WATCH: First look as Edinburgh Playhouse prepares to welcome back audiences

In the first in an ongoing series, join Entertainment Editor Liam Rudden as he visits the Capital’s best loved theatres and concert venues.
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Opening the series, we visit the historic Edinburgh Playhouse, on the stage of which Laurel and Hardy once wowed audiences. Theatre Director Colin Marr reflects on the past year while giving an exclusive insight into life in the Greenside Place theatre during the lockdown period.

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