Royal Lyceum Theatre
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At the heart of Lothian Road's cultural quarter, the Royal Lyceum is an elegant 19th-century building next door to the Usher Hall. It is not only Edinburgh's principle repertory theatre, but the best-attended producing theatre in Scotland. Over the season, which runs from September to May, it stages seven plays as well as a popular Christmas show. Typically, it offers Shakespeare productions, classic texts by playwrights such as Anton Chekhov and Arthur Miller and new Scottish works by writers such as Jo Clifford and John Byrne. It is also one of the key venues for August's Edinburgh International Festival. The first thing you see is the glass- box extension, built in 1991, giving the foyer a bright and contemporary sense of occasion. This is where you'll find the box office, sweet stall and cloakroom. The opulent three-tier auditorium, with its glittering chandelier and traditional red velvet fittings, has room for 650. As well as the three bars, there are two function rooms named after the stars of the first ever production, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, whose ghost is said to haunt the upper gallery.
- Provides: Wheelchair access, Free wi-fi
Events at this venue
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Barefoot in the Park
- Written by: Neil Simon
Neil Simon's classic 60s comedy about strait-laced Paul, whose marriage to fun-loving Corrie has turned to comical discord, while Corrie's sweetly conventional mother tries to fend off the affections of the middle-aged man in the attic.
Fri 3 Apr
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Sat 4 Apr
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Sun 5 Apr
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Castle Lennox
Play by Linda McLean about a young autistic girl discovering a new world within the walls of Lennox Castle Hospital.
Fri 1 May
£17–£20 / 0131 248 4848
Life is a Dream
A prince destined to become a tyrant is imprisoned by his own father in this play by Pedro Calderon.
Fri 15 May
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Sat 16 May
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Sun 17 May
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
LUNG cHAts Live with Ian Rankin
Lung Ha Theatre Company in association with Six Point Productions present LUNG cHAts Live with Ian Rankin as part of Book Week Scotland 2019. Join Nicola Tuxworth and Gavin Yule of Lung Ha Theatre Company in conversation with Ian Rankin, one of the world’s most celebrated crime writers. This special event takes place just…
Sat 11 Jul
Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti
A gender-bent adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's class comedy by Denise Mina, which centres upon landowner Mrs Puntila's drunken mishaps and her chauffeur Matti, who has his eye on Puntila's daughter Eva.
Fri 28 Feb
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Sat 29 Feb
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Sun 1 Mar
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of)
An irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story, with all the ruthless matchmaking we've come to expect, with the addition of some new characters from below-stairs.
Thu 23 Jan
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Fri 24 Jan
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Sat 25 Jan
Times vary / £14–£33 (Preview £10) / 0131 248 4848
Wind Resistance
Every autumn, two and a half thousand pink-footed geese fly from Greenland to winter at Fala Flow, a peat-bog south-east of Edinburgh. Musician Karine Polwart captures the surrounding landscape through story and song, taking in history, bird lore and personal memoir.
Tue 25 Feb
Times vary / £25–£28 / 0131 248 4848
Wed 26 Feb
Times vary / £25–£28 / 0131 248 4848
Thu 27 Feb
Times vary / £25–£28 / 0131 248 4848
Fri 28 Feb
Times vary / £25–£28 / 0131 248 4848
Reviews & features
The Edinburgh theatre scene beyond the Fringe
20 Sep 2018
We explore why Edinburgh's theatre scene is still alive and kicking, way beyond August
If you're arriving in Edinburgh in September, you're likely to be greeted by a litany of old Fringe flyers, with the occasional Festival poster still tacked up on a wall. But don't for a second think this means that Edinburgh's stages are winding down…
Play time: raising the curtain on experimental and traditional theatre
23 Sep 2016
From the Royal Lyceum to Buzzcut Festival, Gareth K Vile looks at theatrical extremes in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Both Glasgow and Edinburgh have strong traditions of popular and experimental theatre. Although the major venues on both coasts of the central belt often collaborate, each of the cities have their own particular performance personality: Glasgow goes for…
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