Category Archives: Theatre

Bram Stoker’s late 19th century vampire novel not only became a worldwide classic but, closer to home, put the north English town of Whitby on the literary map. This new radical version takes the chilling story back to its Scottish roots in Cruden Bay where Stoker spent time and gives a nod to forgotten femaleContinue reading “Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning             Festival Theatre “

At a ceremony of the prestigious UK Theatre Awards, held on Sunday 8th October at London’s Guildhall, Capital Theatres was announced as the winner of the ‘Excellence in Inclusivity’ award for the dementia friendly programme. UK Theatre Awards, the only nationwide awards to celebrate outstanding achievements in theatre across the UK, described as “pioneering andContinue reading “Capital Theatres Wins UK Theatre Awards for Excellence in Inclusivity”

This year’s Scottish International Storytelling Festival, that runs from 13th to 29th, sees its first ever new podcast series Another Story. Opened by Storyteller Gauri Raje, it includes six insightful  episodes featuring some of this year’s festival performers reading their favourite stories and discussing this year’s festival theme ‘Right to be Human’ chosen to celebrateContinue reading “Scottish International Storytelling Festival Starts New Podcast Series This October”

The evenings are getting cooler, the nights are getting longer and we just so happen to be knocking on the very month of October: it seems the perfect opportunity for The Festival Theatre to unleash its rather macabre fare upon the Edinburgh public! You know, I have to admit in all my life of goingContinue reading “2:22 – A Ghost Story Festival Theatre”

Matthew Bourne has taken Shakespeare’s play and made it into something very much his own, without losing the heart of the story. Set in the (not too distant?) future in the Verona Institute, which appears to be an asylum/young offenders place of incarceration for youths deemed to be wayward and so may prove to beContinue reading “Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet Festival Theatre”

A compelling journey of inspiring spoken word that beautifully represents the LGBTQ+ community. We live in a time when the LGBTQ+ community receives mass media attention, but the majority of this attention is high-level news stories, that oftentimes fail to deliver valuable insight or information about the LGBTQ+ community. Ignorance is certainly not bliss inContinue reading “Packed House Kafe Kweer”

Following a sell-out run, Tron Theatre Company’s acclaimed production Moorcroft is touring to venues across Scotland in Autumn 2023 in association with the National Theatre of Scotland. Moorcroft is written and directed by award-winning actor and writer Eilidh Loan whose debut play is inspired by true stories of football and friendships from her father’s youth. Continue reading “Tron Theatre in Association with National Theatre of Scotland Bring Moorcroft on Tour”

Following a series of highly-acclaimed European performances across 2021-2023, award-winning dance artist and choreographer Elisabeth Schilling includes two Scottish dates as the only dates in the UK tour of her work HEAR EYES MOVE – Dances with Ligeti this October. The Scottish venues are The Byre Theatre St. Andrews on 17th October at 6:30pm andContinue reading “Scottish Tour Dates Announced for Elizabeth Schilling’s Hear Eyes Move”

Following a public reading during TravFest23 and as the final production of the Traverse’s 60th anniversary year, the Traverse is delighted to announce the upcoming production of Same Team – A Street Soccer Story  – a tale of five women’s experiences of homelessness, as they come together and set-out to win the Homeless Football World Cup inContinue reading “Traverse Hosts World Premiere of Same Team – A Street Soccer Story This December”