Edinburgh Gang Show 2025

Edinburgh Gang Show 2025

Edinburgh Gang Show 2025 – Show Details

📅 Dates: Tuesday 4 November to Saturday 8 November
🕖 Times: Evenings at 7:00 pm, plus a Saturday Matinee at 2:00 pm
📍 Location: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
📞 Tickets: 0131 529 6000 (For group bookings of 8 or more, call 0131 529 6005)

CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE or go to www.capitaltheatres.com

Why should you come and See the Show

The Edinburgh Gang Show is a highlight of the year—a chance for our young people to shine on stage, make new friends, and create memories that will last a lifetime. But don’t just take our word for it – watch our video to hear directly from some of our cast members about why this show means so much to them. 

Ukraine Day

Ukraine Day

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Nacho Luna Borras

Scouting Support Lead

Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB) Scout Group

In February we welcomed a group of young Ukrainians to Bonaly to give them a taste of the kinds of adventurous activities we get up to in Scouting.

South East Scotland and Scouts Scotland are working together with the AUGB (Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain) in Edinburgh to establish a Scout group which meets the needs of local young Ukrainian people and their families, the majority of whom arrived in Scotland following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The group of Scout and Explorer aged young people were shown around Bonaly by Co-Warden and Activity Manager Sean Crossan, before settling down to a seriously competitive archery session led by SES Support Officer Nacho Luna Borras and Scouts Scotland Local Growth Officer, Calum Harvie. Also attending were SES Scouting Support Officer Amy Irvine, along with Martin Elliot, Mike Treanor and John Cannon.

After the conclusion of the archery session (a great way to learn how to count in Ukrainian, btw!), we warmed up in the Bonaly bothy and talked about Scouting and to discuss with the young people their hopes for the Group. There was great enthusiasm from the young people – a number had been involved in Scouting in Ukraine – and the team from Scouts Scotland and South East Scotland Region was delighted to answer the many thoughtful questions presented.

Work to establish a Scout Group with the Ukrainian community continues to progress.

Regional Mindfulness Day – A Huge Success!

Regional Mindfulness Day – A Huge Success!

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Nacho Luna Borras

Scouting Support Lead

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made the Regional Mindfulness Day on 8th March 2025 such an incredible experience!

The day, held at the beautiful Bonaly Scout Centre, was filled with energy, learning, and meaningful connections.

Our special thanks go out to the amazing professionals from PsychEd, Edinburgh University, whose mindfulness workshops and activities were informative, fun and inspiring.

The outdoor activities were a real highlight — fun, hands-on, and deeply engaging. It was powerful to see our young people fully present and embracing the positive impact of being in nature.

We’re also incredibly grateful to our Adult Scout volunteers, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure everything ran smoothly. Your dedication helped make the day not only possible but unforgettable.

And, of course, the grand finale around the campfire was nothing short of phenomenal. Songs, dances, laughter, and togetherness created the perfect ending to a meaningful day.

 

Thank you again to everyone involved—participants, leaders, volunteers, and professionals. This event truly demonstrated the values of our Scout organisation and how outdoor activities can positively impact our lives.

We can’t wait to do it all again next year!

Put these Key Gang Show Dates in Your Diary

Put these Key Gang Show Dates in Your Diary

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Scott Walker

Gang Show Marketing Lead

The Edinburgh Gang Show 2025 will be held between Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th November 2025 at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre

The audition dates for the Edinburgh Gang Show 2025 are as follows:

Main Gang Auditions – (Scouts, Guides, Explorer Scouts, Rangers, Network)

Sunday 27 April @ St Anne’s Parish Church, Kaimes Road, Edinburgh

Junior Gang Auditions – (Cub Scouts & Brownies)

Sunday 11 May @ Blackhall, St Columba’s, Columba Road, Edinburgh

Full details about auditions will be in following newsletters.

Put these Key Gang Show Dates in Your Diary

Curtain Falls on Gang Show 2024

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Scott Walker

Gang Show Marketing Lead

Last month returning to the Festival Theatre for the third time, over 250 young people from South East Scotland Scouts and Girlguiding Edinburgh presented the annual Edinburgh Gang Show. 

Throughout the week over 5,500 people were entertained by the Gang with a show that was vibrant, energetic, funny and spectacular. 

Guests included Lead Volunteers from Scouts and Girlguiding at local, Scottish and UK level including Lewis Dangerfield, UK Lead Volunteer for Programme, who later described his first visit to a Gang Show as his Scouting highlight of the year! 

Group Bookers – Prize Draw 

The winners are as follows; 

  • 73rd A Brownies: 1st Prize - £250 to use towards a booking at Bonaly Scout Centre or Longcraig Scout Centre. 
  • 108th Pentland Scouts: 2nd Prize - £150 to use towards activities at Bonaly Scout Centre. 
  • 103rd A Brownies: 3rd Prize - An hour, for a group of up to 5 people, at Longcraig Scout Centre power boating on the Forth. Instructor-led with the option for participants to drive. 

We would like to thank all the volunteers who worked for many months to develop such a large-scale production for so many young people. A huge thank you to all the groups who came to see the show.  

Details about the Edinburgh Gang Show 2025 will be announced in the early part of next year. 

Scouts Sleepout to Support Foodbank

Scouts Sleepout to Support Foodbank

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Emma Cunningham

Scout Leader, 82nd Cramond Friday Scouts

On Friday 25th October the Thursday and Friday 82nd Craigalmond Scouts joined forces to embark on an extra-large evening of Scouting fun and fundraising! The idea to undertake a sleep-out for charity came from a young member of the Scouts, because he had enjoyed the same event the year prior. The decision to raise money for charity whilst sleeping-out was an easy one – we had already spent an evening earlier in the term collecting and sorting food for Edinburgh Food Project, who run 7 foodbank centres across Edinburgh and offer debt, benefits & budgeting advice. It felt like a good way to support a cause known to us, whilst saying “thank you” to the Charity for having visited us. Special mention must go to Calypso here – she is the charity’s representative and led a very thought-provoking evening for our Scouts. 

First, we decided that if we were going to sleep outside, we would need a good feed. The Scouts started off preparing the food ready to be cooked on open fires: skewers with sausage & veg; flatbreads with herbs; and apples with sultanas & sugar.  All was cooked easily over big beds of embers. The cooking time of the flatbreads took a little perfecting, but we worked it out. Everyone ate well.  

After dinner, those staying the night started building their shelters. This was the most fun part with Scouts excitedly thinking of ways to build a structure sufficient for themselves and their buddy / buddies. After a good hour of building, reinforcing and adding extensions the Scouts were ready for a lovely cup of lentil soup.  

To burn-off excess energy we held a game of speedy charades. Then, just before being dismissed for bed we reflected on why we were sleeping-out and who it is benefitting. 

Soon after bedtime the rustle of sweetie wrappers could be heard…. Some fell asleep quickly and some had a long blether – the excitement of sleeping in a den, no doubt. We all dropped off eventually. Before we knew it, it was time to get up and tidy our slightly soggy makeshift beds away.  

Weather-wise we were very lucky: it was a calm, mild evening with one light rain shower. Near-perfect conditions.  

Overall, a lot of fun for all the Scouts and the Leaders had a good time too. 

Thanks go to various retailers at Craigleith retail park, in particular: Marks & Spencer, who passed on loads of cardboard to us. But the biggest thanks must go to the friends and families of the Scouts, who dug-deep to raise a whopping £1500 for Edinburgh Food Project! That seems a very worthwhile exchange for a decent night’s sleep!”