From magical festivals and world-famous Christmas markets to Santa’s Grotto, Edinburgh transforms into a winter wonderland every December. If you are visiting the city this festive season, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the Scottish charm as well as captivating theatre shows. With trams running from every seven minutes between the airport and St Andrew Square, the city’s award-winning tram network is a quick and reliable way to travel to and from most venues. Here are the highlights of December and the nearest tram stops.
Wed, Dec 7
19:30
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh EH1 3AA
A 5-minute walk from St Andrew Square tram stop.
Dig out your 70s fashion, dust off your platform boots and get ready to celebrate all things ABBA. The ultimate tribute show returns to the Playhouse in December, for the third year running! Don’t miss this hugely popular live concert featuring the unforgettable Agnetha, Frida, Benny, and Bjorn from the 1974 ABBA Tribute Show. These not-so Swedish superstars have been delighting audiences for over 20 years with worldwide success. Along with a full live band, they perform the greatest hits of ABBA in their own fun and unique style.
The highly acclaimed show tours all over the world, frequently performing throughout Scandinavia (home of the original super group), where they are renowned for their authentic voices and musical excellence.
Thu, Dec 8
12:00 and 17:00
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
A 5-minute walk from St Andrew Square tram stop.
Featuring mind blowing special effects, a brand-new show for 2023, professional puppeteers and the UK’s most realistic dinosaurs, this 90-minute full stage production isn’t a show to miss! Jurassic Live really is the greatest dinosaur show on earth!
Aimed at the whole family, this comedic & thrilling new family-fun stage adventure follows our team of dino rangers on the hunt for a missing baby dinosaur.
Along the way you’ll meet a variety of dinosaur species in our live educational stage show, featuring the UK’s only flying Pterodactyl and Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus & Apatosaurus.
Fri, Dec 9, Sat 10 Dec
19:00
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
A 5-minute walk from St Andrew Square tram stop.
It has been 32 years since Scottish twins Craig & Charlie Reid aka The Proclaimers emerged.
Since then, their enduring appeal across generations has carved a niche for themselves where pop, folk, new wave, and punk collide as the emotional honesty, political fire, wit and sing-along raucousness of their songs and their extensive touring has enlightened and entertained fans throughout the world.
The Proclaimers’ songs are timeless, capturing a gamut of human emotions, written with poignancy, emotional honesty, political fire, and wit. Their songs feature at weddings, funerals, and everything in between. There is one song, though, that is an early celebration of falling head over heels in love and has become a staggering global anthem.
2022 will see The Proclaimers heading into the recording studio to record their 12th studio album, followed by festival appearances in the summer and a 35-date UK & Ireland tour from October to December.
From Wed, Dec 14, to Sat Jan 7
Various times
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
A 5-minute walk from St Andrew Square tram stop.
Following its critically acclaimed West End run, the Lincoln Center Theater’s multi award-winning production of My Fair Lady is coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse for four weeks only.
This glorious production of Lerner & Loewe’s world-famous musical features the much-loved classic songs I Could Have Danced All Night, Get Me to the Church on Time, Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, On the Street Where you Live, The Rain in Spain, and I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.
Michael D Xavier stars as Henry Higgins, Charlotte Kennedy as Henry Higgins, Charlotte Kennedy as Eliza Doolittle, and East Enders’ Adam Woodyatt plays the role of Alfred P Doolittle. They are joined by world-famous soprano Lesley Garrett playing Mrs Pearce and John Middleton (Emmerdale) as Colonel Pickering.
Sat, Dec 31
21:00 to 12:55
Princes Street Gardens
Princes Street as the nearest tram stop.
The duo will welcome the arrival of 2023 with a greatest-hit show, performed to an audience gathered in Edinburgh from around the world. Scotland’s is the undisputed ‘Home of Hogmanay’ and Pet Shop Boys, acclaimed as the most successful pop duo around the globe, returns to this hugely prestigious show with their latest tour production, nine years after they last played the sold-out event in 2013.
Performing beneath the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle amidst one of the world’s greatest New Year firework displays, Peet Shop Boys will once again help make Edinburgh the biggest New Year party on the planet.
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