Jack and the Beanstalk, the last time the ‘King’s panto’ appears at the Festival Theatre before its long-awaited return to the actual King’s, is another hugely enjoyable run-out for the established ...

Scottish actor Mark Bonnar, recently seen on in Edinburgh-set TV dramas Department Q and Guilt, as well as Celebrity Traitors, has been made honorary president of local amateur company Leitheatre.

A Lad in Cramond – the Boy Who Dared to Dream – follows most of the expected plot points of a Pantomime Aladdin. Here, a Widow Twanky, her love-lorn son Aladdin and his silly brother Wishy Washy, ...

There are no talking teapots and dancing jugs as Stage Door Entertainment’s Beauty and the Beast: The Pantomime comes to Portobello, but there is plenty of good-old fashioned panto fun. There’s lovely ...

It’s fair dreich in Haddington but beyond the rainbow The Wizard of Oz brings the sunshine, courtesy of The Brunton’s panto. We begin not in Kansas but in Pansas – well, we’re not far from Prestonpans ...

Anyone who relishes old-fashioned pantomime, and in particular the chance to boo and shout ‘oh no it isn’t’ will find much to enjoy in St Serf’s Players’ Dick Whittington, at Inverleith St Serf’s ...

Balerno Theatre Company’s Beauty and The Beast The Pantomime, running at the Church Hill to Saturday, is a gloriously fun affair from an energetic community theatre for – and featuring – adults and ...

Christmas in Edinburgh is that bit more magical than in any other city – thanks to MagicFest, the Edinburgh International Magic Festival, which this year celebrates its 16th edition, writes Matthew ...

Anyone not yet ready for Christmas-themed entertainment should get along to Saughtonhall URC before Saturday. Saughtonhall Drama Group’s production of Murder at Ten Twenty is a reassuringly ...

Anyone not yet ready for Christmas-themed entertainment should get along to Saughtonhall URC before Saturday. Saughtonhall Drama Group’s production of Murder at Ten Twenty is a reassuringly ...

EGTG’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, at the Assembly Roxy to Friday, is a beautifully directed exploration of the autistic experience, based on Mark Haddon’s novel ...

Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright, the touring production at the Playhouse until Saturday, is as scary and as funny as its many fans would hope. Anyone familiar with Inside No. 9, the comedy horror anthology ...