Edinburgh Youth Theatre (EYT), under the artistic directorship of Shauna Macdonald, has built a thriving community of young people gaining confidence and learning life skills through drama classes and training in all aspects of performance from acting to design to film production. Like so many parts of the arts, the EYT weekly classes, held atContinue reading “Edinburgh Youth Theatre gets Support from Glasgow Film Star James McAvoy”
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Musselburgh’s Brunton Theatre Joins Ranks of Pantomime Postponement
Like every arts venue in the land, the Honest Toun’s wee gem of a venue, The Brunton, has had to cancel its annual pantomime. This year, it was to have been a production of panto favourite, Aladdin. The temporary cancellation will be a great disappointment to the folks in East Lothian to miss the YuletideContinue reading “Musselburgh’s Brunton Theatre Joins Ranks of Pantomime Postponement”
Traverse Theatre Iconic Breakfast Plays to be Spread Across the Globe
One of the favourite parts of the normal Traverse Festival programme is the feature of their Breakfast Plays. Traditionally taking place at 9am, with breakfast roll included, it is a part of the Traverse’s talent development programme that showcases new short plays by early career writers who are often alumni of the theatre’s Young WritersContinue reading “Traverse Theatre Iconic Breakfast Plays to be Spread Across the Globe”
Scottish Ensemble Launches Its New Solo Collaborations in New Digital Programme
Glasgow based Scottish Ensemble (SE) is the UK’s leading string orchestra that perform together under the artistic direction of Jonathan Morton where they offer fresh perspectives on classical music through crossing of genres and artistic forms. While the industry cannot fully re-open, SE will bring online audio-visual works entitled Solo Collaborationsthatcapture SE’s approach to imaginativeContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble Launches Its New Solo Collaborations in New Digital Programme”
The King’s Sleeping Beauty to Stay Dormant till 2021
The annual pantomime at Edinburgh’s King’s theatre is legendary. It is not only Scotland’s biggest and best-selling panto, with over 90,000 theatregoers attending each festive season, it is a Yuletide institution in the Capital. But not this year. The restrictions due to the Covid crisis mean that this festive production of Sleeping Beauty will beContinue reading “The King’s Sleeping Beauty to Stay Dormant till 2021”
It’s the Shedinburgh Fringe Festival!
A dog may be man’s best friend but his favourite space is supposed to be a shed. This may or may not have influenced producer Francesca Moody and writer and performer Gary McNair when they decided on the concept of Shedinburgh, but it’s a thought! This August may not have the usual cornucopia of actsContinue reading “It’s the Shedinburgh Fringe Festival!”
Dazzle Jewellery to Run Alongside Current Dovecot Exhibition
This August, Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios are hosting two new exhibitions featuring the very best of contemporary jewellery and Scottish textiles along with their current exhibition, Mid-Century Modern: Art and Design from Conran to Quant. Now in its 37th year, Dazzle Contemporary Jewellery is a major design event in the Edinburgh calendar and is a keyContinue reading “Dazzle Jewellery to Run Alongside Current Dovecot Exhibition”
DECLAN Announced as First Event of Traverse Digital Festival 2020
An immersive film experience entitled Declan is a new take on Kieran Hurley’s original work Mouthpiecethat was a hit in the 2019 Festival Fringe. Using cinematography in Edinburgh locations, original animation and audio, it has as its central character 17 year old Declan, who shows viewers his Edinburgh as he confronts the city’s exclusion ofContinue reading “DECLAN Announced as First Event of Traverse Digital Festival 2020”
Composer Martin Green brings The Portal in Twelve Episode Podcast
Ivor Novello Award winning composer, Martin Green, has created a sound installation entitled The Portal, a Fictional Podcast inspired by moments in Martin’s childhood. The story is of two obsessive sound-recordists and lovers, Etteridge (Dylan Read) and Angela (Anna Russell Martin & Alison Peebles) who are torn apart by circumstance, never having met from 1947Continue reading “Composer Martin Green brings The Portal in Twelve Episode Podcast”
Rapture Theatre in Quarantine
Restrictions may be lifting, and people getting out and about more, but normal life isn’t quite back yet. For those who are still a wee bit wary of wading back into the current façade of normality, Glasgow based theatre company, Rapture, continues to post a weekly theatrical treat in the form of Rapture Mini Bites.Continue reading “Rapture Theatre in Quarantine”
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