Panto returns to the King’s with dazzling festive line-up!

This winter, Capital Theatres’ beloved panto returns to its traditional home, the King’s Theatre, in a magical homecoming with The Adventures of Pinocchio (Sat 28 Nov 2026 to Sun 17 Jan 2027).

Celebrating the reopening of the King’s Theatre, is the much- loved trio: Allan Stewart as May Geppetto, Grant Stott as the evil Stromboli and Jordan Young in the title role of Pinocchio.

The dazzling festive line-up is completed by Edinburgh panto favourites Clare Gray and Gail Watson and musical theatre star  C.J. Borger as Jiminy Cricket, fresh from the hit West End show, Back to the Future, the Musical.

Returning for her eighth year, Clare Gray plays the mischievous Kitty the Cat, after enchanting audiences with her lovable Pat the Cow in Jack and the Beanstalk last year.

Bonnyrigg born and bred Gail Watson has just finished a successful Fringe run of Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas at the Gilded Balloon and will play Phyllis the Fox.

The hotly anticipated panto tells the tale of Pinocchio’s dreams of becoming a real boy. The story has been specially tailored to celebrate the return to the King’s Theatre, bringing the spirit, history and much-loved traditions of the King’s into this year’s panto.

The King’s Theatre is woven right into the heart of the adventure. In Toy Toon, May Geppetto and Pinocchio are desperately trying to raise enough money to reopen their beloved King’s, leading them to join the Great Stromboli’s travelling puppet show when he promises them a share of the takings. But when the money is stolen, Pinocchio must set off on an adventure to recover it, save the theatre and prove he has what it takes to become a real boy.

Produced by Crossroads Pantomimes, the world’s biggest pantomime producer, this spectacular pantomime adventure is bursting with toe-tapping song and dance numbers, jaw-dropping special effects, fabulous costumes, laughter, magic and plenty of mayhem.