Dec 2025
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.
Music in Peebles: Sirocco Winds
Glasgow-based Sirocco Winds—Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduates—bring flair and festive spirit to this seasonal concert. With performances at major festivals and broadcasts on Classic FM and BBC Radio, the quintet presents favourites from their repertoire, including McEwen’s Under Northern Skies and Jim Parker’s jazzy Mississippi Five, evoking the smoky sounds of 1920s America with a Christmas twist.
Borders to Broadway - A Festive Musical Theatre Concert
Back by popular demand after a hugely acclaimed summer debut, Borders to Broadway returns – this time with a sparkling festive twist!
Borders to Broadway - A Festive Musical Theatre Concert
Back by popular demand after a hugely acclaimed summer debut, Borders to Broadway returns – this time with a sparkling festive twist!
Night 'Afore Hoolie
Celebrate New Year’s the Night ‘Afore with Ross Wilson, and his acclaimed Blue Rose Code band in an exclusive full-band show!
Known for his soulful Caledonian jazz and folk, Wilson’s award-winning album Bright Circumstance has earned 5-star reviews and BBC radio play. After a UK and Ireland tour, he returns to deliver a heartfelt, electrifying night—perfect to ring in 2026 in style!
Jan 2026
Tweeddale Society || The Last Earl
The story of Traquair's last and most eccentric earl drawn from research in the archives and tracing his life from a childhood in Spain, his education in Cumbria to his life at Traquair where he focussed his energies on improving the estate as well as organising wasp hunts, sharpening razors, promoting the new railway and visiting the Great Exhibition in 1851,19 times!
Music in Peebles: Kosmos
Prepare to be intoxicated by entrancing dance rhythms, soulful improvisation delivered with inimitable panache and virtuoso technique. All three members of Kosmos are soloists in their own right and have recorded concertos with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra Nova.
The Royal Opera: La Traviata
As intimate as it is sumptuous, La traviata features some of opera’s most famous melodies, and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho. In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Verdi’s opera shines bright.
NT Live: The Fifth Step (Accessible Screening)
After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
NT Live: The Fifth Step
After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
NT Live: The Fifth Step
After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
Feb 2026
Leo Houlding - Exposed
Join legendary climber Leo Houlding for his next new show, Exposed, a gripping live experience with stunning visuals, film, and storytelling from the world’s wildest places.
Tweeddale Society || Tales of a Country Vet
Every day is different as a country vet, from vasectomising a ferret, to a caesarean on a cow, lame horses to ferral cats. Some days are fun, some nights are awful, but I still love being a modern-day James Herriot.
The Mumford & Sons Story: Awake My Soul
The Mumford & Sons Story recreates the incredible tale of the floor-stomping folk-rock band who took the world by storm. Four masterful live musicians come together in waistcoats, skinny jeans and bushy beards to celebrate the best of Mumford & Sons’ iconic music and their explosive rise to fame.
Music in Peebles: Troppos
Troppos plays music that wants to be danced to, presenting audiences with passion- packed programmes featuring the sounds of Spain and Latin America.
The Royal Ballet: Woolf Works
Woolf Works is a collage of themes from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves and Woolf’s other writings. Created in 2015 for The Royal Ballet, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.
Mar 2026
The Royal Ballet: Giselle
Peter Wright’s 1985 production of this quintessential Romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, Giselle conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.
Que Sera Sera: The Greatest Hits of Doris Day
Que Sera Sera is a dazzling tribute to the legendary Doris Day, celebrating her unforgettable music and timeless charm.
Tweeddale Society || Getting the most out of Scotland’s People
Veronica Schreuder is an archivist in the Outreach and Learning team at National Records of Scotland. She researches and writes for the Scotland’s People website, develops exhibitions and welcomes groups of all ages to General Register House, Edinburgh, where they can discover more about the collections held in the archives.
Music in Peebles: Steven Osborne & Martin Kershaw
One of Britain’s most treasured musicians Steven Osborne returns to Music in Peebles, but this time in “a programme with a difference”. Already recognised for his depth of musicality across a diverse repertoire, with awards including The Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist of the Year, two BBC Music Magazine Awards and two Gramophone Awards, Steven explores solo piano works based around the waltz—from Schumann and Boulanger to Bill Evans and Rzewski. He is then joined by saxophonist Martin Kershaw, a central figure in the Scottish jazz scene for the last 20 years, for a second half tracing the workings of jazz.
