Every month, I am delighted to partner with The Edinburgh Reporter, in print and online, to bring you ‘Liam Rudden’s Must See Theatre’ for the month ahead along with a London ‘Hot Ticket’ for anyone considering a Theatre Break. The two-page spread launched in February’s edition and as we head towards 2025 it seems timely to present our 2024 Annual, below.
Many fantastic shows have featured over the last 11 months, the first spread saw Hamilton headline the inaugural spread and was well received by the acclaimed media title’s readership. The Edinburgh Reporter newspaper is published on the first of each month with a distribution of 6,000 free copies throughout the city. Online, around 250,000 people visit theedinburghreporter.co.uk website each month, many more read the digital version of the newspaper via the PressReader app and on issue.com.
On Social Media, The Edinburgh Reporter has in the region of 64k followers on X (formerly Twitter), 15k followers on Facebook and 4.1k followers on Instagram. As well as Liam Rudden’s Must See Theatre, The Edinburgh Reporter also carries links to all Edinburgh Must See Theatre reviews on mustseetheatre.com.
February Featured: Hamilton, Festival Theatre | Jesus Christ Superstar, Edinburgh Playhouse | The Wizard Of Oz, Edinburgh Playhouse | Two Sisters, Royal Lyceum | Plaza Suite, Savoy Theatre, London | Jack, Traverse Theatre.
March Featured: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Edinburgh Playhouse | Blue Beard, Royal Lyceum | An Enemy Of The People, Duke of York’s, London | Escaped Alone, Traverse Theatre | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Edinburgh Playhouse also local actor Kieran Lynch and dancer Rory MacLeod.
April Featured: Pretty Woman, Edinburgh Playhouse | The Girls Of Slender Means, Royal Lyceum | 90 Days, The Traverse | Player Kings, Noel Coward Theatre, London | Hadestown, Lyric Theatre, London | Edinburgh Festivals Hot Tickets – The Fifth Step, EIF | Margolyes & Dickens The Best Bits, Fringe.
May Featured: David Bowie and Me, Traverse Theatre | Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands, Festival Theatre | Macbeth: An Undoing, Royal Lyceum | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Edinburgh Playhouse | Thief, Stage Door Theatre, London, also, show stops!
June Featured: Life of Pi, Festival Theatre | Shirley Valentine, Royal Lyceum | Grease, Edinburgh Playhouse | Closer To Heaven, Turbine Theatre, London.
July Featured: Here You Come Again, Edinburgh Playhouse | Eternity – Hot Ice Show, Pleasure Beach, Blackpoo| | Your Lie In April, Harold Pinter Theatre, London, also, Theatre Royal Afternoon Tea and theatre tour.
August Featured: Edinburgh Festivals Roundup – 5 Must See Theatre Highlights | 5 Musical Theatre Must Sees | 5 Famous Faces To See On The Fringe | 5 Edinburgh Companies At The Fringe | 5 Live Music Must See.
September Featured: A Game Called Malice, Festival Theatre | Come From Away, Edinburgh Playhouse | Blood Brothers, Edinburgh Playhouse | Mrs Doubtfire, Shaftesbury Theatre, London.
October Featured: The Baddies, Royal Lyceum | Hairspray, Edinburgh Playhouse | Book Of Mormon, Edinburgh Playhouse | Murder On The Orient Express, Festival Theatre | A Streetcar Named Desire, Royal Lyceum | Tattooer, Charing Cross Theatre, London.
November Featured: Only Fools And Horses the Musical, Edinburgh Playhouse | & Juliet, Edinburgh Playhouse | 101 Dalmatians, Edinburgh Playhouse | Waiting For Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London | Cinderella, Festival Theatre | Treasure Island, Royal Lyceum.
December Featured: Liam Rudden’s 12 Days of (Christmas) Must See Theatre – Cinderella, Festival Theatre | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Edinburgh Playhouse | Treasure Island, Royal Lyceum | Swamplesque, Assembly Hall | Sleeping Beauty, Church Hill Theatre | A Christmas Carol, The Brunton | Robin Hood And The Golden Arrow, Scottish Storytelling Centre | Nativity! The Musical, Assembly Roxy | Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Church Hill Theatre | Aladdin, St Serf’s | Kevin Quantum Christmas Special, Church Hill Theatre | A Christmas Carol, Assembly Roxy.
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