Category Archives: Theatre

A new podcast series, hosted by writer Hannah Lavery and Caitlin Skinner of Stellar Quines and going under the name of Quines Cast, has been created to bring together intersectional feminist thought, music, theatre and literature. Traverse Theatre’s Executive Producer Linda Crooks said “We’re delighted to be partnering with Stellar Quines on this important newContinue reading “Feminist Theatre Group Joins with Traverse Theatre for New Quines Cast Podcast“

Later this month, Leith-based Citadel Arts Group will be in a new venue for the group. That will be the Pianodrome that is located inside Debenhams, the former department store inside Ocean Terminal that has been transformed by the Living Memory Association into a Leith community hub. In the building leased by the Wee MuseumContinue reading “Leith Based Citadel Arts Group Finds New Venue in Former Department Store“

Edinburgh’s international festival of visual theatre and animated film, MANIPULATE, is a celebration of visual work, with a focus on artworks that breathe life into the inanimate or tell stories primarily through imagery. The 16th edition of the festival offers a wide range of visual artforms, including large-scale illuminated hands that will roam across theContinue reading “MANIPULATE Festival 2023 Line Up Announced for Its 16th Edition“

Capital Theatres are pleased to announce the full cast for this year’s panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (or Dwarves!). As previously announced, Allan Stewart will be Nurse May, Grant Stott will be The Man in the Mirror, Jordan Young will be Muddles with Clare Gray as Princess Lavinia and Liz Ewing as theContinue reading “Full Cast Announced for Festival Theatre Panto Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs“

Following a sell-out tour in 2019, Scottish Ballet (SB) returns its much-loved production, that’s inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale The Snow Queen, to the stage. This beautiful ballet takes place in several atmospheric locations, from a bustling festive winter market (that features local children performing alongside SB dancers); a travelling circus; a sparklingContinue reading “Scottish Ballet Brings New Adaptation of Festive Favourite The Snow Queen“

A welcome return to the Lyceum for this incredibly witty whirlwind of a play. Written by “Isobel McArthur after Jane Austin” it says in the programme. And it must be said that even if it might, in some of it’s more bizarre moments, leave the Austin purists in a state of alarm, it stays trueContinue reading “Pride and Prejudice (sort of) Royal Lyceum“

Caring, by Rhona McAdam from Edinburgh, is a play based on a mother’s experience of caring for her severely disabled son and will be performed this November at the Scottish Storytelling Centre by Leith based Citadel Arts Group. . According to charity Care for Carers there are now more than 800,000 adult carers in ScotlandContinue reading “Real Life Inspired Story Premieres at Scottish Storytelling Centre This November“

Map of Stories is a unique multimedia celebration of Scotland’s rich oral storytelling heritage that is part of Scotland’s Year of Stories brought through a series of live events at the 2022 Scottish International Storytelling Festival and a brand new, interactive open-access website. This new project, led by Edinburgh-based arts collective Transgressive North (TN), inContinue reading “New project Map of Stories Memorialises Scotland’s Oral Tradition“

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre alongside Leeds Playhouse and New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, are now unveiled as the finalists for this year’s UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre Award at the UK Theatre Awards. Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre is the only Scottish organisation to be nominated alongside the two other theatres which were selected fromContinue reading “Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Announced as Theatre Finalists at UK Theatre Awards“

The Traverse Theatre announces three new appointments to its Artistic and Creative Engagement team, who will jointly focus on expanding the reach of the Company’s many creative engagement activities and programmes that include Class Act, Breakthrough Writers, and Creating Space. These strategic appointments seek to connect the art that collaborators and partners of the CompanyContinue reading “Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre Announces New Creative Engagement Appointments“