Tag: King’s Theatre
King’s Theatre bring in festive fun at the Sick Kids
The King's Theatre is working with the Arts Programme at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, to deliver the first official year of ''Panto Presents''.
The event is run by the charity Sick Kids Friends Foundation.
The...
There are still panto tickets available for the King’s (oh yes there are…..!)
Jack and the Beanstalk at the King's stars the three well-known panto stars, Andy Gray, Grant Stott and Allan Stewart.
And there are still some tickets available!
Performances start in just over a week, and a...
Leave your hat on for The Full Monty at the King’s
The next show at the King's Theatre is The Full Monty which begins this evening and runs till 29 October.
Simon Beaufoy’s THE FULL MONTY, which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production began its run...
The Festival City Theatres Trust – The Attic Collective project 2017.
The Festival City Theatres Trust, which runs the Festival and King’s Theatres in Edinburgh, has announced the appointment of the actors who will take part in the inaugural year of The Attic Collective.
This is a new theatre company for...
Review: Bring It On – The Musical ****
It’s fair to say many people could do with a pick-me-up right now. One is almost at the stage where one is wary of switching on the television or radio or going on-line for...
Ten – A Celebration of Ten Years of the MGA Academy of Performing Arts...
Photographs courtesy of AJG Photography
2016 is the tenth anniversary of one of Scotland’s leading performing arts academies - Edinburgh’s very own MGA Academy of Performing Arts. They are celebrating this notable achievement by putting...
REVIEW – Canned Laughter ****
Allan Stewart wrote this 'Funny play about being funny' along with Ed Curtis who also directs. Who else would play the other roles in his first writing venture apart from Andy Gray and Grant Stott?
The...
EDGAS: The Gondoliers OR The King of Barataria
'We must' says the Duke of Plaza-Toro, 'arrive at some sort of satisfactory arrangement or we will get horribly complicated.'
Too right we will, for in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers, a tale of identities...
Amateur Showcase
There's nothing like an old favourite on a winter's evening. We enjoy snuggling up to watch a bit of Downton or Miss Marple as the storms rage outside; bad things may happen along the...
Christmas Gift Idea : A night at the theatre
Are some people on your Christmas list proving a little tricky? Do they already have all the stuff they'll ever need - and nowhere left to put any more? Are they like the lady...
What’s on in Edinburgh? Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Next summer Edinburgh's King's Theatre will be home for Holly Golightly for the holiday weekend at the end of May.
Verity Rushworth will play the role of Holly Golightly on the UK Tour of Breakfast at...
Investment at the King’s and Festival Theatres to make theatre ‘dementia friendly’
A major investment from a charity set up with money from the Big Lottery Fund has just been announced whereby the Festival and King's Theatres in Edinburgh will become 'dementia friendly'.
The two theatres want...
Oliver: Southern Light Opera at King’s
For those of us of a certain age, Oliver means ones thing: Carol Reed's 1968 film with Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger and Mark Lester as the eponymous orphan child - but Oliver...
Amateurs Showcase: treats to come at King’s Theatre
If you enjoy musicals, operetta or just great singing, make sure you snap up your tickets for some fantastic new productions coming to The King's Theatre. At a thoroughly enjoyable preview last week, an...
Review – Aladdin at The King’s Theatre
Year after year, a trio of talented actors holds the King’s Theatre pantomime together. Allan Stewart as Widow Twankey, Andy Gray as Wishy Washy and Grant Stott as Abanazar the Wizard are the lifeblood...
Review: The Kite Runner at King’s Theatre
Khaled Hosseini's acclaimed tale of guilt and salvaging redemption through the eyes of Afghan children, The Kite Runner, has had its fair share of adaptations over the years. Adding to a list that's already...
The Gang Show is back
Hurry to get your tickets as this show is usually a sell-out! This year the annual Edinburgh Gang Show will be not only the biggest of its kind in the world but also the...
Sunset Song returns to the stage in Edinburgh
REVIVAL OF ACCLAIMED STAGE ADAPTATION OF SCOTLAND’S MOST POPULAR NOVEL OF ALL TIME
David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree for Sell A Door Theatre Company in Association with The Beacon are proud to announce their 2014...
The King’s Dome Commission
A launch event is being held at the King's Theatre in May to show off the photographic display of how the new dome was created.
Over the course of 35 days in the summer of...
The Edinburgh Reporter meets………THE FONZ
Happy Days are here again or rather will be here in May when the tour based on the hit TV series of the 70s featuring the unforgettable King of Cool Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzerelli,...
Allan Stewart to stage a big show at the King’s Theatre
Proving that Variety still packs a punch, legendary Scottish comic Allan Stewart has assembled the best talent around for his Big, Big Show at the King’s Theatre. Not content with taking up residence at the King's...
Look behind you! It’s Peter Pan!
Peter Pan - The Swashbuckling Pantomime Adventure!
Edinburgh’s favourite friends are heading to Neverland for another spectacular King’s pantomime adventure! Join Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott as this enchanting tale, Peter Pan, is brought...
Hurry! Win tickets to James and the Giant Peach at the King’s this week!
To recognise our fabulous August visitor numbers we asked some of our contacts to offer our readers something as an Edinburgh Reporter Reward.
Our unique users in August were over 100,000 which is an amazing...
VIDEO – John Byrne’s new dome at the King’s Theatre
We met up with John Byrne this morning and talked to him about working on the domed ceiling to produce the new design called ALL THE WORLD"S A STAGE
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John Byrne’s new dome for The King’s
Commissioned by the Festival City Theatres Trust as part of a major restoration and refurbishment of the King’s Theatre, ‘All the World’s a Stage’ depicts a swirling celestial scene, where a black harlequin carries the sun through...
Review: Cinderella at the King’s Theatre (****)
The King’s Theatre’s panto offering this year is a riot of colour, fast-paced and full of infectious energy. Even before the show starts, the atmosphere in the auditorium is electric, and the barrage of...
King’s Theatre refurbishment arrangements progressing
The £2.6m refurbishment of the city's Kings Theatre took an important step forward today with the appointment of the main contractor, H&J Martin Ltd.
The main contract, covering the first two phases of a three-phase...
Edinburgh International Festival Review: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (***)
‘Confusing’ was the word I heard most often as the audience was leaving the King’s Theatre after Sunday’s performance of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. And I’d have to agree with the description.
Which is ironic,...
REVIEW: Master Class – ****
Maria Callas, the US born Greek opera singer made her name as La Divinia in Italy, where she triumphed in bel canto operas by Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini. Insecurity about her weight and experience of love,...
2 Pianos 4 Hands at the King’s
2 Pianos 4 Hands is the touching and irresistibly funny story of two boys, Ted and Richard, who share one goal: concert pianist stardom. They work fervently towards their dream amidst pushy parents, eccentric...
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