Scottish actor Mark Bonnar, recently seen on in Edinburgh-set TV dramas Department Q and Guilt, as well as Celebrity Traitors, has been made honorary president of local amateur company Leitheatre.

Jack and the Beanstalk, the last time the ‘King’s panto’ appears at the Festival Theatre before its long-awaited return to the actual King’s, is another hugely enjoyable run-out for the established ...

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, ...

It’s fair dreich in Haddington but beyond the rainbow The Wizard of Oz brings the sunshine, courtesy of The Brunton’s panto. We begin not in Kansas but in Pansas – well, we’re not far from Prestonpans ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s annual pantomime is always one of the most keenly-awaited festive shows, and Sinbad the Sailor lives up to the anticipation.

Anyone who relishes old-fashioned pantomime, and in particular the chance to boo and shout ‘oh no it isn’t’ will find much to enjoy in St Serf’s Players’ Dick Whittington, at Inverleith St Serf’s ...

Christmas in Edinburgh is that bit more magical than in any other city – thanks to MagicFest, the Edinburgh International Magic Festival, which this year celebrates its 16th edition, writes Matthew ...

EGTG’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, at the Assembly Roxy to Friday, is a beautifully directed exploration of the autistic experience, based on Mark Haddon’s novel ...

Balerno Theatre Company’s Beauty and The Beast The Pantomime, running at the Church Hill to Saturday, is a gloriously fun affair from an energetic community theatre for – and featuring – adults and ...