On Stage This Week

Listings for the period: Mon 19 – Sun 25 Oct 2026:

Listings for the coming week are here: On stage Next Week.
For the following week’s listings, look here: On Stage the Following Week.

Click on the name of the show or the Book here link to go to its ticketing site.

Bedlam Theatre
11B Bristo Place, EH1 1EZ.

Party (EUTC)
Wed 21 – Fri 23 Oct 2026
Evenings: 7.30pm.
In a humble garden shed in deepest suburbia, five young idealists have decided to form a new political party to right the wrongs of the world as they see it. Party is a brilliantly funny comedy of manners about small minds tackling big issues – from climate change and fairtrade coffee to what to actually call themselves. Tom Basden’s satire was first staged at EdFringe 2009. Book here.

King’s Theatre
2 Leven Street EH3 9LQ.

Chunky Jewellery
Wed 21 Oct 2026
One perf: 7.30pm.
Chunky Jewellery tells the story of two single mothers navigating life, death and everything in-between. Two friends, one year, two births, a death, 18 bursts of laughter, 34,000 tears (each), and one piece of chunky jewellery. It was a year to forget, but instead Natasha and Jude co-created an epic autobiographical show with Ben Duke (Olivier Nominated / Lost Dog). Book here.

Alan Davies: Think Ahead
Thu 22 Oct 2026
One perf: 7.30pm.
He thinks he’s Marty McFly but he’s older than Doc Brown. He spends more time in the pharmacy than the gym. Subject to relentless eye rolls from his kids. What is he? A late middle-aged stand up on tour for the first time in a decade. Funnier than ever, he says. Book here.

Toto the Ninja Cat
Fri 23 – Sun 25 Oct 2026
Fri: 3.30pm; Sat: 10.30am, 1.30pm; Sun: 10.30am.
Based on Dermot O’Leary’s best-selling children’s book, illustrated by Nick East, this purr-fectly thrilling tale is filled with original music, laugh-out-loud fun, and extraordinary puppetry, promising fun for the whole family. Book here.

Lyceum Theatre
Grindlay Street EH3 9AX. Phone booking: 0131 248 4848.

Tristan & Yseult
Kneehigh / Emma Rice.
Tue 20 – Sat 24 Oct 2026
Tue – Sat: 7.30pm. Mats Wed, Sat: 2.30pm..
Experience the original, critically acclaimed production of Tristan & Yseult – one of the most influential theatre productions of the 21st century. Adapted and directed by Emma Rice, this iconic show returns to the UK for the first time in ten years, offering a rare chance to encounter a modern masterpiece fresh and live on stage. Book here.

Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA. Phone booking: 0844 871 3014.

Leslie Odom Jr.
Sun 25 Oct 2026
Evening: 7pm.
Tony and Grammy Award-winning artist Leslie Odom, Jr. brings his extraordinary voice, magnetic stage presence, and genre-spanning artistry to the stage for an evening of music that is soulful, sophisticated, and deeply moving.. Book here.

Portobello Town Hall
147-149 Portobello High St, Portobello EH15 1AF.

Jekyll & Hyde (Stage Door)
Thur 22 – Sat 24 Oct 2026
Production postponed.

St Brides Community Centre
10 Orwell Terrace, EH11 2DZ

Coppelia (Edinburgh Ballet Theatre)
Fri 23/Sat 24 Oct 2026
Evenings:7.30pm; Accessible show Sat: 2.30pm.
Local amateur ballet company Edinburgh Ballet Theatre bring the classic ballet Coppélia to life… Dr. Coppélius is a doctor who has made a life-size dancing doll. It is so lifelike that Franz, a village youth, becomes infatuated with it and sets aside his heart’s true desire, Swanhilda. Sat mat is an accessible relaxed performance. Book here.

Studio Theatre
The Studio, 22 Potterrow, EH8 9BL. Phone booking: 0131 529 6000.

Do Not Pass Go
Wed 21 & Thu 22 Oct 2026
Evenings: 7.30pm; Thur mat: 2pm.
Award-winning theatre company Jordan & Skinner bring their irreverent physical theatre style to an epic true story of games, money, and the forgotten woman who invented Monopoly. With integrated BSL. Book here.

Open Floor Scratch Night
Fri 23 Oct 2026 
Evening: 7.30pm.
Four new scratch performances.
An [Almost] Completely Untrue Story by Natasha Robertson. Extract from a biographical exploration of Charlotte d’Éon de Beaumont, the world’s first transgender spy (currently in early development).
Wench by Charity Trimm. Reality invades the lunch break of two character actors at an interactive dungeon.
Unmasked by Bishal Roy. A dance piece exploring the search for identity through different masks.
Rich Brown by Thabo Mokolobate. Spoken word woven with music and movement, traces the journey of coffee and asks “asks: what does it mean to be consumed without being truly seen?” Book here.

Gaggle
Sat 24 & Sun 25 Oct 2026
Sat: 2pm & 4pm; Sun: 11am & 12.30pm.
A physical comedy, circus and live music performance, made for audiences of young people with complex additional support needs, and their families. Book here.

Summerhall
1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL.

The Rhinestone Cowboy (Jaggy Edina)
Fri 23/Sat 24 Oct 2026
Evenings: 7pm.
Written and performed by Leith-based poet Hjarta and co-produced with musician Harry Bongo, this bold, darkly humorous, raw and emotive one-woman multimedia production exposes the ravages of the effects of schizophrenia in a blistering road trip from Auld Reekie to the Land of Fire and Ice. Book here.

Traverse
10 Cambridge Street, EH1 2ED. Phone booking: 0131 228 1404.

Bottom’s Dream (PPP)
By Martin O’Connor, directed by Debbie Hannan.
Tue 20 – Sat 24 Oct 2026
Daily: 1pm (Trav 2).
Blending the text of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with original Scots-language poetry, this new spoken word performance by Martin O’Connor follows Nick Bottom the Weaver’s journey to the stage. From industry to the arts, his clash with modern-day celebrity and what he’ll need to sacrifice to achieve his dream. Lunchtime theatre: ticket includes a pie and a pint. Book here.

Thrice (Al Seed Productions)
Fri 23/Sat 24 Oct  2026
Evenings: 7.30pm (Trav 1).
Macbeth is dead. Who will now heal the land? The world at the conclusion of Macbeth is one steeped in fear; where truth and delusion blur, and tyranny thrives. This is where Thrice begins. Both a response to Shakespeare’s play and to our present moment, Thrice places nine women – three trios – in the aftermath of the story. They remain after the bloodshed, asking what it might mean to live on in the shadow of ruin. 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.

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