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Local Community Groups Offered 5000 tickets for Edinburgh’s Christmas

This year 5000 tickets for Edinburgh’s Christmas attractions are being gifted to local community groups and charities to ensure those who are less fortunate can join in the fun as the city embraces the festive spirit. UniqueAssembly, who produce Edinburgh’s Christmas on behalf of City of Edinburgh Council, have announced that applications are open forContinue reading “Local Community Groups Offered 5000 tickets for Edinburgh’s Christmas”

Moorcroft Traverse

The ninety minute drama that is every game of football, has been brilliantly reimagined as a conduit for a stage drama in this debut play from Eilidh Loan. Set in a small working class town in the West of Scotland, Moorcroft has as its central character Gary, played with believable swagger by Martin Docherty, whoContinue reading “Moorcroft Traverse”

Citadel Arts Group Discover Leith Link to Scorsese Movie Killers of the Flower Moon

Citadel Arts Group have a new show coming up, The Ghosts of North Leith. Imagine their surprise when they discovered a connection between one of the main characters in their forthcoming show, Lily Gladstone, and the star of Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon! Lily Gladstone came from Montana and was of Blackfeet Indian stockContinue reading “Citadel Arts Group Discover Leith Link to Scorsese Movie Killers of the Flower Moon”

Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning Festival Theatre

Bram Stoker’s late 19th century vampire novel not only became a worldwide classic but, closer to home, put the north English town of Whitby on the literary map. This new radical version takes the chilling story back to its Scottish roots in Cruden Bay where Stoker spent time and gives a nod to forgotten femaleContinue reading “Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning Festival Theatre “

Capital Theatres Wins UK Theatre Awards for Excellence in Inclusivity

At a ceremony of the prestigious UK Theatre Awards, held on Sunday 8th October at London’s Guildhall, Capital Theatres was announced as the winner of the ‘Excellence in Inclusivity’ award for the dementia friendly programme. UK Theatre Awards, the only nationwide awards to celebrate outstanding achievements in theatre across the UK, described as “pioneering andContinue reading “Capital Theatres Wins UK Theatre Awards for Excellence in Inclusivity”

Scottish Drummer Flies High with Royal New Zealand Air Force

A former Edinburgh musician has lent his musical know-how to the Royal New Zealand Air Force and earned an honorary rank in the process. Drummer John Rae, who led the ground-breaking jazz group the John Rae Collective in the 1980s and went on to win awards for his jazz-folk band Celtic Feet, has produced theContinue reading “Scottish Drummer Flies High with Royal New Zealand Air Force”

Stories Not to Be Told (Historias Para No Contar) (12) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival

Director Cesc Gay has been given the tag of “the Spanish Woody Allen” and his latest feature does indeed point up comparisons in their work. Five stories with, on the face of it, nothing to connect them bar the protagonists’ desire to tell their tales with a somewhat dubious honesty. That, and the fact thatContinue reading “Stories Not to Be Told (Historias Para No Contar) (12) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival Push the Boat Out Returns for Third Year

Push the Boat Out (PTBO), Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival, returns for its third year with a line-up featuring over 50 events and with over 80 performers, artists and speakers within the eclectic programme. This year, the poetry of songwriting is celebrated through Hamish Hawk in solo performance and an evening of lyrical enchantment with support from Iona Zajac.Continue reading “Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival Push the Boat Out Returns for Third Year”

Prison 77 (Modelo 77) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival

Set in Barcelona’s Modelo 77 – built in the 1800s and only closed a few years ago, Alberto Rodriguez’s film is inspired by real events from the late 1970s. The picture it paints comes across as so authentic that you could be watching a docudrama rather than a tale of fictional characters. It opens withContinue reading “Prison 77 (Modelo 77) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning Swoops Down on Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre

A new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic horror tale Draculaby acclaimed Scottish playwright Morna Pearson, is brought to stages across Scotland and England by the National Theatre of Scotland in a co-production with Aberdeen Performing Arts in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Director Sally Cookson’s atmospheric production of Morna Pearson’s bold new adaptation is relocated toContinue reading “Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning Swoops Down on Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre”