Edinburgh Theatres &
Cinemas
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A list of Edinburgh Theatres and
Cinemas with Websites, Telephone
Numbers, Images and links to Maps, and
Reviews.
The centre of Edinburgh is around
Waverley Train Station and the Balmoral
Hotel.
The Usher Hall, Lyceum Theatre, and
Traverse Theatre, are all situated next
to each other looking onto Lothian
Road, on the south end of Princes
Street.
For a quick look at Whats On at
these venues, view www.ents24.com/Edinburgh
Click on Post-Codes for Maps &
Reviews. Click on the Venue on the Map
for Reviews.
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Edinburgh
Playhouse
18-22 Greenside Place. 0.4 of a mile
from the north end of Princes Street
down Leith Street, a former cinema that
now hosts touring musicals and music
concerts with a capacity of 3,059. Tel:
0333 009 6690.
Website
. atgtickets.com . EH1
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Usher
Hall
Lothian Road. Off the south end of
Princes Street, one of the top concert
halls in the world that has hosted some
of the greatest concerts and events in
the city such as The Rolling Stones.
Tel: 0131 228 1155.
Website . EH1 2EA
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Lyceum
Theatre
Grindlay Street, off the south end of
Princes Street, down Lothian Road. The
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company is in
permanent residence in the Lyceum
building, perform for up to 48 weeks of
the year. Tel: 0131 248 4848.
Website . EH3 9AX
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Traverse
Theatre
10 Cambridge Street, off the south end
of Princes Street, commissions and
develops plays or adaptations from
contemporary playwrights. It also hosts
productions from across the UK. Tel:
0131 228 1404.
Website
. EH1 2ED
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Festival
Theatre
13-29 Nicolson Street. 0.4 of a mile
southeast of Waverley Train Station
along North Bridge past the Royal Mile,
hosts a year round programme of music,
dance, comedy, ballet, family shows,
opera and musicals. Tel: 0131 529
6000.
Website
. EH8 9FT /
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King's Theatre
Edinburgh
2 Leven Street. 1.2 miles southwest of
the City Centre down Lothian Road, a
great choice of plays and dramas as
well as the home of Scotland's top
Pantomime and a venue for Edinburgh's
local amateur societies. Tel: 0131 529
6000.
Website . EH3 9LQ /
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Brunton
Theatre
Ladywell Way at Musselburgh, 5 miles
east of Edinburgh Centre. The best in
quality music, theatre, dance and film
year round with shows suitable for all
the family. Also with a classical music
and dance programme. Tel: 0131 665
2240.
Website
. EH21 6AA /
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Filmhouse
88 Lothian Road south end of Princes
Street, 3 cinemas open seven days a
week. Cinema One shows the latest
international releases. Cinemas Two and
Three show a wider range of material
from the history of world cinema. Tel:
0131 228 2688.
Website
. EH3 9BZ /
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Odeon
Cinema
118 Lothian Road. South end of Princes
Street, one of the oldest cinemas in
Edinburgh that shows new mainstream
films so is normally very busy at
weekends. For popular films, best get
there early. Tel: 0333 014 4501.
Website
. EH2 8BQ /
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Omni Centre
Edinburgh
28 Greenside Row. Just off the north
end of Princes Street up Leith Street
with 12 screen View Cinema, Restaurants
and Bar Diners such as: Cosmos, Nandos,
Slug & Lettuce, Tony Macaroni and
Wetherspoons. Tel: 0131 524 7770 .
Website . EH1 3AU /
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Cameo
Picturehouse
38 Home Street. 1.3 miles southwest of
Waverley Train Station dow Lothian
Road. The Cameo Cinema opened in 1914
as the King's Cinema, one of the oldest
cinemas in Scotland still in use. Was
converted to a three-screen
Picturehouse in 1992. Tel: 0871 902
5747.
Website
. EH3 9LZ /
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Cineworld
130/3 Dundee Street. 1.6 miles
southwest of Waverley Train Station,
half of a mile from Haymarket Train
Station. A 13 screen multiplex with a
total seating capacity of 3,022, with
the largest screen having 527 seats,
down to the smallest seating 88. Tel:
0330 333 4444.
Website
. EH11 1AF /
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