Edinburgh theatres
Edinburgh's top venues.
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Edinburgh Playhouse | Major venue, situated at the top of Leith Walk, that hosts many big-name and West End touring shows, be it dance, musical, rock, or Edinburgh International Festival. |
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Royal Lyceum Theatre | This refurbished, Victorian repertory theatre building harks back to a golden age of live performance. |
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King's Theatre | The King's Theatre was built in 1905 and opened in 1906. |
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Edinburgh Festival Theatre | The site of the current Edinburgh Festival Theatre was extended to create the largest stage of any presenting house in Britain at the time, reopening in June 1994. |
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Traverse Theatre | The Traverse, fondly known as "the Trav", is the flagship venue for contemporary Scottish theatre, housed in a modern, purpose-built |
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Church Hill Theatre | The Church Hill Theatre reopened in August 2006 after extensive refurbishment to the foyer, cafe bar area and installation of an extension which provides lift access to the auditorium. |
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Bedlam Theatre | Scotland's oldest student run theatre is a 90-seater auditorium in a converted church near |
| George Square Theatre | Large modern theatre in Edinburgh University quarter on elegant Georgian Square. | |
| Brunton Theatre | The Brunton Theatre is just off the city bypass, 20 minutes journey from the city centre. Following refurbishment in the late Nineties | |
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The Scottish Storytelling Centre and Netherbow Theatre | The old Netherbow Arts Centre has had a £3.5 million makeover into the Scottish Storytelling Centre. |
| Gateway Theatre | The Gateway Theatre is one of three sites that make up the Queen Margaret University campus and its last remaining foothold in the city of Edinburgh boundary. | |
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Theatre Workshop | Friendly and intimate theatre with adjoining cafe based down in Stockbridge. |
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Pleasance Theatre, Pleasance Courtyard | Perhaps best known during the festival for its huge fringe festival programme, Edinburgh University's 300-capacity student union building at the Pleasance is also the venue for public events (such |
| North Edinburgh Arts Centre | Purpose-built local arts centre in Pennywell Court (behind Muirhouse Shopping Centre). | |
| Adam House Theatre | Adam House spans four Theatre seats about 160 and has a proscenium-arch stage with extensive wings. | |
| St Brides Centre | The St Bride's Centre is a multi-use community arts and education centre in a converted church on Edinburgh's West side. | |
| Pitlochry Festival Theatre | The annual summer Festival Theatre in Pitlochry, Perthshire is a wonderful celebration of all genres of theatre, musicals and comedy. The season runs each year from May to October, offering visitors... | |
| Dance Base - National Centre for Dance | Centrally located down in the Grassmarket, Dance Base is Scotland's National Centre for Dance. | |
| Columcille Centre | Located in an old church building, the Columcille Centre operates as a community center and event space throughout the year and during the | |
| Out of the Blue Drill Hall | The Out of the Blue Drill Hall is a fifteen minutes walk down Leith Walk from Waverley rail station. |