The Lyceum is home to one of Scotland's largest and most successful producing theatres. Its 2022/23 season of high-quality productions, runs from February to June.

Address

Grindlay Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9AX

Location

Venue location
Next to the Usher Hall, right off Lothian Road. Back to back with the Traverse Theatre.

Transport

Parking information
Disabled spaces immediately outside theatre. Pay and display on surrounding streets. NCP Car Park on Castle Street.
Taxi information
Lothian Road across road from Usher Hall.
Bus/Tram information
1,2,10,11,15,16, 24 services stop outside and opposite the Usher Hall. Nearest Tram stop is on Shandwick place.
Train
Haymarket Station 947 yards to West / Waverley Station 1 mile East.

Venue map

Venue access information

Entrance doors quite heavy. Lift to all areas – access to main bar for wheelchair users is via a platform lift that needs to be operated by a member of staff. Accessible toilets on foyer level. Hearing loops and Audio Description headsets can be collected from the Shop in the foyer before a performance.

Lower light levels in bar area and routes to auditorium.

Six seats in Stalls with moveable arms for transfer. Wheelchair spaces at rear of Stalls. Two wheelchair spaces in the Grand Circle, and space in Stalls Boxes for another 4-6 wheelchair users. One wheelchair to borrow.

Low Box Office counter with loop and amplification mic. Infra-red system in auditorium. Collect neck loops from shop.

Email newsletter available.


Access service information

Audio Description information
Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
BSL Interpretation information
Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
Captioning information
Optimum seating position: Mid-Stalls or Grand Circle

Events at The Lyceum

  • The Snow Queen

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    Wednesday 13th Dec, 7.00pm
    Join us for a beautiful, festive and frosty show as we follow young Gerda on her quest to save Kei, and the world, from an eternal winter.
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
  • The Snow Queen

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    Friday 22nd Dec, 7.00pm
    Join us for a beautiful, festive and frosty show as we follow young Gerda on her quest to save Kei, and the world, from an eternal winter.
    Price(s): £12 - £30
  • Jekyll & Hyde

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    Wednesday 24th Jan 2024, 7.30pm
    A captivating and comic adaptation by Gary McNair revealing the depths of one man’s psyche. Directed by Michael Fentiman
    Price(s): £15 - £30
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
  • Jekyll & Hyde

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    Thursday 25th Jan 2024, 7.30pm
    A captivating and comic adaptation by Gary McNair revealing the depths of one man’s psyche. Directed by Michael Fentiman
    Price(s): £15 - £30
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 6:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
  • Jekyll & Hyde

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    Saturday 27th Jan 2024, 2.30pm
    A captivating and comic adaptation by Gary McNair revealing the depths of one man’s psyche. Directed by Michael Fentiman
    Price(s): £15 - £30
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 1:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Mid-Stalls or Grand Circle
  • Two Sisters

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    Wednesday 28th Feb 2024, 7.00pm
    A new play by David Greig Directed by Wils Wilson A story about looking back to your youth and looking forward to growing up.
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
  • Two Sisters

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    Thursday 29th Feb 2024, 7.00pm
    A new play by David Greig Directed by Wils Wilson A story about looking back to your youth and looking forward to growing up.
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 5:45pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
  • Two Sisters

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    Saturday 2nd Mar 2024, 2.00pm
    A new play by David Greig Directed by Wils Wilson A story about looking back to your youth and looking forward to growing up.
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 12:45pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Mid-Stalls or Grand Circle
  • Blue Beard

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    Wednesday 27th Mar 2024, 7.30pm
    By Emma Rice Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter. With a wink and a flick - things just seem to vanish. Cards, coins… women. 
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
  • Blue Beard

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    Thursday 28th Mar 2024, 7.30pm
    By Emma Rice Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter. With a wink and a flick - things just seem to vanish. Cards, coins… women. 
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 6:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
  • Blue Beard

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    Saturday 30th Mar 2024, 2.30pm
    By Emma Rice Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter. With a wink and a flick - things just seem to vanish. Cards, coins… women. 
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 1:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Mid-Stalls or Grand Circle
  • The Girls of Slender Means

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    Wednesday 1st May 2024, 7.30pm
    By Gabriel Quigley Directed by Roxana Silbert A story of glamour in austerity, women at work, women at play, and women’s wit
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
  • The Girls of Slender Means

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    Thursday 2nd May 2024, 7.30pm
    By Gabriel Quigley Directed by Roxana Silbert A story of glamour in austerity, women at work, women at play, and women’s wit
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 6:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
  • The Girls of Slender Means

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    Saturday 4th May 2024, 2.30pm
    By Gabriel Quigley Directed by Roxana Silbert A story of glamour in austerity, women at work, women at play, and women’s wit
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 1:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Mid-Stalls or Grand Circle
  • Macbeth (an undoing)

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    Wednesday 22nd May 2024, 7.30pm
    By Zinnie Harris Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing to make Macbeth's prophecy a reality. So far, so familiar. But then the story fragments…
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
  • Macbeth (an undoing)

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    Thursday 23rd May 2024, 7.30pm
    By Zinnie Harris Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing to make Macbeth's prophecy a reality. So far, so familiar. But then the story fragments…
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 6:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
  • Macbeth (an undoing)

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    Saturday 25th May 2024, 2.30pm
    By Zinnie Harris Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing to make Macbeth's prophecy a reality. So far, so familiar. But then the story fragments…
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 1:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Mid-Stalls or Grand Circle
  • Sunset Song

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    Wednesday 5th Jun 2024, 7.30pm
    By Morna Young Scotland’s most loved literary heroine Chris Guthrie is brought to the stage in this thrilling contemporary adaptation
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    BSL interpretation information
    Optimum seating position: Interpreter mainly on left side
  • Sunset Song

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    Thursday 6th Jun 2024, 7.30pm
    By Morna Young Scotland’s most loved literary heroine Chris Guthrie is brought to the stage in this thrilling contemporary adaptation
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 6:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
  • Sunset Song

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    Saturday 8th Jun 2024, 2.30pm
    By Morna Young Scotland’s most loved literary heroine Chris Guthrie is brought to the stage in this thrilling contemporary adaptation
    Price(s): £18 - £38
    Audio Description information
    Touch Tour: 1:15pm. Please book in advance
    Optimum seating position: Centre Stalls & Grand Circle
    Captioning information
    Optimum seating position: Mid-Stalls or Grand Circle