Category Archives: Theatre

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”

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”