Festival Theatre
The Shawshank Redemption
★★★☆☆ Faithful retelling
The Shawshank Redemption at the Festival Theatre provides a dependable evening of cogent storytelling.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
★★★★★ Breathtaking
Anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy should certainly go and see The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the Festival Theatre. As should anyone who has ever suffered loss, ever been a child, or who wants to see a theatrical production whose storytelling drive is matched by its extraordinary visual power.
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
★★★★☆ Enchanting
New Adventures’ magical production of Sleeping Beauty, at the Festival Theatre all week, tells the timeless tale of Princess Aurora with a modern gothic twist that has you hooked from the start.
Listings Mon 10 – Sun 16 April 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
The last week of the Easter break marks the arrival of what might be the hottest ticket to come to town this year – Isobel McArthur’s latest venture into classic adaptations with Kidnapped, at the Lyceum for a limited season.
Wish You Were Dead
★★☆☆☆ Lacks Grace
Two days after the latest series of Grace left our TV screens, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is back on stage in Edinburgh in Wish You Were Dead, Shaun McKenna’s sixth adaption of a Peter James novel.
Swan Lake
★★★★☆ Classically beautiful
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s traditional Swan Lake spellbinds its audience with Tchaikovsky’s iconic and emotive score performed live by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, just as Odile spellbinds Prince Siegfried.
Peaky Blinders – the Redemption of Thomas Shelby
★★★★☆ Razor sharp
Festival Theatre: Tue 28 Feb – Sat 4 Mar 2023
Review by Suzanne O’Brien
Was there a need, desire or craving for a dance theatre version of hit TV show Peaky Blinders? Perhaps not. But Rambert Dance’s piece successfully plays on the show’s popularity to introduce new audiences to the world of dance.
Listings Mon 27 Feb – Sun 5 Mar 2023
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week…
It’s a week of fierce performances on Edinburgh’s stages, with the return of lunchtime theatre to the Traverse while the Edinburgh students do the heavy theatrical lifting with their interpretations of two hefty works.
The Yeomen of the Guard
★★★★☆ A classic with clarity
The good men and women of Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society do more than yeoman service as they present arguably the greatest Savoy opera at the Festival Theatre.
Hamilton for Edinburgh
Nine week season at Festival Theatre
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has booked into the Festival Theatre for a nine week season in 2024. The Scottish premiere will be the second date of a UK tour starting in Manchester this November.
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