Midsummer

Show Bio

A wild ride of love, laughs, and lost weekends

Hilariously funny, heart-warming, feel good romantic musical comedy of a great lost weekend in Edinburgh that will steal your heart and have you rolling in the aisles with laughter.

The story’s starting point is a meeting on Midsummer Eve in a wine bar of a pair of lonely 35-year-olds in need of solace.

Helena is a high-powered divorce lawyer “at a loose end,” insecure about looming spinsterhood with a taste for other people’s husbands. Bob is a failing car salesman, would be poet, turned petty criminal who fears he has “peaked in 2005.” A loveable lout who has always been “medium” in the worst way.

She’s totally out of his league and he’s not her type at all. There’s absolutely no reason why they should get together, but they do. What ensues is a helter-skelter weekend in which they lose themselves and their inhibitions; two loners looking for mutual consolation.

It’s an unlikely coupling as both are all too aware, but it’s Midsummer and anything can happen…

Irresistibly comical, laugh a minute play with a beautiful music score that you’ll be singing long after you’ve left the theatre.

Penned by award-winning playwright, David Greig, with songs composed by Gordon McIntyre and directed by our Creative Director Ryan McBryde (The Importance of Being Earnest, Pieces of String, Moll Flanders), Midsummer is a rose-tinted musical rom-com, a fast-paced, funny look at love, life, and the ache of aging.

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Content to Consider

This show has an age guidance of 16+ and contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.

Accessible performances

There will be an Audio Described performance on Sat 18 May, 2.30pm (which includes a pre-show Touch Tour if required) and there will be a Captioned performance on Fri 10 May, 7.30pm.

Midsummer Sharing Burger Platter/Sharing Platter Offer

Book two tickets for Midsummer and the Midsummer Sharing Burger Platter for two people OR a Sharing Platter for two people, and receive 20% off your order – with the platters and tickets discounted! Simply add both items to your online basket and the offer will apply automatically, or alternatively call our box office on 01206 573948 to book over the phone.

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