Pride and Prejudice (sort of)

Pride and Prejudice (sort of) comes to the King's Theatre on Tuesday 30 March, playing through to Saturday 3 April 2027. It's a comedy musical adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and it's not exactly the Regency drama you're expecting. The production swaps the period dialogue for pop classics, so the story is told through songs rather than just Austen's prose.

It's an audacious retelling of the love story, and the production describes itself as an irreverent but affectionate adaptation in which men, money and microphones are fought over. That's a fair hint at the tone: it keeps the core of the original but plays with it, leaning into the comedy rather than the costume drama. If you're familiar with the book, you'll recognise the setup, but the pop songs and the comedic approach put it in a different gear.

Before it makes its way to Edinburgh, the show won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy in the West End, so it's arriving with some serious credentials. It's not just a local run, but a transfer of a production that's already been through the London circuit and come out with a major award for its comedy. That should give you a good idea of where the focus lies — it's a musical, yes, but the comedy is the thing it's most recognised for.

It runs from Tuesday 30 March to Saturday 3 April at the King's Theatre, 2 Leven Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9LQ. That's a full week of performances, so there are plenty of dates to choose from if you can't make the opening night.