A Lad in Cramond – the Boy Who Dared to Dream – follows most of the expected plot points of a Pantomime Aladdin. Here, a Widow Twanky, her love-lorn son Aladdin and his silly brother Wishy Washy, ...

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. Anyone familiar with Inside No. 9, the comedy horror anthology ...

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 ...

December is a-creeping in, with three full-on pantomimes opening this week – two panto versions of Beauty and the Beast and a Dick Whittington – and three non-panto Xmas shows. Pantos first. The St ...

Moonlight, Mistletoe & Magic (LMTC) Sat 13 Dec 2025 One performance: 8pm. (Dissection Room) A wholesome and heart-warming journey with soaring song, dazzling dance, and evocative spoken word, all ...

About Dick Whittington: “A fun read through for interested actors will be held on Mon, followed by friendly open auditions on Wed. Dick Whittington has a small cast of principal actors, who require ...

Balerno Theatre Company’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Church Hill may not be a traditional Christmas show but certainly provides a large helping of festive cheer.

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.

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 ...

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

Listings for the week: Monday 15 – Sunday 21 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.

Lost Girls / At Bus Stops, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a rather sweet take on a time-honoured dramatic dilemma.