Category Archives: Theatre

Pibroch is a multimedia theatre production exploring the parallels between the current Climate Emergency and the Piper Alpha disaster that took place in the North Sea in 1988. Pibroch uses  poetry created by Aberdeenshire-based writer and artist John Bolland, who is a former oil worker, climate activist, member of North East Scotland Climate Action NetworkContinue reading “Multi Media Climate Production Pibroch Set to Tour Scotland”

Who doesn’t know the man affectionately known as The Big Yin, Billy Connelly? Certainly nobody in Scotland, but his reputation as a uniquely skilled comic is universal in the Western world, if that’s not a contradiction in terms! The story of his life growing up in Glasgow and influencing his work is legendary. From workingContinue reading “Tour Dates Announced for Dear Billy, NTS’  Love Letter to Billy Connolly”

Award winning Scottish writer Andrew O’Hagan, whose last novel Mayflies was successfully adapted for television, brings his first play, The Ballad of Truman Capote, to premiere at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Already the subject of two films, Capote (2005) and Infamous (2006), the radical American novelist will now be the focus of a ScottishContinue reading “Novelist Andrew O’Hagan Premieres First Play at 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe”

Created by leading production company Visible Fictions, Ghosthunter is an interactive production designed for older teens and young adults. Part immersive theatre and part expansive escape room, the show weaves new technology and chilling live horror in this performance event. Taking inspiration from paranormal programmes like Ghostwatch and Most Haunted, audiences are invited to step into a detailed recreation ofContinue reading “Visible Fictions Brings New Thriller Aimed at Young Adults to Glasgow This Summer”

Over two weekends in May, the Bright & Wild 2023 festival will celebrate the talent and creativity of young people from Greater Craigmillar (Edinburgh) who are taking part in Lyra’s Young Artists programme. The festival will showcase four new productions that the Young Artists commissioned themselves, through the company’s child-led approach. This approach saw theContinue reading “Lyra Presents Third Annual Young Artist’s Festival with Bright & Wild 2023”

The Stamping Ground, the new stage musical featuring the hits of Runrig, one of Scotland’s most well-loved bands, is set to hit the road on a Scotland-wide tour later this year, marking 50 years since the band was formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973. The show, that is a co-production between Raw Material andContinue reading “Hit Musical The Stamping Ground Returns for Scotland-wide Tour in 2023”

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival (EICF) launches its programme with an exciting lineup of activities, events and performances for young people, schools, families and industry professionals. Showcasing world-leading work from across 11 different countries, the renowned festival offers a packed programme of circus, comedy, dance, storytelling and theatre for young people. This year, the programmeContinue reading “Edinburgh International Children’s Festival Launches 2023 Programme”

As part of their Spring residency at Fruitmarket, theatre company Magnetic North are restaging a version of their seminal production of Walden. The story is based on Henry David Thoreau who walked into the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts on 4th July 1845 and decided to stay. He found a spot next toContinue reading “Magnetic North to Restage Intimate Adaptation of Thoreau’s Iconic Novel Walden”

Clowning duo Ruxy Cantir and Sarah Rose Graber are taking their fun-filled family show Two in a Barrel on a tour of Scotland this Spring, presented by Scissor Kick!  This vibrant and lively production explores our relationship to rubbish and the environment through physical theatre, clowning and puppetry, investigating how climate change and plastic pollutionContinue reading “Two in a Barrel Family Show Goes on Tour Across Scotland”

The Citizens Theatre will bring live theatre into the classroom this March, with pupils at two Gorbals primary schools set to enjoy a brand-new production created especially for younger audiences. Maud’s Map, a richly imaginative show based on a book by theatre-maker Jen Edgar, will be performed for pupils at St Francis’ Primary School and BlackfriarsContinue reading “New Citizens Theatre Production for Young People to Launch in Two Glasgow Schools”