There are great theatre shows on offer all year round at the King's Theatre and Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.

Theatre, Plays

Found 60 events.
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Absurd Person Singular
Date	Location
Alan Ayckbourn's hit comedy about the social climbing Hopcrofts.
8 Sep–13 Sep 7.30; Thu & Sat 2.30 & 7.30	Theatre Royal, Glasgow
6 Oct–11 Oct 7.30; Wed & Sat 2.30 & 7.30	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

All Quiet on the Western Front
Date	Location
A faithful and inventive adaptation for the stage by Robin Kingsland of Maria Remarque's powerful anti-war novel.
28 Oct–1 Nov 7.30; Wed & Sat 2.30 & 7.30	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

An Evening With George Bernard Shaw
Date	Location
A performance of scenes from four of George Bernard Shaw's witty plays of a philandering nature. The ticket price includes the performance followed by a Supper Buffet and wine.
8 Feb 7.30	Mugdock Country Park Mugdock Country Park Visitor Centre, Nr Milngavie

Arcadia
Date	Location
Stoppard's play is a historical detective story that finds joy in the unpredictability of human desire. With dashing wit an academic hack desperately tries to solve the mysterious events at a country house. This play will be part of the revolving roster.
5 Jun–18 Oct (Times vary)	Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry

Bard in the Botanics
Date	Location
Scotland's only annual outdoor Shakespeare festival returns to Glasgow's Botanic Gardens, with 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
25 Jun–2 Aug (Times vary)	Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow

The Blend
Date	Location
An annual celebration of roots music now in its sixth year with a full programme of events and performances, free Blend sessions, late night DJ sets and more taking place in Stirling and its surrounding villages.
13 Mar 2009–15 Mar 2009 (Times vary)	Tolbooth, Stirling

Bugsy Malone
Date	Location
Musical spoof of Prohibition-era gangster films courtesy of the Youth Music Theatre of Scotland.
18 Jul–19 Jul Thu 7.30; Fri 2.00 & 7.30	Macrobert, Stirling

Charlie Is My Darling
Date	Location
A hard hitting account of Scotland's romantic hero Bonnie Prince Charlie. Starring Dave Dewar as writer and narrator, actors Robert Howat and Janis Marshall and musical director Alan Reid.
15 Jul 7.30	Aros Centre, Isle of Skye

The Container
Date	Location
Fringe First winning play depicting the journey of five people seeking asylum in Britain. The audience are seated in the back of a real freight lorry, making the experience all the more intense.
22 Jul–26 Jul 6.30 & 8.30	The Arches, Glasgow

Copenhagen
Date	Location
Michael Frayn's masterpiece is a fictional exploration of German nuclear scientist (and atom bomb pioneer) Werner Heisenberg's real-life meeting with his old friend and mentor Nils Bohr, and the huge significance it may have held for the entire world. Years after the event, their ghosts debate the true meaning of the encounter, and try to understand exactly what happened that night.
17 Apr 2009–9 May 2009	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Curse of the Starving Class
Date	Location
Sam Shepard's comic dissection of the corruption of American values. On a run-down Californian farmstead, at the edge of the desert and within migrating distance of the Mexican border, an alcoholic husband and a philandering wife are each scheming to sell off their family home without the other's knowledge, whilst their children struggle to come to terms with the harsh reality of the world they've been born into.
20 Mar 2009–11 Apr 2009	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Daniel Kitson: 66a Church Road
Date	Location
A work-in-progress, as Daniel Kitson prepares for the Edinburgh Festival. Last year, he moved out of his flat after six years. 66a Church Road is a break-up show for his flat, with which he had the longest relationship of his life.
16 Jul–21 Jul 8.00–9.00	The Arches, Glasgow

Fall (Previews)
Date	Location
In the aftermath of a horrific civil conflict, a new country is preparing for the mass execution of its war criminals. Kate knows nothing and everything about it. She knew one of the guilty men for 15 years and never suspected a thing. Traverse Artistic Director Domenic Hill directs a tense new thriller by acclaimed playwright Zinnie Harris.
24 Jul–26 Jul 7.00	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

For the Love of Mrs Brown
Date	Location
The latest antics of the irrepressible Mrs Brown starring Brendan O'Carroll.
21 Oct–1 Nov 7.30–10.00	Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow

Fungus the Bogeyman
Date	Location
Raymond Briggs' loveable Bogeyman Fungus is here brought to life on stage for a play about recycling, bumbling, compositing and hoarding. Suitable for children aged 4+.
8 Jul–9 Aug, not Sundays, Mondays Tue–Sat 2.30 & 7.00	Byre Theatre, St Andrews

Le Grande Cirque
Date	Location
An international cast of 50 world champion acrobats and jugglers, perform feats you never thought possible, in this theatrical circus show.
23 Sep–27 Sep 7.30; Wed 2.00 & 7.30; Sat 2.30 & 7.30	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

Habeas Corpus
Date	Location
Alan Bennet's play acts as an outlandishly comic portrait of 1970s Brighton, a city where the culture of free love is well and truly in swing. This play will be in the revolving roster.
29 May–18 Oct (Times vary)	Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry

The Home Service
Date	Location
Susan Flannery and Michael Lunts draw on a rich vein of material invoking the hardships, humour and heroism of those fighting the Second World War on the Home Front.
16 Aug 8.00	Wynd Theatre, Melrose
18 Aug 8.00	Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry

Home to Neverland
Date	Location
A new show from Splinters Productions, telling the story of JM Barrie - the lad from Kirriemuir who became the world's leading playwright.
25 Oct 7.30	The Warehouse Theatre, Lossiemouth

Horrid Henry
Date	Location
The nasty little nipper from Francesca Simon's books hits the big stage.
22 Oct–25 Oct 2.00 & 6.30	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

An Ideal Husband
Date	Location
The West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's satire of wit and wisdom in fashionable society.
10 Nov–15 Nov 7.30; Wed & Sat 2.30 & 7.30	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Jails, Institutions and Death
Date	Location
Jericho House is a drugs rehab unit that demands from its residents total abstinence from all drugs, including alcohol. The cast of this moving play are all recovering addicts or supporters of Jericho who use humour and insight to draw from their own experience the chaos, danger and tragedy of drug addiction.
11 Jul–12 Jul 7.30	Gilmorehill G12, Glasgow

Jungle Book
Date	Location
Birmingham Stage Company bring to life Rudyard Kipling's classic children's tale of the young man-cub Mowgli and his search for acceptance and safety in the jungle.
2 Sep–6 Sep 7.00; Thu & Sat 1.30 & 7.00	Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Mary Rose
Date	Location
New production of JM Barrie's time-travelling Edwardian ghost story.
24 Oct–15 Nov	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Materials for a Small Winter
Date	Location
Scottish premiere of the final work in Angus' ongoing series based on the writings of Malcolm Lowry. In this piece a woman imagines she is Rita Hayworth in 'Gilda', and projects this 'noir world' into a darker reality.
12 Jul 8.00	CCA, Glasgow

Found 60 events.
Sorted by event / date & time / place / most viewed. Showing 10, 25, 50, 100 per page.

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