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Following their successful collaboration in 2019 with Meghan Tyler’s Crocodile Fever, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre has again teamed up with Belfast’s Lyric Theatre for a new co-production written by John Morton entitled Denouement. The work, commissioned by the Lyric, will be presented as a work-in-progress audio recording featuring performances from acclaimed actors of stage and screen.Continue reading “New Co-Production between Traverse Theatre and Lyric Theatre Belfast Announced”

Bristol based theatre company, Wise Children along with Bristol Old Vic and New York based theatre company Plush Theatricals, announce the performance of Emma Rice’s musical adaptation of Romantics Anonymous. The critically acclaimed show, that’s based on the charming film Les Émotifs Anonymes written by Jean-Pierre Améris and Philippe Blasband, will be performed at Bristol OldContinue reading “Critically Acclaimed Romantics Anonymous to be Broadcast Live from Bristol Old Vic”

Scottish Ballet has released a notification to the effect that due to the ongoing restrictions around maintaining social distancing, and in consultation with their touring theatres, they have taken the difficult decision to reschedule their winter tour of The Nutcracker to 2021/22. Performances in all six tour cities will be rescheduled, and box office staff are now in theContinue reading “Brief Announcement re Scottish Ballet’s Winter Production of The Nutcracker”

Wonder Fools is a young Glasgow theatre company that specialises in creating contemporary new theatrical work based on a diverse range of current and historical real-life stories. As part of this year’s unique Traverse Festival programme, they have commissioned five new plays to be performed remotely and free for young people from September 2020 –Continue reading “New Commissioning Project Announced by Wonder Fools”

Capital Theatres, Scotland’s largest independent theatre charity, runs over 700 shows at the Festival and Kings Theatre, and The Studio throughout the year. Alongside this programme of national and international artistic work, Capital Theatres also runs an extensive learning and participation programme.  In 2015, Capital Theatres began working to improve the provision of meaningful artisticContinue reading “Capital Theatre’s Sterling Work in Field of Dementia Affirmed in Report”

When the shops put Back to School signs in their windows, at a date that can seem way too early, it has always been a reminder that the long summer days of the holidays really did have an end in sight. After an imposed period away from school for reasons that few of us couldContinue reading “Back to School Videos from Puppet Animation Scotland”