“U Fur Coffee?”
Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson’s The High Life is to get a musical makeover in 2026, after thirty years in the waiting lounge in a new production from the National Theatre of Scotland.
Children’s Fest programme
The Joy of Imaginate is back!
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival returns this weekend for a day of free family events at the Museum of Scotland on Saturday, followed by a full dozen shows for children, at venues across Edinburgh.
Brunton panto up for a CATS
Traverse, Lyceum & Grid Iron shows also nominated
The Brunton and Wonder Fools co-production of A Christmas Carol is one of four productions nominated in the new Outstanding Pantomime category in this year’s Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
CATS add panto to awards
Scottish theatre awards set June date at Trav
The annual CATS ceremony for the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland is to return to Edinburgh’s Traverse on June 8, with a new award celebrating Scotland’s pantomime productions.
Jodie Comer for Lyceum
Prima Facie sets Feb 2026 dates for Lyceum
Jodie Comer will return “one last time” to her award-winning performance as barrister Tessa in Suzie Miller’s one-hander Prima Facie, in a nine stop tour visiting the Lyceum in February 2026.
Minchin’s June dates
Tim Minchin announces June 2025 date & ticket on-sale
Australian comedian and Matilda composer Tim Minchin has announced an 18 city UK tour of his new show Songs The World Will Never Hear, hitting the Playhouse on Friday June 20 and the Glasgow SEC the following night.
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