Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Cinemas & Theatre · Edinburgh, Edinburgh & Lothians
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Closed — opens 11am
🏠 Indoor☔ Rainy-day friendlySensory-friendly sessionsMemberships available
What’s there
- Café on site
- Limited parking
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
Limited street parking on Nicolson Street. Nearest public car parks: Nicolson Square (24/7, 5 min walk) and NCP Holyrood Road (24/7, 300+ bays incl. disabled, 9 min walk).
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Festival Theatre is one of Scotland's leading stages for dance, opera and big-name shows. Set on Edinburgh's longest-standing theatre site, it blends modern design with a grand art-deco auditorium. The programme includes family shows, children's theatre, ballet and pantomime. Box Office open Mon-Sat 11am-3pm; the ground-floor Festival Theatre Cafe is open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. All levels accessible by lift, with relaxed performances and other accessible showings throughout the year.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Portable phone charger
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Travel games
- Ear defendersWorth having for anywhere loud, not only for sensory needs.
- Hair bobbles
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