Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) has announced that Jenny Niven will replace Nick Barley as Festival Director. Jenny will begin her new role in September 2023 after Nick has overseen his final Festival programme, following a hugely successful 14 years. Jenny Niven is a leading cultural producer and director with 20 years of experienceContinue reading “Edinburgh International Book Festival: New Festival Director”
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Capital Theatres Win First Ever CATS Award for their Production of The Gift
At this year’s annual Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) ceremony, which took place on Sunday 11th June at Traverse Theatre and was the 20th in its history, Capital Theatres took the prize for the best Production for Children and Young People with Yuletide show, The Gift. Specially designed for children aged between 2 andContinue reading “Capital Theatres Win First Ever CATS Award for their Production of The Gift”
Musical Celebration of Windrush Comes to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre in July
To mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first Windrush generation to the UK, Rush Theatre Company will be touring their critically acclaimed production RUSH – A Joyous Jamaican Journey. As part of this tour, the Company will perform at The Festival Theatre in early July. In sharing the chronicle accounts of the Company’s forefathers and celebrating theirContinue reading “Musical Celebration of Windrush Comes to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre in July”
Fifield Takes the Secret Path to Musical Expression
Scottish multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield releases a new album, Secret Path, on June 30th. The album is a showcase for Fifield’s skills on the simplest and most portable instrument in his armoury, the low D whistle. Schooled in both the Highland bagpipe tradition and the soprano saxophone, Fifield has developed a technique on the whistle that borrows from thoseContinue reading “Fifield Takes the Secret Path to Musical Expression “
Edinburgh International Film Festival Announces August Opening Date
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), that is this year is hosted by Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), announces that the Festival will open on Friday 18th August 2023 with the world premiere of Silent Roar, the debut feature from Scottish writer and director Johnny Barrington. A teenage tale of surfing set in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, Silent Roar stars newcomerContinue reading “Edinburgh International Film Festival Announces August Opening Date”
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Announces Two New Directors
The Royal Edinburgh Lyceum has announced that two new members of Senior Management will join the Company through Summer 2023 to steer the team into the theatre’s biggest programme in years. Anna Astell, who has most recently worked for BT Consumer and was previously at the BBC, joins the team in the new role of Director ofContinue reading “The Royal Lyceum Theatre Announces Two New Directors”
Lyceum Announces Biggest in Years Season with Distinct Scottish Slant
A blue skied Edinburgh, with all the optimism that brings, played a sunny host to the Lyceum Theatre’s new season’s announcement. Mirroring that optimism was Artistic Director David Greig who spoke with a quiet and modest enthusiasm for his upcoming programme that is pleasingly both literary and Scottish. He did this while acknowledging the impactContinue reading “Lyceum Announces Biggest in Years Season with Distinct Scottish Slant”
King’s Theatre Honorary Patron Brian Cox Narrates Animation of Its Redevelopment
The current major development of Edinburgh’s belovèd King’s Theatre started earlier this year after a crisis campaign brought the project back from the brink. Capital Theatres, the charity that manages the Council owned King’s as well as the Festival Theatre, has released a fly through digital animation giving an artist’s impression of the redevelopment voicedContinue reading “King’s Theatre Honorary Patron Brian Cox Narrates Animation of Its Redevelopment”
Previously Unstaged Operas Given New Life with Feminist Project Out of Her Mouth
Dunedin Consort, Hera and Mahogany Opera have come together to breathe life into 300 year-old ‘operas’ that have never been staged in Britain before. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s biblical cantatas, Judith, Rachel & Susanne, each a tiny opera in all by name, are historical jewels written by a woman, about women, for women that tell bold, unflinching talesContinue reading “Previously Unstaged Operas Given New Life with Feminist Project Out of Her Mouth”
Lindsey Mendick to Open Large-Scale Show SH*TFACED at Jupiter Artland This Summer
Jupiter Artland, award-winning, contemporary sculpture park located just outside Edinburgh, will play host to artist Lindsey Mendick this Summer. Mendick is creating three monumental installations inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, presenting a contemporary view of duality and supposed binaries between good and evil, virtue andContinue reading “Lindsey Mendick to Open Large-Scale Show SH*TFACED at Jupiter Artland This Summer”
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