The curtain may have had to fall prematurely on the King’s Panto in 2021 because of Covid, but hope and optimism are in rosy health for the future with the announcement of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs being planned for the 2022 Panto. With major redevelopment taking place at the King’s, the 2022 PantoContinue reading “Hi Ho! Capital Theatres Announces Snow White as 2022 Panto for Festival Theatre”
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Iranian Artist Mohammad Barrangi Brings Exhibition to Edinburgh Printmakers 
Edinburgh Printmakers announce the first solo exhibition in Scotland, entitled Anything is Possible,by award winning Iranian artist and illustrator Mohammad Barrangi. Using a unique printmaking process on paper his works, inspired by ancient Persian storytelling, range between small scale pieces and large murals and for the first time he will take some of his charactersContinue reading “Iranian Artist Mohammad Barrangi Brings Exhibition to Edinburgh Printmakers ”
Hybrid Version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Set for Leith Theatre
The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) has joined forces with Selkie Productions to bring, in association with Screen Scotland and Sky Arts, a unique retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic storypublished in 1886, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Using innovative theatrical and cinematic techniques to create a live filmic and theatricalContinue reading “Hybrid Version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Set for Leith Theatre”
Scotland Wide Tour of Opera Highlights to Local Venues Planned for Early 2022
This February, Scottish Opera sets off on a nationwide tour of a new vaudeville-inspiredOpera Highlights that will visit 18 local venues, going as far as theOuter Hebrides. Starting on 8th February at Websters Theatre in Glasgow’s West End, the tour will visit venues in Birnam, Midmar, Fochabers, Tain, Wick, Harris, North Uist, Isle of Barra,Continue reading “Scotland Wide Tour of Opera Highlights to Local Venues Planned for Early 2022”
The Enemy (L’Ennemi) (15) French Film Festival
Stephan Streker’s engrossing thriller (based, I understand, on a real life case from a few years back) captures the imagination from the start and keeps us guessing even as the final credits roll. A well-known politician, Louis Durieux (Jeremie Renier) wakes up in his hotel suite after a wild night out with his wife MaevaContinue reading “The Enemy (L’Ennemi) (15) French Film Festival”
Margaux Hartmann (L’Etreinte) (15) French Film Festival
Middle aged and recently widowed, Margaux (Emmanuelle Beart) moves to France from Germany to enrol in a Masters programme while house-sharing with her half-sister. Although quiet and reserved, she is befriended by a group of her fellow students who coax her, in spite of her reluctance, to join them in a study group and inContinue reading “Margaux Hartmann (L’Etreinte) (15) French Film Festival”
Love Singing Celebrates New Collaborations with Launch of Commissioned Songs
Love Singing is a community engagement initiative produced by Love Music and aimed at promoting and supporting creative, healthy singing communities across Scotland. Available for all choirs to access free of charge, it has launched five new songs for choirs across Scotland and beyond, formed through 5 new collaborations. Love Music’s community choir at the UsherContinue reading “Love Singing Celebrates New Collaborations with Launch of Commissioned Songs”
Sunshine on Leith to Close King’s Season before Redevelopment Closure
Next Summer, Capital Theatres is joining forces with Pitlochry Festival Theatre to co-produce Stephen Greenhorn’s well-loved Edinburgh musical Sunshine on Leith as the final show at the King’s Theatre before it closes to undergo its major redevelopment. Sunshine on Leith, that had its original production at Dundee Rep on 18th April 2007, and is basedContinue reading “Sunshine on Leith to Close King’s Season before Redevelopment Closure”
Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker Festival Theatre
We all have certain things that make us feel that “it really is Christmas”. Whether it be visits to friends and relatives we haven’t seen since last year, decorating a tree, shopping for presents, watching a movie you watch every year… Many of these things we’ve had to do without due to the pandemic, suchContinue reading “Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker Festival Theatre”
Christmas Dinner Lyceum
This Yuletide, Edinburgh’s Lyceum is serving up a family show to relish from Scotland’s celebrated theatre company for children and young people, Catherine Wheels. In the opening scene, the magical façade that theatre creates is stripped bare to show an empty stage with the odd awkward prop lying around where manager Lesley (Elicia Daly) isContinue reading “Christmas Dinner Lyceum”
Radio Summerhall Arts 