Tag: King’s Theatre

Featuring hits Sunshine on Leith, I’m On My Way, Letter from America and I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), 'Sunshine on Leith' is both a funny and moving story about Davy and Ally, two soldiers...

Star of the King’s Panto, Jordan Young, will be running a half marathon as part of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May of this year. He’ll be joined by a team of Capital Theatres...

Edinburgh’s iconic Rosslyn Chapel played the backdrop to Olivier-award winning actor Nigel Harman, Red Dwarf and Death in Paradise star Danny John-Jules and Edinburgh actress Leigh Lothian who made the trip to Roslin in...

Step through the wardrobe into the enchanted kingdom of Narnia. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they wave goodbye to wartime Britain and embark on the most magical of adventures in a frozen,...

See the King’s go out on a high before the theatre closes to undergo its exciting capital redevelopment. With a soundtrack from world-renowned 'Leithers', The Proclaimers, 'Sunshine on Leith' is both a funny and...

Edinburgh's King’s Theatre are wide-eyed with pre-Christmas Season, and the panto cast has just begun rehearsals for this year's Sleeping Beauty.Rise and shine! It's the pantomime of your dreams!This will be the last pantomime at...

Edinburgh’s favourite pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, returns to the King’s for 2021-22. Allan Stewart and Grant Stott return to their pantomime home as Queen May and Carabosse. They’ll be accompanied by panto-favourite Jordan Young in...

The full casting has been announced for the thrilling new touring production of Washington Irving’s 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. Taking on the role of Ichabod Crane is Sam Jackson alongside Rose Quentin, Lewis...

The King's Theatre window lights were lit up in Purple yesterday (13th Sept.) in tribute to the late actor Andy Gray.Details surrounding the King's tribute can be found in Remembering Andy tonight at The...

Southern Light will kick start the public phase of fund-raising for the transformational redevelopment of Edinburgh’s historical King’s Theatre with the performance of SOUTHERN LIGHT SINGS FOR THE KING’SWith the recent announcement of Scottish...

Edinburgh’s favourite panto venue has teamed up with professional photographer Tom Duffin to create a virtual theatre tour and find a brand-new way to open the doors of the King’s Theatre during these unprecedented...

Edinburgh's King’s Theatre opened for the first time on 8 December 1906 with a performance of Cinderella, and today members of the staff gathered (safely!/at a distance) to celebrate its 114th Anniversary in the...

Staff of King’s Theatre celebrate the anniversary of its opening on 8 December 1906.The King’s Theatre Edinburgh opened for the first time on 8 December 1906 with a performance of Cinderella, and today members...

The Scottish Government has announced emergency funding for Capital Theatres who run The King’s Theatre and Festival Theatre.Capital Theatres – which operates the Festival Theatre, the King’s Theatre and The Studio in Edinburgh...

Performing arts venues across Edinburgh and the Lothians have received £1,325,698 from the open call for applications to the Scottish Government’s Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund through Creative Scotland.Awards made to Edinburgh and the Lothians performing...

Allan Stewart has admitted in interviews that he originally did not wish to appear in pantomime but, 44 years after he first appeared in a seasonal stage show, he’s back. Stewart (pictured with the cast)...

You don’t expect a civilised matinée performance to erupt with applause early in Act 1 but when Lord Illingworth declares: “I have nothing to say against the House of Commons. It is the last...

Tickets for Capital Theatres Autumn/Winter Season 2019/20 go on general sale on Monday 2 September 2019.Already on sale to ‘Friends’ since 26th August and on general sale from 10am on Monday 2 September, Capital...

'Breaking the Waves' is a wrenching moral drama about a woman’s twisted bargain with God. Based on Lars von Trier’s controversial film, US composer Missy Mazzoli’s opera won the 2017 Best New Opera Award...

Smash Hit Jukebox Theatre Show Returns To Sing & Dance Through the 1970s.Monday 14 October 2019 King's TheatreFrom the Producers of ‘Rip it Up The 50s’ and ‘Rip It Up The 60s’ – Rip...

It’s 1977 and Abigail is having a party. She’s 15, into punk music, safety pins and boys. But despite the title of Mike Leigh’s iconic play, we’re not invited to Abigail’s party – in...

A world where ‘I am right and you are right, and all is right as right can be.’ Or in other words, a world where no-one is wrong, and words can be...

First the good news.  The Classic Thriller Theatre Company’s production of The Lady Vanishes has a stunning, atmospheric set and a faultlessly professional cast, all of whom play their roles with great energy.This stage...

Perth Theatre’s world premiere production of Morna Young’s epic fishing drama comes to the King's Theatre from 20 to 22 May 2019A storm is brewing in a small fishing village. A young...

ARTKing’s Theatre Edinburgh Monday 11 to Saturday 16 February 2019After breaking box office records in 2018, David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers will produce the 2019 UK tour of the Old Vic production of Yasmina Reza’s...

Beauty and the Beast comes back to The King's this year for the first time in over fifty years. We are promised that this production will be brought up to date with songs and...

Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s Shakespeare in Love is loud, funny and occasionally heartbreaking – but how does it translate from screen to stage? Lee Hall’s adaptation, showing at the King’s Theatre this week,...

At the King's Theatre 16-20 April 2019.  Directed by Sarah Esdaile.Re-awaken retro fondu memories as domestic hostesses turn desperate harpies. Cheesy becomes sleazy as semi-detached social mores become ever more fractured and raw in this classic...

DRACULA - King's Theatre 30 October - 3 November 2018Fangs are looking up as the autumnal nights draw in and Tollcross grocers stock up on garlic.Dracula is one of the most universally iconic novels...

REBUS: LONG SHADOWSBy Ian Rankin. Adapted by Rona MunroAt King’s Theatre Edinburgh Monday 8 to Saturday 13 October 2018On the wagon and on the case again, auld reeking skeletons from the past are about to rattle...