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A Christmas Carol

Draw near for a feast of mistletoe and merriment in the company of Marley, Fezziwig, and Cratchit et al to discover the true meaning of Christmas: tenderness for the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future. Taking inspiration from Dickens’ original performances of his own work and utilising the brilliant narrator of the novel to bring the story to life, this solo piece by is performed by Dyad Productions is performed by Andrew Margerison and directed by Rebecca Vaughan.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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A Room of Ones's Own

Award-winning Firebrand Theatre Company presents its new adaptation of A Room of One's Own. Ellie Zeegen performs this ambitious one woman show Staged in the round, and performed in Firebrand’s typically inventive style, the play will engagingly reveal why Virginia Woolf's brilliant, funny and richly entertaining 1929 polemic has become one of the most significant feminist manifestos of its time.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Alan Bissett: The Moira Trilogy

Since 2009, Alan Bissett’s ‘one-woman show’ The Moira Monologues, about Moira Bell – single mother, cleaner and Falkirk’s Hardest Woman – has been leaving audiences all over Scotland weak with laughter and garnering rave reviews. Alan continued Moira’s story with More Moira Monologues in 2017, which won a Fringe First and was shortlisted for Best New Play at the Critics Awards’ for Theatre in Scotland (CATS), then 2022’s Moira in Lockdown. Now, for the first time, Alan will be touring all three shows as a ‘one-nighter’, giving audiences the chance to experience Moira’s hilarious journey in a single sitting.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Amerrycana Christmas

The Downright Homespun Radio Company presents Amerrycana Christmas 2024 It’s another Christmas Ho-Ho-Hoedown at the Grand Old Eastgate Theatre with the DHRC House Band and our Royal Company of Radio Actors bringing you baw-bustin’ music and razor-sharpcomedy this yuletide season. .

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Art Space for Kids

Drawing and painting class for children aged 7 and over, led by art tutor Hannah Davies. A fun class that introduces a variety of different mediums and develops creative skills.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Ballet (Friday) - Autumn 2024

Improve balance, strength and control by building technique and add lyrical expression to beautiful music.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Ballet (Monday) - Autumn 2024

A rigorous class combining both classical and modern ballet technique. No experience, limited experience or lots of experience of ballet, everyone is welcome to join.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Ballet (Tuesday) - Autumn 2024

Improve balance, strength and control by building technique and add lyrical expression to beautiful music.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Beethoven's Fifth

Peebles Orchestra present their Autumn Concert, featuring Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

Location Leckie Memorial Church

subvenue Church

Blue Giant Orkestar

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Chris Stout and Kris Drever

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Christmas Wreaths Workshop

Ingrid Campbell aims to boost the festive spirit lby showing participants how to make their own Christmas wreath from natural materials. All materials will be provided but please bring secateurs if you have them. Age 16+

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

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Common Good Funds & Community Ownership

Andy Wightman, a leading authority on Scottish land issues, dicusses Common Good Funds and Community Ownership as it applies to Peebles. Andy is a writer, researcher, land campaigner, former MSP, forester and author of Who Owns Scotland and The Poor Had No Lawyers. Currently he runs the Who Owns Scotland website which aims to document the ownership of 75% of rural Scotland..

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Contemporary Dance - Autumn 2024

This class focuses on building strong technique and fliud movement. Working towards creating completed pieces of choreography.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Contemporary Dance Workshop (Nov)

Acknowledge what the body is capable of expressing by exploring the power of improvisation in this three hour contemporary dance workshop.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Cool Yule Christmas Show

This swinging Christmas tips its hat to the golden era of the Las Vegas stage. La Dolce Vita’s five piece band will play all the holiday hits with songs by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Torme,Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Craig Hill

Don’t miss this unfiltered and hilarious evening with Scotland’s favourite high-octane Kilty Pleasure as Craig brings his new show to the Eastgate. Stand-up comedy, dancing and everything you ever thought, but never said out loud! Much loved and renowned world-wide for his cheeky, irreverent and uproarious live comedy, Craig’s tours are firmly established as a guaranteed laugh-out-loud night out. His razor-sharp wit and unsurpassed audience rapport have seen him perform all over Europe, Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) all over Scotland as well as south of the border and even a season of shows off-Broadway in New York.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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FHSD Little Stars: It’s a Wonderful World

Join the Little Stars pre-school pupils as they take to the stage for their annual show. They will proudly show off what they’ve been learning in their Ballet, Highland, Tap, Modern and Acrobatic Dance classes. The show will also feature special performances by pupils from FHSD’s Senior School pupils.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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FHSD Senior Dance Show: On Top Of The World – 40 Years of Dance

The annual FHSD Senior Show is a highlight ofthe dance year in Peebles with its wide range of dance styles including ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, Highland, street, acro and modern.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Family Ceilidh Afternoon Tea Dance

Ceilidh and Ballroom music mix by Dave Robb and Friend's live band. All ages and abilities welcome, plus tea, coffee and cake.

Location Peebles Old Parish Church

subvenue McFarlane Hall

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Festive Film: Elf

Follow Buddy the Elf on a hilarious adventure to New York City as he discovers his true identity and spreads Christmas cheer.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Festive Film: Home Alone

Experience holiday hijinks as young Kevin McCallister defends his home from burglars in the classic Christmas comedy Home Alone.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Festive Film: The Polar Express

Join a magical journey on Christmas Eve aboard the Polar Express, where a young boy discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Festive Film: Wonka

Explore the whimsical world of Willy Wonka, where imagination, wonder, and adventure collide in this enchanting film.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Fleeting Rumours

Fleeting Rumours cover all decades of Fleetwood Mac’s back catalogue - getting that special blend of vocals, guitars keyboards and drums to an exceptional level of authenticity – and that ain’t "Sweet Little Lies".

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Footloose

Stardust Performance Arts burst onto the Eastgate stage with exhilarating results in this musical rendition of Footloose. This all-singing, all-dancing musical based on the cult classic film will make you kick off your Sunday shoes and tap your toes with hit numbers including ‘Let’s Hear It for the Boy’, ‘Holding out for a Hero’ and of course ‘Footloose’.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Gladiator II (15)

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people. With Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal. Runtime: 2h 28 mins

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Holly at Christmas

Buddy Holly and the Cricketers return with Holly at Christmas, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies. Holly’s hits, other contemporary classics and some Christmas crackers are all wrapped up in a fast, furious and funny feast of entertainment to make the perfect gift for all the family

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Introduction to Ballet - Autumn 2024

Learn all the fundamentals you need to begin to develop your technique and expressiveness.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Jazz Dance (Friday) Session 1 - Autumn 2024

Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Jazz Dance (Friday) Session 2 - Autumn 2024

Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Jazz Dance (Tuesday) - Autumn 2024

Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Jazz Dance Workshop (Dec)

Enjoy rhythmic music?, take this one off opportunity to laugh and build strength ready for the festive season.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Legends of American Country

Three fantastic singers, a live band, authentic stage set and state of the art production transport you to Nashville and back in one night. Acclaimed tributes to country music legends including Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and Kenny Rogers, plus new ones to Hank Williams, Alan Jackson, Glen Campbell, Garth Brooks and Jim Reeves.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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MACBETH: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola's story about a conflict between Cesar, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

MiP Odysseus Piano Trio

The Odysseus Piano Trio’s programme includes two great classics of the piano trio repertoire, Beethoven’s Trio in D Major, Op.70, No.1 (the “Ghost”) and Brahms’ Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

MiP Patron's Concert 2025

The Patron’s Concerts have been highlights of recent seasons. As well as being treated to recitals by Gina McCormack herself, with regular duo partner Nigel Clayton, the concerts have also introduced audiences to some outstandingly talented young musicians, hand-picked by Gina, including cellist Madelyn Kowalski, violinist Michelle Dierx, pianist Maurizio Arroyo Reyes and saxophonist Lewis Banks, all of whom have since embarked on exciting musical careers.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

MiP Roo Geddes & Neil Sutcliffe

Roo Geddes and Neil Sutcliffe combine their shared experience across classical, folk and jazz to create original music for violin and accordion. Their compositions are inspired by landscape and people, and by the ways in which music can evoke a sense of place and community.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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MiP Scozzesi

Scozzesi (Italian for “Scottish men”) have been called “the latest word in posh boy bands”. All classical trained, with their own individual careers in the worlds of opera, recitals and teaching, they come together with pianist Ed Cohen, to sing harmonies arranged specifically for a male vocal quartet.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

MiP Song Over Scotland

Scotland's dramatic history is illuminated by story and folksong. Singer Robyn Stapleton, a BBC traditional musician of the year, and historian Professor David Purdie present a national story, reflecting the unique musical heritage of the people. The history and the songs are accompanied by glorious images from the National Records of Scotland and the music of pianist Alistair Iain Paterson.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Moana 2 (U)

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced. Runtime 1h 40 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Morag Brown and Lewis Powell-Reid

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Mufasa: the Lion King (PG)

Rafiki relays the legend of Mufasa to lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion a journey of misfits searching for their destiny and working together to evade a threatening and deadly foe. Runtime 2 hours approx.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Paddington in Peru

Paddington embarks on an adventure through the Amazon rain forest and the mountains of Peru.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Queer (15)

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Stars Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey. Runtime 2h 18 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Rhythm Kids

Shake, rattle and roll in this lively class full of fun and musical games with percussion instruments. This is the perfect place to start exploring the world of music with your toddler.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Seated Movement with Dance for Parkinsons

Improve balance, flexibility, coordination and confidence in this fun creative class. With movement and singing to live piano, this class is suitable for adults living with chronic pain, mobility issues, Parkinson's, MS - any condition that would benefit from regular physical activity and social interaction.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Swan Lake

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness. Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, Swan Lake on the big screen will be an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

TSoc Osprey Colonisation of the Scottish Borders

The Borders, with plentiful fishing opportunites, forested areas for nesting sites and very little disturbance, provides the perfect habitat for ospreys. Tony Lightly discusses how the birds were attracted to the area and the current staus of the population.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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TSoc Scottish Women's Land Army

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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TSoc The Ancient Volcanoes of Southern Scotland

Volcanologist Dr Stephen Blake reveals how the volcanic rocks of southern Scotland are globally significant to the scientific understanding of how the Earth works as a planet.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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TSoc The Twelve Towers of Rule

Prof. Jane Bower FRSE, Chair of the Campaign for a Scottish Borders National Park as she tells of life and strife in the Valley of Rulewater in the late mediaeval period and the drive to establish the new National Park.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

TSoc Two wars, a Revolution and a Potato

Dr Keith Dawson is an environmental scientist and agronomist who has worked on six continents in over five decades. This talk will focus on food security and his global travels being involved in projects in Sudan and Cuba.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Tae Sup wi' a Fifer

Tae Sup wi' a Fifer delivers a relaxed evening with a multi-artist line-up of big names and new discoveries from the worlds of music, poetry and spoken word. Singer-songwriter and author James Yorkston's travelling road show returns with multi-platinum-selling Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall who rose to fame with her 2004 debut album ‘Eye To The Telescope’ (Relentless Records) and has since won two Brit Awards, a Grammy and an Ivor Novello Award; writer for publications including The New York Times and Guardian, NPR favourite and comedian Maeve Higgins whose starring role in the comedy horror movie ‘Extra Ordinary’ garnered her acclaim around the world; and Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop maverick and Lost Map records champion of idiosyncratic music talent Pictish Trail, bringing music from his fifth and latest album ‘Island Family’.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Tap (Tuesday) - Autumn 2024

A high energy and fun tap class. Refresh basic moves and learn new ones - fin dout what the body can be persuaded to do.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

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The Furrow Collective

“They are simply one of the most formidable combinations of musicians in today’s folk music scene, and in "We Know by the Moon", they have created one of the year’s outstanding albums.”...Thomas Blake folk radio UK

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

The Importance of Being Earnest (12A)

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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The Kingdom of Strathclyde

Forged in the ninth century during a time of Viking raids and political upheaval, Strathclyde was the last kingdom of the Northern Britons. In this talk, Tim Clarkson traces the story of Strathclyde from its roots in the pre-Viking period to its demise in the eleventh century.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

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The Nutcracker

Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive, on screen, treat for the whole family. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, as fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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The Outrun

After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. Hoping to heal, she returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands where she grew up. Stars Saoirse Ronan.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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The Pride of Scotland

X Factor finalists the MacDonald Bros celebrate everything wonderful about Scotland’s music scene in their new show the Pride of Scotland. Covering all genres of Scottish music from the Bay City Rollers, to the Proclaimers to traditional Scottish music and a nod to some of their famous influences, this is sure to be a night to remember.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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The Songs the Beatles Gave Away

BBC’s Bob Harris and author/music journalist Colin Hall set out upon an intimate speaking tour based around their mutual love and appreciation of The Beatles, including rare archive from Bob Harris’ collection of interviews with Lennon & McCartney.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

The Tales of Hoffman

Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing is as it seems. Particularly when the devil himself is involved… Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model student in every sense. Doomed love follows him into adulthood, where the dancer, Antonia, is taken from him too soon. Meanwhile, the sensual courtesan Giulietta has her own secret agenda. As memory and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, will Hoffmann find the enigmatic Stella before it is too late? Sung in French with English subtitles. Running time 4 hours (including two intervals).

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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The Twits

Tweed Theatre presents lots of Dahl-icious fun and nonsense as the repulsive Mr and Mrs Twit play revolting pranks on one another. The Muggle Wumps and the birds will get their revenge. Or will they? Could The Twits get their wish to train the trapped monkeys to become amazing circus acts? Only you in the audience can help the Roly.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Vintage Jazz Weekend: Cabinet of Musical Wonders

An interactive, exciting show of early jazz made especially for children. Taking younger audiences into the heart of the band to experience the joy and excitement of acoustic instruments through early jazz and blues. Commissioned by the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival with support by the City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland, this amazing show is now coming to Peebles!

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Vintage Jazz Weekend: Piccadilly Silent Film

Experience the magic of silent film as it used to be accompanied by live music performed by Brief Encounter. Piccadilly (1929) is a silent British classic, set in the jazz age. Multi-instrumentalists Chris and Veronica (Brief Encounter Duo) accompany the film with a soundtrack compiled from silent films, jazz standards and Tin Pan Alley.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Vintage Jazz Weekend: Tenement Jazz Band

Musicians from various corners of Edinburgh’s vibrant jazz scene, Tenement Jazz Band are on a journey of exploration back to the roots of the music, capturing the raw energy and excitement of the early jazz recordings, and reviving lesser-heard songs.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

We Live in Time (15)

An up-and-coming chef (Florence Pugh) and a recent divorcée (Andrew Garfield) find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. Runtime 1h 48 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

We Three Kings

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Wicked (PG)

Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. As the two girls struggle with their opposing personalities, their friendship is tested as both begin to fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. Runtime 2h 40 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Will Barnes Quartet

Join the Will Barnes Quartet for the second leg of their ‘Source of the Severn’ tour this Autumn and Winter. Presenting songs from their acclaimed album, which is an exploration of the rugged landscape of Mid Wales and the Marches. They will be joined by skilled landscape artist Erin Hughes, providing a captivating live visual show to accompany the quartet’s performance, igniting the imagination of the audience, and making this a performance not to be missed.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Wolf Witch Giant Fairy

Do not miss this screening of an 'enchantingly staged' family folk opera, following the triumphant, Olivier Award-winning run in 2021. Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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A Christmas Carol

Draw near for a feast of mistletoe and merriment in the company of Marley, Fezziwig, and Cratchit et al to discover the true meaning of Christmas: tenderness for the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future. Taking inspiration from Dickens’ original performances of his own work and utilising the brilliant narrator of the novel to bring the story to life, this solo piece by is performed by Dyad Productions is performed by Andrew Margerison and directed by Rebecca Vaughan.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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A Room of Ones's Own

Award-winning Firebrand Theatre Company presents its new adaptation of A Room of One's Own. Ellie Zeegen performs this ambitious one woman show Staged in the round, and performed in Firebrand’s typically inventive style, the play will engagingly reveal why Virginia Woolf's brilliant, funny and richly entertaining 1929 polemic has become one of the most significant feminist manifestos of its time.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Alan Bissett: The Moira Trilogy

Since 2009, Alan Bissett’s ‘one-woman show’ The Moira Monologues, about Moira Bell – single mother, cleaner and Falkirk’s Hardest Woman – has been leaving audiences all over Scotland weak with laughter and garnering rave reviews. Alan continued Moira’s story with More Moira Monologues in 2017, which won a Fringe First and was shortlisted for Best New Play at the Critics Awards’ for Theatre in Scotland (CATS), then 2022’s Moira in Lockdown. Now, for the first time, Alan will be touring all three shows as a ‘one-nighter’, giving audiences the chance to experience Moira’s hilarious journey in a single sitting.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Amerrycana Christmas

The Downright Homespun Radio Company presents Amerrycana Christmas 2024 It’s another Christmas Ho-Ho-Hoedown at the Grand Old Eastgate Theatre with the DHRC House Band and our Royal Company of Radio Actors bringing you baw-bustin’ music and razor-sharpcomedy this yuletide season. .

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Art Space for Kids

Drawing and painting class for children aged 7 and over, led by art tutor Hannah Davies. A fun class that introduces a variety of different mediums and develops creative skills.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Ballet (Friday) - Autumn 2024

Improve balance, strength and control by building technique and add lyrical expression to beautiful music.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Ballet (Monday) - Autumn 2024

A rigorous class combining both classical and modern ballet technique. No experience, limited experience or lots of experience of ballet, everyone is welcome to join.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Ballet (Tuesday) - Autumn 2024

Improve balance, strength and control by building technique and add lyrical expression to beautiful music.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Beethoven's Fifth

Peebles Orchestra present their Autumn Concert, featuring Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

Location Leckie Memorial Church

subvenue Church

Blue Giant Orkestar

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Chris Stout and Kris Drever

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Christmas Wreaths Workshop

Ingrid Campbell aims to boost the festive spirit lby showing participants how to make their own Christmas wreath from natural materials. All materials will be provided but please bring secateurs if you have them. Age 16+

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

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Common Good Funds & Community Ownership

Andy Wightman, a leading authority on Scottish land issues, dicusses Common Good Funds and Community Ownership as it applies to Peebles. Andy is a writer, researcher, land campaigner, former MSP, forester and author of Who Owns Scotland and The Poor Had No Lawyers. Currently he runs the Who Owns Scotland website which aims to document the ownership of 75% of rural Scotland..

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Contemporary Dance - Autumn 2024

This class focuses on building strong technique and fliud movement. Working towards creating completed pieces of choreography.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Contemporary Dance Workshop (Nov)

Acknowledge what the body is capable of expressing by exploring the power of improvisation in this three hour contemporary dance workshop.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Cool Yule Christmas Show

This swinging Christmas tips its hat to the golden era of the Las Vegas stage. La Dolce Vita’s five piece band will play all the holiday hits with songs by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Torme,Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Craig Hill

Don’t miss this unfiltered and hilarious evening with Scotland’s favourite high-octane Kilty Pleasure as Craig brings his new show to the Eastgate. Stand-up comedy, dancing and everything you ever thought, but never said out loud! Much loved and renowned world-wide for his cheeky, irreverent and uproarious live comedy, Craig’s tours are firmly established as a guaranteed laugh-out-loud night out. His razor-sharp wit and unsurpassed audience rapport have seen him perform all over Europe, Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) all over Scotland as well as south of the border and even a season of shows off-Broadway in New York.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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FHSD Little Stars: It’s a Wonderful World

Join the Little Stars pre-school pupils as they take to the stage for their annual show. They will proudly show off what they’ve been learning in their Ballet, Highland, Tap, Modern and Acrobatic Dance classes. The show will also feature special performances by pupils from FHSD’s Senior School pupils.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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FHSD Senior Dance Show: On Top Of The World – 40 Years of Dance

The annual FHSD Senior Show is a highlight ofthe dance year in Peebles with its wide range of dance styles including ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, Highland, street, acro and modern.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

Family Ceilidh Afternoon Tea Dance

Ceilidh and Ballroom music mix by Dave Robb and Friend's live band. All ages and abilities welcome, plus tea, coffee and cake.

Location Peebles Old Parish Church

subvenue McFarlane Hall

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Festive Film: Elf

Follow Buddy the Elf on a hilarious adventure to New York City as he discovers his true identity and spreads Christmas cheer.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Festive Film: Home Alone

Experience holiday hijinks as young Kevin McCallister defends his home from burglars in the classic Christmas comedy Home Alone.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Festive Film: The Polar Express

Join a magical journey on Christmas Eve aboard the Polar Express, where a young boy discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Festive Film: Wonka

Explore the whimsical world of Willy Wonka, where imagination, wonder, and adventure collide in this enchanting film.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Fleeting Rumours

Fleeting Rumours cover all decades of Fleetwood Mac’s back catalogue - getting that special blend of vocals, guitars keyboards and drums to an exceptional level of authenticity – and that ain’t "Sweet Little Lies".

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Auditorium

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Footloose

Stardust Performance Arts burst onto the Eastgate stage with exhilarating results in this musical rendition of Footloose. This all-singing, all-dancing musical based on the cult classic film will make you kick off your Sunday shoes and tap your toes with hit numbers including ‘Let’s Hear It for the Boy’, ‘Holding out for a Hero’ and of course ‘Footloose’.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Gladiator II (15)

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people. With Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal. Runtime: 2h 28 mins

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Holly at Christmas

Buddy Holly and the Cricketers return with Holly at Christmas, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies. Holly’s hits, other contemporary classics and some Christmas crackers are all wrapped up in a fast, furious and funny feast of entertainment to make the perfect gift for all the family

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Introduction to Ballet - Autumn 2024

Learn all the fundamentals you need to begin to develop your technique and expressiveness.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Jazz Dance (Friday) Session 1 - Autumn 2024

Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Jazz Dance (Friday) Session 2 - Autumn 2024

Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.

Location Eastgate Theatre

subvenue Anne Younger Studio

Jazz Dance (Tuesday) - Autumn 2024

Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Jazz Dance Workshop (Dec)

Enjoy rhythmic music?, take this one off opportunity to laugh and build strength ready for the festive season.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Legends of American Country

Three fantastic singers, a live band, authentic stage set and state of the art production transport you to Nashville and back in one night. Acclaimed tributes to country music legends including Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and Kenny Rogers, plus new ones to Hank Williams, Alan Jackson, Glen Campbell, Garth Brooks and Jim Reeves.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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MACBETH: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola's story about a conflict between Cesar, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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MiP Odysseus Piano Trio

The Odysseus Piano Trio’s programme includes two great classics of the piano trio repertoire, Beethoven’s Trio in D Major, Op.70, No.1 (the “Ghost”) and Brahms’ Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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MiP Patron's Concert 2025

The Patron’s Concerts have been highlights of recent seasons. As well as being treated to recitals by Gina McCormack herself, with regular duo partner Nigel Clayton, the concerts have also introduced audiences to some outstandingly talented young musicians, hand-picked by Gina, including cellist Madelyn Kowalski, violinist Michelle Dierx, pianist Maurizio Arroyo Reyes and saxophonist Lewis Banks, all of whom have since embarked on exciting musical careers.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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MiP Roo Geddes & Neil Sutcliffe

Roo Geddes and Neil Sutcliffe combine their shared experience across classical, folk and jazz to create original music for violin and accordion. Their compositions are inspired by landscape and people, and by the ways in which music can evoke a sense of place and community.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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MiP Scozzesi

Scozzesi (Italian for “Scottish men”) have been called “the latest word in posh boy bands”. All classical trained, with their own individual careers in the worlds of opera, recitals and teaching, they come together with pianist Ed Cohen, to sing harmonies arranged specifically for a male vocal quartet.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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MiP Song Over Scotland

Scotland's dramatic history is illuminated by story and folksong. Singer Robyn Stapleton, a BBC traditional musician of the year, and historian Professor David Purdie present a national story, reflecting the unique musical heritage of the people. The history and the songs are accompanied by glorious images from the National Records of Scotland and the music of pianist Alistair Iain Paterson.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Moana 2 (U)

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced. Runtime 1h 40 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Morag Brown and Lewis Powell-Reid

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Mufasa: the Lion King (PG)

Rafiki relays the legend of Mufasa to lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion a journey of misfits searching for their destiny and working together to evade a threatening and deadly foe. Runtime 2 hours approx.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Paddington in Peru

Paddington embarks on an adventure through the Amazon rain forest and the mountains of Peru.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Queer (15)

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Stars Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey. Runtime 2h 18 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Rhythm Kids

Shake, rattle and roll in this lively class full of fun and musical games with percussion instruments. This is the perfect place to start exploring the world of music with your toddler.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Seated Movement with Dance for Parkinsons

Improve balance, flexibility, coordination and confidence in this fun creative class. With movement and singing to live piano, this class is suitable for adults living with chronic pain, mobility issues, Parkinson's, MS - any condition that would benefit from regular physical activity and social interaction.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Swan Lake

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness. Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, Swan Lake on the big screen will be an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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TSoc Osprey Colonisation of the Scottish Borders

The Borders, with plentiful fishing opportunites, forested areas for nesting sites and very little disturbance, provides the perfect habitat for ospreys. Tony Lightly discusses how the birds were attracted to the area and the current staus of the population.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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TSoc Scottish Women's Land Army

Location Eastgate Theatre

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TSoc The Ancient Volcanoes of Southern Scotland

Volcanologist Dr Stephen Blake reveals how the volcanic rocks of southern Scotland are globally significant to the scientific understanding of how the Earth works as a planet.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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TSoc The Twelve Towers of Rule

Prof. Jane Bower FRSE, Chair of the Campaign for a Scottish Borders National Park as she tells of life and strife in the Valley of Rulewater in the late mediaeval period and the drive to establish the new National Park.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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TSoc Two wars, a Revolution and a Potato

Dr Keith Dawson is an environmental scientist and agronomist who has worked on six continents in over five decades. This talk will focus on food security and his global travels being involved in projects in Sudan and Cuba.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Tae Sup wi' a Fifer

Tae Sup wi' a Fifer delivers a relaxed evening with a multi-artist line-up of big names and new discoveries from the worlds of music, poetry and spoken word. Singer-songwriter and author James Yorkston's travelling road show returns with multi-platinum-selling Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall who rose to fame with her 2004 debut album ‘Eye To The Telescope’ (Relentless Records) and has since won two Brit Awards, a Grammy and an Ivor Novello Award; writer for publications including The New York Times and Guardian, NPR favourite and comedian Maeve Higgins whose starring role in the comedy horror movie ‘Extra Ordinary’ garnered her acclaim around the world; and Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop maverick and Lost Map records champion of idiosyncratic music talent Pictish Trail, bringing music from his fifth and latest album ‘Island Family’.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Tap (Tuesday) - Autumn 2024

A high energy and fun tap class. Refresh basic moves and learn new ones - fin dout what the body can be persuaded to do.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Furrow Collective

“They are simply one of the most formidable combinations of musicians in today’s folk music scene, and in "We Know by the Moon", they have created one of the year’s outstanding albums.”...Thomas Blake folk radio UK

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Importance of Being Earnest (12A)

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Kingdom of Strathclyde

Forged in the ninth century during a time of Viking raids and political upheaval, Strathclyde was the last kingdom of the Northern Britons. In this talk, Tim Clarkson traces the story of Strathclyde from its roots in the pre-Viking period to its demise in the eleventh century.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Nutcracker

Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive, on screen, treat for the whole family. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, as fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Outrun

After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. Hoping to heal, she returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands where she grew up. Stars Saoirse Ronan.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Pride of Scotland

X Factor finalists the MacDonald Bros celebrate everything wonderful about Scotland’s music scene in their new show the Pride of Scotland. Covering all genres of Scottish music from the Bay City Rollers, to the Proclaimers to traditional Scottish music and a nod to some of their famous influences, this is sure to be a night to remember.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Songs the Beatles Gave Away

BBC’s Bob Harris and author/music journalist Colin Hall set out upon an intimate speaking tour based around their mutual love and appreciation of The Beatles, including rare archive from Bob Harris’ collection of interviews with Lennon & McCartney.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Tales of Hoffman

Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing is as it seems. Particularly when the devil himself is involved… Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model student in every sense. Doomed love follows him into adulthood, where the dancer, Antonia, is taken from him too soon. Meanwhile, the sensual courtesan Giulietta has her own secret agenda. As memory and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, will Hoffmann find the enigmatic Stella before it is too late? Sung in French with English subtitles. Running time 4 hours (including two intervals).

Location Eastgate Theatre

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The Twits

Tweed Theatre presents lots of Dahl-icious fun and nonsense as the repulsive Mr and Mrs Twit play revolting pranks on one another. The Muggle Wumps and the birds will get their revenge. Or will they? Could The Twits get their wish to train the trapped monkeys to become amazing circus acts? Only you in the audience can help the Roly.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Vintage Jazz Weekend: Cabinet of Musical Wonders

An interactive, exciting show of early jazz made especially for children. Taking younger audiences into the heart of the band to experience the joy and excitement of acoustic instruments through early jazz and blues. Commissioned by the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival with support by the City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland, this amazing show is now coming to Peebles!

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Vintage Jazz Weekend: Piccadilly Silent Film

Experience the magic of silent film as it used to be accompanied by live music performed by Brief Encounter. Piccadilly (1929) is a silent British classic, set in the jazz age. Multi-instrumentalists Chris and Veronica (Brief Encounter Duo) accompany the film with a soundtrack compiled from silent films, jazz standards and Tin Pan Alley.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Vintage Jazz Weekend: Tenement Jazz Band

Musicians from various corners of Edinburgh’s vibrant jazz scene, Tenement Jazz Band are on a journey of exploration back to the roots of the music, capturing the raw energy and excitement of the early jazz recordings, and reviving lesser-heard songs.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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We Live in Time (15)

An up-and-coming chef (Florence Pugh) and a recent divorcée (Andrew Garfield) find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. Runtime 1h 48 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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We Three Kings

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Wicked (PG)

Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. As the two girls struggle with their opposing personalities, their friendship is tested as both begin to fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. Runtime 2h 40 mins.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Will Barnes Quartet

Join the Will Barnes Quartet for the second leg of their ‘Source of the Severn’ tour this Autumn and Winter. Presenting songs from their acclaimed album, which is an exploration of the rugged landscape of Mid Wales and the Marches. They will be joined by skilled landscape artist Erin Hughes, providing a captivating live visual show to accompany the quartet’s performance, igniting the imagination of the audience, and making this a performance not to be missed.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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Wolf Witch Giant Fairy

Do not miss this screening of an 'enchantingly staged' family folk opera, following the triumphant, Olivier Award-winning run in 2021. Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.

Location Eastgate Theatre

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