Category Archives: Theatre

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”

BBC Scotland’s home grown soap opera, River City, will have a new cast member when Edinburgh panto star Allan Stewart joins his Capital theatre colleagues, Grant Stott and Jordan Young, before the opening of this season’s festive treat, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Festival Theatre. Allan and Grant’s panto pal, the late great AndyContinue reading “River City’s Shieldinch Gets a New Neighbour in Panto Veteran Allan Stewart”

 Imaginate is Scotland’ national organisation that promotes, develops and celebrates theatre and dance for children and young people and produces the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival (EICF). It has been involved in a 3-year project in partnership with North Edinburgh Arts that will focus on children’s rights, placing them at the heart of the creative process and decisionContinue reading “Imaginate’s New Project Creative Encounters to Be Led by Children”

The Traverse theatre has announced the first shows of their 2023 programme, including the return of Manipulate with two UK premieres Anthropoda and Love Beyond (Act of Remembrance); National Theatre of Scotland’s Dear Billy by Traverse Associate Artist Gary McNair; Family Tree by Mojisola Adebayo from Actors Touring Company; Love the Sinner from Vanishing Point and performance poet Imogen Stirling and surrogate productions’Continue reading “Traverse Theatre Announces First Shows of 2023  “