Situated on Edinburgh's longest continuous theatre site in the heart of Edinburgh, the Festival Theatre has a modern glass-fronted foyer, revealing a plush art-deco auditorium.

Address

13-29 Nicolson Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9FT

Location

Venue location
Festival Theatre- On Nicolson Street opposite Royal College of Surgeons and Blackwells Bookshop. The Studio- Located behind the theatre on Potterrow. 22 Potterrow, Edinburgh, EH8 9BL

Transport

Parking information
Pay and display spaces on Chambers Street. Car park Niddry Street. Drop off outside theatre.
Taxi information
Taxi Rank on Nicolson Square.
Bus/Tram information
Bus stops on Nicholson Street 3, 5, 7, 8, 14, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, X47, 49
Train
Waverley Station 0.4 miles north - level access via Market Street.

Venue map

Venue access information

Entrance doors can be very heavy. Automatic doors on left hand side.
Lift access to all areas including function rooms.

Accessible toilets are located on levels 1 and 2. The café and foyer areas can be noisy and crowded.

Wheelchair spaces in centre stalls. High Box Office counter. One wheelchair to borrow. There is no loop at the Box Office. Infra-red coverage throughout auditorium. Neck loops can be collected at cloakroom. No reservations needed. Volume on neck loops can be adjusted.

Meet at Box Office for touch tours. Collect headsets from cloakroom.


Access service information

Audio Description information
Optimum seating position: Ask Box Office
BSL Interpretation information
Optimum seating position: Front Stalls
Captioning information
Optimum seating position: Seats held, usually Dress Circle - Ask Box Office

Access video

Events at Festival Theatre

  • Sister Act

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    Thursday 5th Oct, 7.30pm
    Brace yourselves Sisters! The eagerly anticipated Broadway and UK smash-hit musical Sister Act is coming to Edinburgh in 2022!
    Price(s): £28.50 - £52.50
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Seats held, usually Dress Circle - Ask Box Office
  • Sister Act

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    Saturday 7th Oct, 2.30pm
    Brace yourselves Sisters! The eagerly anticipated Broadway and UK smash-hit musical Sister Act is coming to Edinburgh in 2022!
    Price(s): £28.50 - £52.50
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: From 1:30pm.
    Optimum seating position: Ask Box Office
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Front Stalls
  • Dracula: Mina's Reckoning

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    Thursday 12th Oct, 7.30pm
    Under the buzzing lights of a psychiatric hospital in 1897, Mina Murray recounts her encounters with the most terrifying of beasts: Dracula.
    Price(s): £16.50-£40
    Captioning information
    Captioner - Glenda Carson
  • Dracula: Mina's Reckoning

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    Saturday 14th Oct, 2.30pm
    Under the buzzing lights of a psychiatric hospital in 1897, Mina Murray recounts her encounters with the most terrifying of beasts: Dracula.
    Price(s): £19.50-£40
    Audio Description information
    Audio Describer(s): Emma-Jane McHenry
    Touch Tour: 1.30pm
    Optimum seating position: Ask Box Office
    BSL interpretation information
    BSL Interpreter(s): Catherine King and Yvonne Strain.
    Integrated BSL Interpretation
  • Scottish Opera - Access The Barber of Seville

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    Thursday 9th Nov, 3.00pm
    With Dementia Friendly values at their core, these shortened performances are open to all.
    Presented by: Scottish Opera
    Price(s): £10
    Audio Description information
    Please contact the Box Office
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Seats held, usually Dress Circle - Ask Box Office
    Relaxed Performance information
    Access performances feature a narrator to introduce the music from the opera. There is also a smaller capacity to allow everyone space, and brighter lighting levels in the auditorium.
  • Scottish Opera - The Barber of Seville

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    Saturday 11th Nov, 7.15pm
    Back by popular demand, Sir Thomas Allen creates a riotous production of Rossini’s beloved comedy.
    Presented by: Scottish Opera
    Price(s): £23-98
    Audio Description information
    Optimum seating position: Ask Box Office
  • Scottish Ballet's Cinders!

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    Saturday 13th Jan 2024, 2.30pm
    A magical new Cinderella story, with a surprise in store every night…
    Presented by: Scottish Ballet
    Price(s): £27.50 - £55.50
    Audio Description information
    Audio Describer(s): EJ McHenry & Fiona Pedgrift
    Touch Tour: In the foyer from 1pm
    Optimum seating position: Ask Box Office
  • Scottish Ballet's Cinders!

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    Thursday 18th Jan 2024, 2.30pm
    A magical new Cinderella story, with a surprise in store every night...
    Presented by: Scottish Ballet
    Price(s): £16
    Relaxed Performance information
    There will be plenty of trained staff on hand to help; feel free to make noise and move around, the lights will remain on but dimmed, and there will be breakout spaces with a live stream of the show.