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Edinburgh Playhouse

Edinburgh Playhouse is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. With 3,059 seats[a] it is the largest in Scotland and second largest theatre in the United Kingdom, after the Hammersmith Apollo. The theatre is owned by Ambassador Theatre Group.

Address

18-22 Greenside Place

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

3,059

Theatre

Touring Productions

1929

1980

Technical details[edit]

The front of house sound position is somewhat unusually located at the rear of the Dress Circle. Towards the rear of the stalls, there is 41 mm unistrut Product 221-724 fixed to the ceiling to facilitate the hanging delay speakers. In the Gallery there is also a winch bar across the full width of the auditorium to again facilitate the hanging of delay speakers. The theatre now benefits from a lift to bring up 45' trailers and tractor units up to stage level, which is three floors below street level at the rear of the theatre.

Ghost[edit]

The building is said to be haunted by a ghost called Albert, a man in a grey coat who appears on level six accompanied by a chill in the air. He is variously said to have been either a stagehand who was killed in an accident or a night-watchman who committed suicide.[8]

List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh

List of theatres in Scotland

Media related to Edinburgh Playhouse at Wikimedia Commons

ATG website - Edinburgh Playhouse

History and photographs