Theatre Edinburgh
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Sleeping Beauty Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sundays, Christmas Day & New Year’s Day). 2pm, 7.30pm. £13–£15 (£10–£12; family ticket 44–£52). See review, page 97. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. [P, H, WC, WA]. Tickets available from Queen’s Hall box office: 668 2019. Cinderella Wed 17–Sat 27 Dec (no performances Sunday, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day). Sat 20 Dec: 2.30pm & 7pm. Boxing Day & Sat 27 Dec: 2.30pm. All other dates 7pm. £9 (£7). Edinburgh People’s Theatre present their 62nd annual Christmas pantomime.
■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. Aladdin Until Sun 18 Jan (no performances Mondays, Christmas Day & New Year’s Day). Times this issue: Sundays, Christmas Eve & Hogmanay: 1pm & 5pm. All other dates 2pm & 7pm, except Tue 16 Dec (7pm only). £13–£21 (£8–£18). See review, page 97.
■ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. Sunshine on Leith Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sundays, Christmas Day & New Year’s Day). Thu 11, Sat 13, Thu 18 & Sat 20 Dec, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Sat 27, Hogmanay, Fri 2 & Sat 3 Jan: 2.30pm & 7.30pm. All other dates: 7.30pm. £7.50–£27 (concessions available). Dundee Rep’s hugely acclaimed Proclaimers musical returns for another warm’n’fuzzy run. Scottish Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Wed 7–Sat 10 Jan. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2pm). £7.50–£34.50 from 662 1199. Scottish Ballet revives its version of the classic fairytale The Sleeping Beauty, presented by award-winning artistic director Ashley Page. ■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0870 606 3424. The Witches of Eastwick Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sun 14 & 21 Dec, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Hogmanay & New Year’s Day). Fri 12 & 19 Dec, Fri 2 Jan: 5pm & 8.30pm. Sat 13, 20 & 27 Dec, Boxing Day, Tue 30 Dec: 4pm & 7.30pm. Sat 3 Jan: 2.30 & 7.30pm. All other dates: 7.30pm only. £15.50–£32.50. Oozy crooner Marti Pellow takes up the Jack Nicholson role as your average horny little devil, in a musical version of the witchy, bitchy movie. The Tiger who Came to Tea Until Sat 27 Dec. See Kids listings.
■ PRINCES STREET GARDENS EAST Princes Street. White Magic Until Sun 4 Jan (no performances Mon 15 & Tue 16 Dec, Christmas Day, Hogmanay). 9pm. £10–£12. A special Christmas cabaret show in La Gaiété (a traditional Belgian Spiegeltent) with magic, Australian drag queens, local hip hop group Etch’n’Sketch, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets and Clive Nicholas Andrews. ■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Until 3 Jan (no performance Sun 14 & Mon 15 Dec, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Fri 2 Jan). Thu 11, Fri
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12 & Tue 16 Dec: 7pm. Sat 13, Thu 18–Sat 20, Mon 22 & Tue 23 Dec, Boxing Day, Sat 27, Mon 29, Tue 30 Dec, Sat 3 Jan: 2.30pm & 7pm. Sun 21 Dec, Christmas Eve, Sun 28 Dec, Hogmanay: 2.30pm. £16–£22 (£8–£11). See review, page 98.
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. The Tobacco Merchant’s Lawyer Thu 11–Sat 13 Dec. 7.30pm. Prices vary. New work by celebrated playwright Iain Heggie, set in the world of the vulgar nouveau riche tobacco merchants of Victorian Glasgow. FREE The Saturnalia Fri 19 Dec. 6pm. Work in progress performance of a new piece by 12 Stars.
Outside the Cities ■ CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Kildrum, Cumbernauld, 01236 732887. Aladdin Until Wed 24 Dec (no performances Sundays). Thu 11, Wed 17 & Thu 18 Dec: 10am, 1pm, 7pm. Mon 15 Dec 10.30am only. Fridays: 10.30am & 7pm. Saturdays, Mon 22 & Tue 23 Dec: 2.30pm, 7pm. Christmas Eve: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm. £10–£12 (£7.50–£10; children £6.50-£8; family ticket £36). Genies, lamps and wicked, wicked uncles.
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530.
✽✽ Beauty and the Beast Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sundays, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Fri 2 Jan). Saturdays, Tue 23 Dec, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Mon 29–Wed 31 Dec: 2.30pm & 7.15pm. All other dates: 7.15pm only. £6–£37. See review, page 98. Sex and Chocolate Thu 8–Sat 10 Jan. 7.30pm. £12 (£10; student £5). The MsFits present this bittersweet comedy about life, love and Maltesers.
■ CARNEGIE HALL East Port, Dunfermline, 01383 602302. Sleeping Beauty Until Sat 27 Dec (no performances Mondays, Christmas Day). Sun 14 Dec & Boxing Day: 2pm only. All other dates: 2pm & 7pm. £11 (£9; child £7.50). Vanishing Point’s Matt Lenton directs.
■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. Cinderella Until Sat 27 Dec (no performances Sundays & Mondays, Christmas Day). Saturdays, Tue 23 Dec, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day: 2.30pm & 7.30pm. All other dates: 10.30am, 7.30pm. £13–£15 (£6–£12). Can good triumph over evil Madame DeMon, and the ugly sisters’ Dame Academy? ■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. Mother Goose Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sundays, Christmas Day & New Year’s Day). Thu 11, Fri 12 & Thu 18 Dec: 10.15am & 7.30pm. Sat 13, Fri 19–Tue 30 Dec, Fri 1 & Sat 2 Jan: 2pm, 7.30pm. Hogmanay: 2pm. All other dates: 10.15am, 2pm. £9.50–£13.50 (£9–£11). The splendid Johnny McKnight stars in his self- penned dose of annual panto brilliance. Rudolf Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances Mondays, Fri 19 Dec, Christmas Day & New Year’s Day). Sat 13, Sun 14 & Tue 23 Dec, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Sat 27, Sun 28 & Tue 30 Dec, Hogmanay: 11am, 2.15pm. Sat 20 & Sun 21 Dec, Fri 2 & Sat 3 Jan: 11am, 1.15pm, 4pm. All other dates: 10am, 1.45pm. £6.50–£7.50 (£5.50–£6.50). A delightful Christmas treat for the under 5s and their families from the creators of last year’s The Littlest Christmas Tree. Little Light Until Wed 24 Dec (not Mon). See Kids listings.
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