Listings Mon 31 Aug – Sun 6 Sept 2026
What’s on Stage this week?
Well, that was the Fringe that was… Hope you all had a wonderful time of it. At Æ Towers we were busy reviewing all the shows made by Edinburgh-based companies. We didn’t quite make all 180 or so of them, but we do have a righteous 152 shows covered. You can wade through them all here, if you are interested.
So what of Edinburgh’s stages this week? Not a theatrical sausage, unsurprisingly, everyone’s gone for a little lie-down. All except our heroic Hugh, who was at Pitlochry for their “★★★★★ Devastating” A History of Paper.
There are a couple of non-theatre shows. The Festival Theatre has the Ocean Film Festival (Sat: tickets) and Serena Terry: Therapy (Sun: tickets), while the Playhouse has The Prat Pack’s Back (Wed: tickets) and An Evening with Sir David Jason (Sat: tickets).
The Lyceum has stand-up Sindhu Vee: Swanky on Saturday (tickets) ahead of the return of a couple of bankable favourites next week with Dogstar Theatre’s The Tailor of Inverness (Mon/Tue: tickets) and Tall Stories’ take on The Gruffalo (Thu-Sun: tickets).
Next week it’s a return to normal, with The Silence of the Lambs at the Festival Theatre (Tue 8-Sat 12: tickets) and the Cole Porter musical High Society at the Playhouse (Tue 8-Sat 12: tickets).
Local Heroes to look out for over the rest of the month include the LYAMC at the Church Hill Theatre with Bugsy Malone (Th 10-Sat 12: tickets) and Penpal Productions with six new script-in-hand works on the Seven Deadly Sins at Leith Depot (Mon 21: tickets).
Then Showcase 2026 the MacMillan Cancer Support benefit is Dream As One at the Church Hill (Tue 22 – Sat 26: tickets) while the canny students at Bedlam have secured the rights for a rare non-official tour production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show (Wed 23-Sat 26: tickets), including a pair of midnight shows.
Listings Mon 31 Aug – Sun 6 Sept 2026
Click on the name of the show or the Book here link to go to its ticketing site.
Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.
Ocean Film Festival
Sat 5 Sept 2026
Evening: 7.30pm.
Climb aboard for a night of ocean adventure. Venture to rarely explored depths of the planet with this selection of short films, meet the surfers, paddlers, divers and scientists who have dedicated their lives to answering the call of the ocean. Plunge into the wonders of the big blue – without getting your feet wet! Book here.
Serena Terry: Therapy
Sun 6 Sept 2026 (postponed date)
Evening: 7pm.
After a four month hiatus, an exhaustive list of therapies and an explorative mission towards self care, Serena’s back to her best! Still medicated, still peri-menopausal and a little bit mentally unstable, but functioning, wearing a bra when out in public again and ready to tell you all about her journey to recovery and the life altering events that came in between. Book here.
Lyceum Theatre
Grindlay Street EH3 9AX. Phone booking: 0131 248 4848.
Sindhu Vee: Swanky
Sindhu Vee.
Sat 5 Sept 2026
Evening: 7.30pm.
Someone once asked Sindhu Vee a very stupid question. She wants to tell you about it. From the award-winning star of Live at the Apollo comes a brand-new stand-up show about falling through the cracks you didn’t make, avoiding the friendships you don’t want, and embracing the self-love you definitely need. Book here.
Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA. Phone booking: 0844 871 3014.
The Prat Pack’s Back
Wed 2 Sep 2026
Evening: 7.30pm.
Following the monumental success of their debut run, the nation’s most beloved entertainers are officially reuniting. Bradley Walsh, Brian Conley, Joe Pasquale, and Shane Richie are hitting the road once again and this time they promise “Music, Mischief, Mayhem!”. Book here.
An Evening with Sir David Jason
Sat 5 Sept 2026
One performance: 7.30pm.
An unforgettable evening of fun, laughter, and stories. From Only Fools and Horses, Open All Hours, The Darling Buds of May, A Touch of Frost, Danger Mouse and many more shows, Sir David shares rare clips, behind-the-scenes secrets, and reveals the moments that shaped his career. Book here.
*NB: This is intended to be a complete listing of all public theatrical productions on in Edinburgh. If you are staging a show which is not listed, or a listing is inaccurate, please get in touch through the contact page, here.
