Category Archives: Theatre

Edinburgh International Children’s Festival (EICF)  has  commissioned four new pieces of work from Scottish-based artists as part of its free opening family day, Family Encounters, which will take place on Saturday 25th May at the National Museum of Scotland. The first two were selected by young people involved in Creative Encounters, while the other two were selectedContinue reading “Edinburgh International Children’s Festival Announces Four New Commissions”

The jaunty sounds of The Teddy Bears’ Picnic could easily lull audiences into a false sense of security as they anticipate the performance of The House from Denmark’s Sofie Krog Teater. That illusion is already shaky as the magnificently created set that is the eponymous house stares out at the audience like a creepy gappedContinue reading “The House at Manipulate Festival 2024”

Making a Scottish comeback, Edinburgh-based multilingual theatre group Fronteiras Theatre Lab (fronteira meaning ‘border’ in Portuguese) is set to bring their intimate physical theatre show La Niña Barro to Assembly Roxy this March. The show’s three day run will coincide with International Women’s Day.  An ongoing creative project first formed in 2013, this run marks a decade since La Niña Barro’s original premierContinue reading “Fronteiras Theatre LabBrings La Niña Barro to Assembly Roxy This March”

A long-serving usher and weel kent face at Festival Theatre, Graham Simpson, has been celebrated as an Unsung Hero of musical theatre at this year’s National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals. Graham, who first joined the Festival Theatre in 1994, marked the start of his 30th anniversary with the organisation through a surprise award atContinue reading “Festival Theatre Usher Wins Prestigious Unsung Hero Award”

Jekyll & Hyde is so deeply embedded in the English lexicon as a metaphor for living a disparate double life, that having read the 19th century novella, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, seems barely required. In its time, Edinburgh born writer Robert Louis Stevenson’s small book created shock waves among theContinue reading “Jekyll & Hyde            Royal Lyceum Theatre”

The UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund is the source of a £2 million award made to Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre and is seen as a welcome boost to the ongoing redevelopment project which began in February 2023. This funding will help make the King’s Theatre fully accessible for the first time in the building’s history, withContinue reading “King’s Theatre Awarded £2 million Towards Greater Accessibility by UK Government”

Established in 1956 as the world’s first youth theatre, National Youth Theatre (NYT) produces ambitious theatrical productions in local communities, on leading global stages and in unusual spaces across the UK and beyond. This Spring, the prestigious and pioneering NYT has announced dates for a host of free UK-wide community auditions. Taking place in London, Birmingham, Bristol,Continue reading “National Youth Theatre Announces Free Community Auditions in 2024”

The Royal Lyceum Theatre’s Artistic Director, David Greig in association with Malmö Stadtsteater, brings his first wholly original play, Two Sisters, to be staged in five years to the stage. Two Sisters is a story about looking back to your youth and looking forward to growing up. It’s a story about who we were whenContinue reading “Cast Announced for Upcoming Play Two Sisters at Lyceum This Spring”

Tortoise in a Nutshell is an Edinburgh based theatre company whose work involves a blend of thought provoking performance and puppetry that has garnered them many awards since its formation in 2010. This Spring, their much anticipated new production  Ragnarok, made with Figurteatret i Nordland, in association with Macrobert Arts Centre, comes to audiences acrossContinue reading “Edinburgh Company Tortoise in a Nutshell Announce World Premiere Tour for Spring”

With a reputation for garnering stars and fans during the Edinburgh Fringe, North London based Flabbergast Theatre returns to Scotland’s Capital  this December with Boris & Sergey’s  Christmas Cabaret, their unique take on Dickens’ classic seasonal tale,  A Christmas Carol. The basic parts of the Dickens’ story are told, or partly told,  through the siblingContinue reading “Boris and Sergey’s Christmas Cabaret Roxy”