Royal Lyceum Theatre
- Box office 0131 248 4848
- Website www.lyceum.org.uk
At the heart of Lothian Road's cultural quarter, the Royal Lyceum is an elegant 19th-century building next door to the Usher Hall. It is not only Edinburgh's principle repertory theatre, but the best-attended producing theatre in Scotland. Over the season, which runs from September to May, it stages seven plays as well as a popular Christmas show. Typically, it offers Shakespeare productions, classic texts by playwrights such as Anton Chekhov and Arthur Miller and new Scottish works by writers such as Jo Clifford and John Byrne. It is also one of the key venues for August's Edinburgh International Festival. The first thing you see is the glass- box extension, built in 1991, giving the foyer a bright and contemporary sense of occasion. This is where you'll find the box office, sweet stall and cloakroom. The opulent three-tier auditorium, with its glittering chandelier and traditional red velvet fittings, has room for 650. As well as the three bars, there are two function rooms named after the stars of the first ever production, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, whose ghost is said to haunt the upper gallery.
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Eh Joe
The whisper in your head … Me whispering at you in your head … Things you can’t catch … On and off … Till you join us … Eh, Joe? An old man in his dressing gown moves around his bedroom, checking behind the door, under the bed, out of the window. Satisfied there are no intruders, he sits on the bed. Then he hears a…
Fri 23 Aug
Tue 27 Aug
Thu 29 Aug
First Love
Adaptation of an early Beckett novella about a man, cast out from the family home, who hooks up with a woman, with darkly comic consequences.
Wed 28 Aug
£8–£20 / 0131 473 2000
Part of Beckett at the Festival.
Thu 29 Aug
£8–£20 / 0131 473 2000
Part of Beckett at the Festival.
Fri 30 Aug
£8–£20 / 0131 473 2000
Part of Beckett at the Festival.
Hamlet
In 1964 Richard Burton performed on Broadway in John Gielgud’s acclaimed production of Hamlet. Recorded in live performance from 17 camera angles, the resulting film was shown for only two days in 2,000 cinemas across the United States. The idea of bringing a live theatre experience to thousands of viewers in different…
Sat 10 Aug
£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Sun 11 Aug
£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Mon 12 Aug
£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000
I'll Go On
Based on Beckett’s trilogy of novels – Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable – this one-man show performed by celebrated Beckett interpreter Barry McGovern brings together three monologues that unify the central characters of each novel, revealing successively deepening layers of reflection and emotion. Firstly there is…
Sun 25 Aug
£8–£20 / 0131 473 2000
Part of Beckett at the Festival.
Mon 26 Aug
£8–£20 / 0131 473 2000
Part of Beckett at the Festival.
Wed 28 Aug
£8–£20 / 0131 473 2000
Part of Beckett at the Festival.
On Behalf of Nature
European Premiere: After receiving a 2010 Herald Angel Award for Songs of Ascension, US composer, singer, filmmaker and theatre artist Meredith Monk returns to the Festival with her latest music-theatre work, On Behalf of Nature. A poetic meditation on the environment, On Behalf of Nature evokes the Buddhist notion of…
Fri 16 Aug
£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Sat 17 Aug
£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Sun 18 Aug
£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000
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