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