There are great theatre shows on offer all year round at the King's Theatre and Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.
- May 20 – May 31 Doctor Dolittle
- Jun 2 – Jun 7 Eurobeat
- Oct 6 – Oct 11 Carousel
Eden Court Theatre
Eden Court Theatre
Bishop's Road
Inverness,
IV3 5SA
Scotland
Box office: 01463 234234
Phone: 01463 224981
Email:
Website: www.eden-court.co.uk
Eden Court has opening in it sights
31 Aug 2007
Events at Eden Court Theatre
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| This period-instrument ensemble will perform a rich and varied programme featuring works by Handel, Vivaldi, Benda, Albinoni, Handel and Bach. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 20 May 8.00 | 01463 234234 £18-£25 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| After a sell-out run at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the 'Bacchae' is back! Starring Alan Cumming as Dionysus in an adaptation by David Greig, 'The Bacchae' is a co-production between the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Scotland. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 26 Jun–28 Jun 8.00; Sat 2.00 & 8.00 | 01463 234234 £21-£23 (£18-£20) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Tribute to the late, great Texan rock'n'roll pioneer. One for all the family. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 19 May 8.00 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £16 (£14) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Old-fashioned, melodramatic account of the 50th anniversary of the doomed Hungarian uprising against Soviet rule in 1956, which privileges action and spectacle over analysis and moral ambiguity and is at its best in its visual recreation of the attempted revolution. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 16 May–18 May Fri 6.15; Sat 5.30; Sun 7.45 | 01463 234234 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Moore is one of Ireland's leading solo artists, mixing traditional song with contemporary social and political commentary, and a few funny anecdotes to ensure his gigs feel more like a reunion of old friends. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 5 Jun 8.00 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £26 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Interesting and entertaining movie about moviemaking, with Truffaut as the hack director trying to steer cast and crew through a tacky love story. Won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 16 May Fri 8.45 | 01463 234234 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Irish country music singer, supported by The Matthew Maclennan Band. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 6 Jun 8.00 | 01463 234234 £15 (£13) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish composer Nigel Osborne's enchanting new chamber opera draws on the Bosnian music of 'Sevdah', meaning love or longing and features Bosnian poet and Librettist Goran Simic. Drawing on mythical archetypes, Osborne's soulful work details a wrought world overpowered by greed, conflict and desire. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 20 May–21 May 7.30 | 01463 234234 £12 (£10) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| A joint community project between the pupils of the Drummond Leavers Class and the HNC Drama students from Inverness College, this performance of modern fairy tales will address contemporary teenage issues. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 26 May 1.30 & 7.00 | 01463 234234 £5 (£3) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Now on its 21st anniversary farewell UK tour, this legendary production revisits Thomas' last lecture tour. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 4 Jun 8.00 | 01463 234234 £10 (£8) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Moving documentary which follows three impoverished Angolan music students as they prepare for the end of year concert at the country's only music school. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 21 May–22 May Wed 8.15; Thu 6.15 | 01463 234234 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| A day exploring the magical sounds of the traditional Indonesian gamelan, followed by an evening performance by Naga Mas and Scottish storyteller Marion Kenny. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 31 May 7.00 | 01463 234234 £12 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| The faces of 'Red Dwarf's' Holly the computer take to the stage for some frank stand-up and an ad-libbed Q&A. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 7 Jun 8.00 | 01463 234234 £12 (£10) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Maxwell Davies' chamber opera tells the story of Saint Magnus as told by librettist George Mackay Brown. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 20 Jun 7.30 | 01463 234234 £12 (£10) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| The climactic event of the 86th Inverness Music Festival will feature a programme of music, speeches, song, piping and dance. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 17 May 7.30 | 01463 234234 £10 (£5) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Set the mood for love with sublime singer Jacqui Dankworth as she performs classics by Ella Fitzgerald and Joni Mitchell. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 5 Jun 7.30 | 01463 234234 £14 (£12) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| A Southern belle becomes notorious for her bitchy manner, but atones for herself when a plague strikes. Star melodrama with all the stops out, given to Davis as compensation for missing the part of Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone With The Wind2. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 18 May Sun 5.15 | 01463 234234 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Set in a world of wars, land disagreements, occupations, cultural clashes, terrorism, music and drugs, this play looks at how two women, one Muslim, the other Jewish, can share a flat and their experiences. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 13 Jun 7.30 | 01463 234234 £10 (£8) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| More from the deadpan one, fresh from presenting 'Eight Out of Ten Cats'. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 20 Jun 8.00 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £19.50 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Morag comes to life in a musical show full of fun. A play for children originally commissioned by Mull Theatre based on the writing of Mairi Hedderwick in a special new version for the Byre. Travel to Struay to meet one of the best loved characters in children's books. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 22 May–24 May Thu 1.00 & 6.00; Fri 10.00am, 1.00 & 7.00; Sat 11.00am & 3.30 | 01463 234234 £9 (£6) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge Connolly (Clooney) is a cocky but charming football hero who is determined that his team will hit the big time. Investigative journalist Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) smells a story and the two become entangled in more ways than one. This wannabe Preston Sturges style romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the burgeoning American football league in 1925 yields tepid results and is Clooney's least interesting film as a director. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 16 May–22 May Fri & Mon 6.00 & 8.30; Sat 2.00, 6.00 & 8.30; Sun 2.00 & 5.00; Tue & Thu 11.30am, 6.00 & 8.30; Wed 2.00, 6.00 & 8.30 | 01463 234234 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Displaying extraordinary technical ability and filling the stage with an infectious delight, to spend an evening with these young dancers is to experience some of the very best in modern dance. The programme includes 'Sleight of Hand', 'Dream Play' and 'Mammatus'. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 17 Jun–18 Jun 8.00 | 01463 234234 £16.50-£18.50 (£14.50-£16.50) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Acting as an excellent introduction to the dizzying world of opera, this cracking piece of musical theatre tells the comic tale of a spinster and her neighbouring seaman. Ages 8+. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 9 Jun 10.30am | 01463 234234 £6.50 (£5.50) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| A prestigious solo piping competition considered to be one of the best in the world. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 4 Sep–5 Sep Thu 9.00am–11.00; Fri 9.00am–7.00 | 01463 234234 £20 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Following a similar format to Eurovision, the first Celtic and Scots minority languages song competition will be judged by both audience members and a panel of judges. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 21 Jun 7.30 | 01463 234234 £10 (£8) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| World music that's out of this world. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 1 Jun 8.00 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £12.50 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Out of Eden Youth Theatre Group present a dynamic response to the theme 'my space'. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 12 Jun 8.00 | 01463 234234 £3 (£2) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Ballet adds this contemporary take on the Prokofiev ballet to their award-winning repertoire, bringing Dutch choreographer Krzysztof Pastor on board to bring a fresh twist to the classic tragedy. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 28 May–31 May 7.30; Thu & Sat 2.00 & 7.30 | 01463 234234 £16.50-£23 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| The final of the Scottish Community Drama Association Festival of One-Act Plays will feature nine plays from across the nation. The adjudicator will be Jill Colby of Broxbourne and the winning play will go on to represent Scotland at the British Final Festival in Swansea. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 22 May–24 May 7.00 | 01463 234234 £10 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| 'A Night at the Chinese Opera', a new production directed by Lee Blakeley, involves a colourful range of characters including canal workers, explorers, Emperors and even Marco Polo. A combination of catchy folk melodies with parodies of Chinese and Italian opera creates a tale within a tale with its tongue firmly in its cheek. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 13 Jun 7.15 | 01463 234234 £20-£46 (£17-£43) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Falstaff, the self-indulgent, lecherous, larger-than-life glutton first brought to the public's notice in Shakespeare's comedy 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', gets his own spin-off opera courtesy of Verdi. Dominic Hill directs a new production for Scottish Opera which promises both Rabelaisian frolicking and a showcase for Verdi's exquisite melodic invention. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 12 Jun–14 Jun, not Fridays 7.15 | 01463 234234 £20-£46 (£17-£43) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Falstaff, the self-indulgent, lecherous, larger-than-life glutton first brought to the public's notice in Shakespeare's comedy 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', gets his own spin-off opera courtesy of Verdi. Dominic Hill directs a new production for Scottish Opera which promises both Rabelaisian frolicking and a showcase for Verdi's exquisite melodic invention. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 12 Jun–14 Jun 7.15 | 01463 234234 £15-£46 (£9-£44) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Little Josh lives in a noisy house with a busy family. One day he hears a tempting sound calling to him and thus begins an aquatic adventure of hope, in this enchanting blend of puppetry, music and visual storytelling from Visible Fictions. Ages 3+. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 7 Jun 1.30 & 3.30 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £5 (£4) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Kingdom draws on extensive research to present this touching theatrical exploration into the reclusive man behind the comic Stan Laurel. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 30 Jun 8.00 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £10 (£8) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| A showcase performance of mixed dramatic pieces by the Out of Eden Drama workers. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 25 Jun 7.30 | 01463 234234 £3 (£2) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| One of Scotland's longest running folk bands, The Tannahill Weavers perform their trademark take on traditional tunes and instrumentation. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 28 Jun 7.30 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £12 (£10) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| A performance of arias, duets and ensembles by Mozart, Donizetti and Verdi from this highly regarded Highland vocal group. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 6 Jun 7.30 | 01463 234234 £12 (£10) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Cumbernauld Theatre, working with the Tron, take on the mammoth task of adapting Iain Banks' first, best-loved, and most disturbing novel for the stage. Meet Frank, just your average island-dwelling, 16 year old serial killer, or so he thinks . . . Recommended for ages 15+. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 28 May–29 May 7.30 | 01463 234234 £12 (£10) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| The growing pains of a trio of 15-year-old girls, set mostly in the municipal swimming pool in a Parisian suburb, translate into arrogance and sexual confusion in their games of one-upmanship, social climbing and sexual awakening. This first time writer/director's effort is all too predictable, but is enough to make Sciamma one to watch. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 19 May–22 May Mon 5.30; Tue 6.15; Wed 11.30am & 6.15; Thu 8.45 | 01463 234234 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston Academy performs the fantastic 'Wizard of Oz'. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 23 Jun–24 Jun 8.00 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £12 (£8) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| A modern Bonnie and Clyde-style tale from acclaimed Scottish playwright David Greig, in which Leila and Lee get mixed up in a murder and have to flee town. Suitable for over 15s. | ||
| Eden Court Theatre, Inverness | 16 Jun 7.00 | Buy tickets 01463 234234 £10 (£8) |
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