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If you're looking for a pantomime or Christmas show in and around Edinburgh this year then the city's theatre's have got you covered. With a variety of productions to suit all budgets and all ages, from traditional panto fun to to creative retelling of classic and new stories, Edinburgh's stages are set to sparkle this winter. The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh has a swashbuckling Robert Louis Stevenson tale, Edinburgh Festival Theatre has the Edinburgh favourite King's Theatre panto and Edinburgh Playhouse has a world-wide superstar and a beloved musical theatre classic for Christmas 2024! Read on to find out more.
What's On in Edinburgh Christmas 2024: Winter Theatre & Panto Highlights
Edinburgh Playhouse: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tuesday 3 to Sunday 29 December 2024
Tickets from £15 - £130
Age guidance: TBC
We start with a show that isn't "traditionally festive" but is arguably the biggest event on Scotland's stages this winter. The acclaimed London Palladium production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is at Edinburgh Playhouse this December, with a superstar cast including legend Donny Osmond. Edinburgh Playhouse is the opening venue for the major new UK Tour of Joseph - and Donny's only UK Tour dates! This magical show is sure to inject a swirl of colour into your Christmas.
Who's in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Edinburgh Playhouse 2024? Meet the CAST
Donny Osmond as Pharaoh, Christina Bianco as Narrator and Adam Filipe as Joseph. The 2025 tour completing company are Hugh Cotton as Reuben and Will Haswell as Simeon. The rest of the company comprise: Aaron Archer; Bella Baldock; Daniel Bowskill; Imogen Bowtell; Taylor Bridges; Joseph Browlie-Johnson; Joseph Craig; Davide Fienauri; Ellie Greenway; Oliver Hawes; Kiera Haynes; Siobhan James; Ben Lancaster; Nicole Lupino; Bradley Perret; Harvey Shulver; Jessica Sutton; Charley Warburton; Jenna Warne and Alex Woodward.
TICKETS: atgtickets.com/edinburgh
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh: Treasure Island
Thursday 28 November 2024 to Saturday 4 January 2025
Tickets from £18 - £38
Age guidance: 5+
Step into the stunning Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh this winter for a festive adaptation of Treasure Island.
It’s Christmas Eve and young Jim Hawkins works at North Edinburgh’s finest accommodation for reformed pirates and past-it privateers. Talk of cutlasses, ships and gold can be dangerous in such company but with the boss, Ma Hawkins, gone for the day it’s not long before the story of their greatest voyage takes over… Jim, Ben Gunn and Lean Jean Silver are soon reliving their time hunting for treasure on the Hispaniola. Ahoy!
Sea shanties, adventures and heartfelt fun enliven Jim’s adventure as Billy Bones’ treasure map leads him north to the isles of Orkney in search of Captain Flint’s hidden fortune. Encountering plenty of puffins and buckets of swashbuckling, Jim tries to beat the pirates to the gold and get back home to Edinburgh safe and sound. Remember, X marks the spot… or does it?
Who's in the Lyceum's Christmas show 2024? Meet the CAST of Treasure Island
The production brings together an exciting cast, consisting of Amy Conachan as Lean Jean Silver, Jade Chan as Jim, Scottish musician and performer Tim Dalling takes on the role of Ben Gunn and provides songs for the production. Itxaso Moreno as Billy Bones and Movement Captain, Dylan Read as Pew / Puffin, TJ Holmes as The Laird, Anne McCarron as Understudy and Katrina Allen as Understudy.
Capital Theatre panto 2024: Cinderella
Saturday 23 November to Tuesday 31 December 2024 | Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Tickets from £20.75 - £40.75
Age guidance: TBC
You shall go to the ball at Christmas with the spectacular family pantomime Cinderella at Capital Theatre's Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Produced by Crossroads pantomimes, Cinderella is packed with all of the traditional pantomime ingredients Edinburgh audiences expect.
Cinderella features laugh-out-loud comedy, stunning scenery, beautiful costumes and plenty of boos and hisses. Join Cinders as she goes from rags to riches, outwits her very wicked sisters and meets her Prince Charming.
Who's in Edinburgh Festival Theatre's panto 2024? Meet the CAST of Cinderella
Fan favourites Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young star in Cinderella with Clare Gray returning for her sixth Edinburgh pantomime and Grant Stott celebrating his 30th pantomime year. Scottish actress and Coatbridge-born Amber Sylvia Edwards returns to Scotland to make her pantomime debut and take on the role of Cinderella.
TICKETS: www.capitaltheatres.com
⚠️ TICKET DEAL: £10 'on the day' tickets available for under 25's. More info here: https://www.capitaltheatres.com/whats-on/all-shows/panto-2024-cinderella/2282#25undertickets
Capital Theatre, Christmas show for wee ones: The Gift
Saturday 14 to Tuesday 31 December 2024 | Edinburgh Festival Theatre - Studio Theatre
Tickets from £11.50 (£9.50 for children under 16)
Age guidance: 18 months to 5 years
Barrowland Ballet bring their award-winning show The Gift to The Studio Theatre at Edinburgh Festival Theatre this Christmas.
Reversing the idea that it is the wrapping paper, the cardboard boxes and ribbons that should be discarded, this beautiful production celebrates the art of play, taking ordinary objects making them extraordinary and magical.
Expect to be inspired when it's time to open gifts this year!
TICKETS: www.capitaltheatres.com
Scottish Ballet: The Nutcracker
Wednesday 8 to Saturday 18 January 2024 | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Tickets from £28.50 - £59.50
Age guidance: TBC
Enjoy a visual feast as Scotland's National Dance Company, Scottish Ballet take you and your family on a fantastical adventure with The Nutcracker. With live music played by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra, this ever-popular ballet is the perfect festive treat.
We follow Clara on a journey through the worlds of her imagination, as she drifts off to sleep on Christmas Eve. She meets the dashing Nutcracker Prince, takes on the larger-than-life Rat King, sees snowflakes dance in the Land of Ice and Snow, and is whisked into the luscious Land of Sweets by the Sugar Plum Fairy!
TICKETS: www.capitaltheatres.com
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