Festival Theatre
Bean team for Jack
Cast announced for “King’s Panto” at Festival Theatre
Capital Theatres is returning to what it knows for the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk, as the panto plays its final stint at the Festival Theatre before returning to the refurbished King’s in 2026.
Make It Happen (EIF)
★★★★☆ Salutary reminder
Make It Happen at the Festival Theatre has all of the trappings of an Event with a capital E. Even if it doesn’t quite justify that status, it is impressive.
Footloose
★★★★☆ Vigorous
Dancing onto the Festival Theatre stage with boundless energy and enthusiasm, The Beyond Broadway Experience presents a Footloose that is a showcase of Scottish talent and training, an invigorating look into the up-and-coming generations of musical theatre performers.
Rambert: KISMET
★★★★☆ Chaotic beauty
Rambert returns to the Edinburgh Festival Theatre with KISMET a fantastic double bill which explores destiny, fate and unpredictability.
The Croft
★★★☆☆ Confusing
The Croft, from Original Theatre at the Festival Theatre, is a peculiar production – acted with the maximum of dedication and impressively staged, but rather lacking in impact.
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.
Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet
★★★★☆ Innovative dynamism
Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet, at the Festival Theatre until Saturday, is no mere exercise in nostalgia, but a highly successful piece of dance.
Scottish Opera Double Bill
Trial by Jury – ★★★★☆ Absurd
A Matter of Misconduct! – ★★★★☆ Shrewd
Scottish Opera and the D’Oyly Carte Opera celebrate the 150th anniversary Gilbert & Sullivan’s partnership by pairing Trial By Jury with A Matter of Misconduct!, a new operetta commissioned in response to it.
The Merry Widow
★★★★★ Scintillating
Scottish Opera presents a scintillating new adaptation of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow at the Festival Theatre, bringing its setting into the twentieth century, and its sensibilities into the twenty-first.
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.
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