Six shows not to miss as Edinburgh's King's and Festival Theatres reveal spring/summer seasons

THE King’s and Festival Theatres have announced their Spring and Summer seasons and there really is something for everyone.
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However, with so much choice, what should you spend your hard earned cash on. Here Evening News Entertainment Editor Liam Rudden picks his highlights...

COMEDY: I’m Sorry I Haven’t Got A Clue, Festival Theatre, 17 January

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BBC Radio’s multi award-winning antidote to panel games returns to the stage in 2020 with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks, Miles Jupp, Richard Osman and host Jack Dee.

PLAY: Ten Times Table, King’s Theatre, 3-8 February

ROBERT Daws leads a star cast in the classic Ayckbourn comedy.

In the long-since ‘grand’ ballroom of the local Swan Hotel, a miscellaneous assemblage gather to conduct the business of the Pendon Folk Festival, led by excitable chairman Ray.

Unfortunately for Ray, his calamitous committee quickly divides, as his wife Helen has a bone to pick…

MUSICAL: SIX, Festival Theatre, 4-9 February

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FROM Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII finally take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing 500 years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power.

MUSICAL: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Festival Theatre, 3-7 March

THE smash-hit musical featuring Layton Williams and EastEnders’ Shane Richie reprising their West End roles comes to Edinburgh.

Jamie New is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield - he doesn’t fit in. Terrified about the future, he is going to be a sensation.

DRAMA: Ghost Stories, King’s Theatre, 14-18 April

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ANDY Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s worldwide cult phenomenon is set to thrill Edinburgh for the first time.

Enter a nightmarish world of twists and turns, where all your deepest fears and disturbing thoughts are imagined live on stage.

CLASSIC: The Birthday Party, King’s Theatre, 5-9 May

SET in a dilapidated seaside boarding house the mysterious Stanley Webber receives a visit from two sinister strangers, Goldberg and McCann.

They arrive on Stanley’s birthday - or is it?

What do they want and why do they want to turn Stanley’s quiet world upside down?

The Everyman Theatre Company, brings together a star cast to present Pinter’s darkly-comic masterpiece.

For tickets to all shows visit www.capitaltheatres.com