Edinburgh Playhouse is a former cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland which now hosts touring musicals and music concerts. Its capacity is 3,059, making it the UK’s largest working non-sporting theatre in terms of audience capacity. The theatre is owned by Ambassador Theatre Group.
Firmly established in the cultural landscape of Edinburgh and Scotland, the Edinburgh Playhouse is the UK’s largest all seated theatre and plays host to some of the biggest names in live music, comedy and musical theatre.


Upcoming events at The Edinburgh Playhouse
Top Hat
Irving Berlins Musical Top Hat, is strutting back across the country
Inside No.9
Inside No.9 - West End Hit
Derren Brown – Only Human Live
The master of mind control and psychological illusion on tour in 2026
23 Jun 2026 - 27 Jun 2026
Prepare to be astonished! The multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, on tour 2025.
Priscilla
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
MAMMA MIA!
Join the fun at MAMMA MIA!, the worlds sunniest, most exhilarating smash-hit musical!
Seven Drunken Nights
Proudly celebrating its incredible 10th Anniversary Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners...
Al Murray: All You Need Is Guv
The Guv will be back, baby, with a brand-new stand-up show for 2026!
Mean Girls
Mean Girls the smash hit musical comedy
Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks Hit Musical Sunny Afternoon
Friends the Musical
Friends the Musical - brand new show on tour
Miss Saigon
Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh presents a new production of Miss Saigon as Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is reborn.
Here & Now Musical
Here and Now the Steps Musical
Fawlty Towers The Play
Featuring your favourite scenes from the sitcom’s unforgettable twelve episodes.
27 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2026
Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘Greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger.
2:22 A Ghost Story
Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn't having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again?
Matilda The Musical UK & Ireland Tour 2025/26
The multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company
4 Mar 2026 - 22 Mar 2026
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s smash hit production of Matilda The Musical, based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book, will embark on its second major tour of the UK and Ireland in October 2025.
Six
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the...
Riverdance – 30 The New Generation
Riverdance will embark on a special anniversary tour in 2025, bringing its magic to audiences around the world.
10 Oct 2025 - 11 Oct 2025
Riverdance will embark on a special anniversary tour in 2025, bringing its magic to audiences around the world.
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical
West End mega-hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical tours the UK for the first time.
11 Nov 2025 - 22 Nov 2025
West End mega-hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical on its first ever UK & Ireland tour.
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