There are no talking teapots and dancing jugs as Stage Door Entertainment’s Beauty and the Beast: The Pantomime comes to Portobello, but there is plenty of good-old fashioned panto fun. There’s lovely ...

We are deep into panto season now, with five opening this week, to join the Lyceum’s “★★★★☆ Magical” production of Cinderella: A Fairytale (ends Jan 3: tickets) and Porty Town Hall’s Beauty and the ...

Christmas in Edinburgh is that bit more magical than in any other city – thanks to MagicFest, the Edinburgh International Magic Festival, which this year celebrates its 16th edition, writes Matthew ...

Anyone not yet ready for Christmas-themed entertainment should get along to Saughtonhall URC before Saturday. Saughtonhall Drama Group’s production of Murder at Ten Twenty is a reassuringly ...

Mary Elliott Nelson’s adaptation of the critically-acclaimed classic 1946 film, It’s A Wonderful Life, is a heartwarming, festive watch in Leitheatre’s production running at the Church Hill Theatre ...

EGTG’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, at the Assembly Roxy to Friday, is a beautifully directed exploration of the autistic experience, based on Mark Haddon’s novel ...

Cinderella: A Fairytale, this year’s Lyceum Christmas play, is a sparkling, visually wonderful and consistently entertaining piece of family entertainment.

The Scottish Community Drama Association exists to encourage the development of volunteer-led theatre arts in Scotland. The SCDA runs the Scottish rounds of the UK-wide One Act Play Festival. It has a ...

Listings for the week: Monday 8 – Sunday 14 December 2025: For the following week’s listings, look here: On Stage the Following Week. The current week’s listings are here: On Stage This Week. Click on ...

Listings for the period: Monday 22 Dec 2025 – Sunday 4 Jan 2026: The current week’s listings are here: On Stage This Week. Listings for the coming week are here: On stage Next Week.

Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright, the touring production at the Playhouse until Saturday, is as scary and as funny as its many fans would hope.

Despite the traditional cries of “Oh no it isn’t!” it really is panto time. And for those who want something different – or indeed extra – to the tradition King’s Panto at the Festival Theatre, there ...