In a small Midwest American town there is a strange phenomenon happening. Researchers have arrived to observe a group of people transfixed on a prophecy “that the world is ending and that they alone k...

There is something deliciously appropriate about entering Edinburgh’s newly refurbished King’s Theatre, one of the city’s great theatrical survivors, to discover that Geoff Sobelle has built a crumbli...

A trumpet cuts through the audience’s murmuring – Wynston Marsalis stands at the back of the auditorium playing Amazing Grace, and amazing it absolutely was.  The Global Ideas Stage began as it intend...

directed by Stijn Van Opsatal is a bold new take on Chekhov’s classic play The Seagull. Running consecutively for two and a half hours, this is an adaptation unlike any you have seen before. At the forefront of is the performance of the text in Flemish Sign Language.  This production truly highlights the ingenuity and championing of accessibility as not just a requirement, but as a medium in its own right. Performed as part of the Edinburgh international festival, is brought to us by two Belgian theatre companies; Toneelhuis and Olympique Dramatique.

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CapTheatres launches new initiative and call-out for creatives Capital Theatre has launched a new Associate Artists scheme, to support two for mid-career Scottish theatre makers creating work for people living with dementia or children with complex or additional support.

Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre will officially reopen on 1 August. The Tollcross venue has been shut for three years for a massive structural overhaul. But amidst this generational transformation, perhaps the most dramatic change is to the stage itself: the rake is gone. Contractors ripped out the slanted floor and installed a completely level surface. They also raised the fly tower by 4.5 metres.

In December 2024, theatre photographer and historian Mike Hume found a glass bottle hidden above the stage at the King’s Theatre. Sealed in October 1906, shortly before the venue first opened, it contained a simple manifest: the names of the architects, plasterers, and apprentices who built the auditorium. Now, as the King's prepares to reopen its doors this August following extensive redevelopment, Capital Theatres wants to compile a modern equivalent.

88 likes, 5 comments - captheatres on May 1, 2026: "Guess who's back at the King's next year 👀 Forget your troubles and enjoy a night of music and comedy with Allan Stewart and some very special gue...

Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, adapted by Ken Ludwig and directed by Lucy Bailey, plays at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh from 24–28 March 2026. This touring stage production, starring Mark Hadfield as Hercule Poirot and is produced by Fiery Angel

Rambert announces early development of It’s a Sin ballet Channel 4's BAFTA-nominated drama It's A Sin is to get a ballet makeover from Rambert, with Edinburgh’s Capital Theatres as one of the co-producers.

The latest touring production of The Bacchae by Euripides, presented by Company of Wolves at The Studio at Festival Theatre in Edinburgh under the umbrella of Capital Theatres, is a bold and strikingl...

nspector Morse: House of Ghosts Tue 3 – Sat 7 Mar 2026 There’s always something intriguing about seeing a much-loved television character brought to the stage, particularly one as iconic as I…

nspector Morse: House of Ghosts Tue 3 – Sat 7 Mar 2026 There’s always something intriguing about seeing a much-loved television character brought to the stage, particularly one as iconic as I…

nspector Morse: House of Ghosts Tue 3 – Sat 7 Mar 2026 There’s always something intriguing about seeing a much-loved television character brought to the stage, particularly one as iconic as I…

At the start of February, it was announced that Black Sabbath, who formed in 1968, would return for one final gig. The heavy metal event, which also featured rock titans such as Guns N’ Roses…

Aaron Sorkin’s riveting, award-winning stage adaptation of the seminal American novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence. We need to talk about the truth Acclaimed stage and screen actor Richard Coyle (Heads of State, Fantastic Beasts and Player Kings) returns to this iconic production of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird as Atticus Finch, reprising the role he played to great critical acclaim in the 2022 West End Production.

The epic adventures of Percy Jackson are coming to the stage in Edinburgh Festival Theatre. A thrilling tale for gods and mortals of all ages, this gripping story proves that being ‘normal’ is anything but. We sat down with Kayna Montecillo who plays Annabeth to discuss her upcoming role.

Ramber's KISMET impresses - "brava Emma Evelein for a soaring, stylish and heartfelt world premiere, and bravo Joan Inger for a ‘second-half’ whirlwind of fun."

★★★ Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet, is a production I approached with huge anticipation. Innovations in classical and modern dance which genuinely widen public appeal remain rare, but that’s the promise of a piece set to The Who’s legendary 1973 rock opera, ‘Quadrophenia.’ Teenage mod Jimmy’s hormonally charged hunt for purpose and self-worth made for a platinum-selling album, and a critically and commercially successful movie a few years later.