Category Archives: Theatre

After an anxious period, when the future of Edinburgh’s belovèd Tollcross venue was hanging in the balance, Capital Theatres can now announce that the King’s redevelopment can recommence thanks to increased investment from the City of Edinburgh Council and from the Scottish Government.  The respective sums of £3m and £3.85m, on top of the £26.7mContinue reading “Capital Theatres  Announce Restart of King’s Redevelopment Thanks to Funding”

Producers Jeffrey Seller and Cameron Mackintosh have announced that the first  UK tour of the multi award-winning musical HAMILTON will include a Scottish Premiere at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now.  Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the storyContinue reading “Scottish Premiere of Hamilton Musical Announced at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh”

The creative duo that makes up Edinburgh based Vision Mechanics, Symon Macintyre and Kim Bergsagel, have married their not inconsiderable imaginative powers with yet another style in their latest work, The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinski.  This unique piece of theatre was created during the pandemic and inspired by Creative Director Kim’s experience of herContinue reading “The Fantastic Life of Minnie Rubinski”

Paines Plough, The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, 45North, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and the Orange Tree Theatre, in association with Bristol Old Vic, announce casting for the debut play YOU BURY ME from Ahlam, which will play in Bristol, Edinburgh and London from the 24th February until 22nd April 2023. Ahlam’s YOU BURY MEContinue reading “Casting Announced for Play About Love in a Post-Arab Spring Cairo”

Edinburgh’s international festival of visual theatre and animated film, MANIPULATE, is a celebration of visually stunning work, with a focus on artworks that breathe life into the inanimate or tell stories primarily through imagery. Opening with The Dab Hands, a trio of three metre tall, colourful, light-up hand puppets that was commissioned by Puppet AnimationContinue reading “MANIPULATE 2023 Announces More Events for This February’s Festival”

Following an unsuccessful bid by the City of Edinburgh Council to the UK Government’s Levelling Up, that would have been a crucial contribution towards the funding gap for the King’s Redevelopment, the Capital’s well-loved theatre now has just 35 days to reach its target to save it from closure. As reported at the end ofContinue reading “Final Big Struggle to Keep the Doors of Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre Open”

The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has announced free auditions at the Theatre School of Scotland in Glasgow this February. Young people will also be able to audition online using the NYT Hub. Successful applicants will be invited to take part in summer intake courses, which for the first time will take place in cities around the UK in an expansion of the charity’s national programme.Continue reading “National Youth Theatre Announces Free Auditions in Glasgow Next Month”

Later this January, award winning Edinburgh based theatre company, Magnetic North, will premiere their new production We Will Hear the Angels as the first theatre residents of Fruitmarket’s Warehouse. The Company will return in March to restage their critically acclaimed adaptation of Walden in the Warehouse alongside a response by artist Harvey Dimond. Fruitmarket, Edinburgh is excited toContinue reading “Theatre Company Magnetic North Begins Residency at Fruitmarket’s Warehouse”

On a cold Edinburgh night, the vast Festival Theatre, that is this year’s home to the traditional King’s panto, manages to seem cosy and intimate as crowds take their seats to cheery festive music while giant projections of snowflakes swirl all around.  Paraphrasing the famous words of the Wicked Queen in the original story, playedContinue reading “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Festival Theatre”

Dundee Rep, under commission by The Space and Creative Scotland, is teaming up with innovative Scottish production company, Neon8, to present a virtual reality (VR) experience of the Rep’s smash-hit, Smile, that charts the story of legendary Dundee United manager Jim McLean. Following a successful sharing of the superb production of Smile with a liveContinue reading “New Era of Innovative Theatre Experience Arrives at Dundee Rep”