City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

Theatres


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Edinburgh Playhouse
18-22 Greenside Place
Edinburgh EH1 3AA
The Playhouse, Edinburgh

Major venue, situated at the top of Leith Walk, that hosts many big-name and West End touring shows, be it dance, musical, rock, or Edinburgh International Festival.

Citizens Theatre

Citizens Theatre
119 Gorbals Street
Glasgow G5 9DS

Much-loved Glasgow theatre, in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, with a range of productions and workshops for all ages.

Tom Fleming Centre

Tom Fleming Centre
Queensferry Road
Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

Situated in the impressive 19th century building of Stewart's Melville College, the Tom Fleming Centre, in the renovated Victoran assembly hall, is a fully raked, flexible venue that seats 60 to 58

King's Theatre, Glasgow

King's Theatre
335 Bath Street
Glasgow G2 4JN

Historic theatre (opened 1904) designed by architect Frank Matcham, which hosts many large-scale, populist shows including annual pantomime at Christmas, drama, dance and comedy.

Mound Precinct

Mound Precinct
Princes Street
Edinburgh EH
EIFF: Film Festival Under the Stars

The Mound precinct is a public space by the National Galleries on Princes Street that is frequently used by buskers, street performers and for other outdoor events. You often hear the area referred to simply as "The Galleries".

Out of the Blue Drill Hall

Out of the Blue Drill Hall
32-38 Dalmeny Street
Edinburgh EH6 8RG
Out of the Blue

The Out of the Blue Drill Hall is a fifteen minute walk down Leith Walk from Waverley rail station.

Columcille Centre

2 Newbattle Terrace
Edinburgh EH10 4RT

Located in an old church building, the Columcille Centre operates as a community center and event space throughout the year and during the

St Serf's Church and Hall

280 Ferry Road
Edinburgh EH5 3NP

Offering weekly services in the church proper, St Serf's also provides two halls for community events, licensed for theatre productions throughout the year.

George Square Theatre

George Square
Edinburgh EH1 9LH

Large modern theatre in Edinburgh University quarter on elegant Georgian Square.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Edinburgh Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street
Edinburgh EH8 9FT
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

The site of the current Edinburgh Festival Theatre was extended to create the largest stage of any presenting house in Britain at the time, reopening in June 1994.

Adam House Theatre

Chambers Street
Edinburgh EH1 1HR

Adam House spans four Theatre seats about 160 and has a proscenium-arch stage with extensive wings.

Pleasance Theatre, Pleasance Courtyard

60 Pleasance
Edinburgh EH8 9TJ
Pleasance Courtyard

Perhaps best known during the festival for its huge fringe festival programme, Edinburgh University's 300-capacity student union building at the Pleasance is also the venue for public events (such

Dance Base - National Centre for Dance

Dance Base
14-16 Grassmarket
Edinburgh EH1 2JU

Centrally located down in the Grassmarket, Dance Base is Scotland's National Centre for Dance.

Brunton Theatre

Brunton Theatre
Ladywell Way
Musselburgh EH21 6AA
Brunton theatre from outside

The Brunton Theatre is just off the city bypass, 20 minutes journey from the city centre. Following refurbishment in the late Nineties, has a comfortable, raked auditorium with clear sightlines.

Bedlam Theatre

Bedlam Theatre
11b Bristo Place
Edinburgh EH1 1EZ
Bedlam Theatre

Scotland's oldest student run theatre is a 90-seater auditorium in a converted church near Greyfriar's Bobby and the National Museum of Scotland.

Church Hill Theatre

33 Morningside Road
Edinburgh EH10 4DR
Church Hill Theatre, Morningside

The Church Hill Theatre reopened in August 2006 after extensive refurbishment to the foyer, cafe bar area and installation of an extension which provides lift access to the auditorium.

Gateway Theatre

Elm Row
Edinburgh EH7 4AH

The Gateway Theatre is one of three sites that make up the Queen Margaret University campus and its last remaining foothold in the city of Edinburgh boundary.

Royal Lyceum Theatre

30b Grindlay Street
Edinburgh EH3 9AX
Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum

This refurbished, Victorian repertory theatre building harks back to a golden age of live performance.

King's Theatre

2 Leven Street
Edinburgh EH3 9LQ
King's Theatre

The King's Theatre was built in 1905 and opened in 1906.

Theatre Workshop

Theatre Workshop
34 Hamilton Place
Edinburgh EH3 5AX
Theatre Workshop

Friendly and intimate theatre with adjoining cafe based down in Stockbridge.