Category Archives: Theatre

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“

 Following its success in two Scottish secondary schools in 2019, the interactive performance project LIKE FLYING is being brought to Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and Ardrossan Academy in North Ayrshire in 2022 by National Theatre of Scotland (NTS)  in collaboration with MCR Pathways.   LIKE FLYING has been designed as a transformative project to enable young people to reachContinue reading “National Theatre of Scotland Presents LIKE FLYING  to West of Scotland Schools“

As the Festival season approaches its end, the King’s Theatre that is due to close soon to make way for a major redevelopment, has learned of a funding gap that threatens its future. If this funding gap is not closed before December 2022 the King’s Theatre could close its doors forever, meaning that the EdinburghContinue reading “Call from Big Guns in Arts World to Save King’s Theatre After News of Funding Gap“

Bob Last, a widely known and highly respected creative leader and commercial consultant particularly in the fields of music and film, has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Leith Theatre Trust  as of  August 2022. In a career spanning over 40 years, that has spanned public policy, education, intellectual property and cultural service,Continue reading “Leith Theatre Trust Announces New Chair of the Board“

The Fringe Society team is pleased with the encouraging level of support by artists for the new spaces announced about the extension of the traditional Street Events programme to new sites across the city centre. Scheduled daily from 11:00 – 18:00, (except 11-16 Aug in St Andrew Square) the new stages will bring a tasterContinue reading “Fringe Street Events Taster Brings Hundreds of Performances to the New Town“

Scottish theatre company SUPERFAN, that was the 2021 Company-in-residence at the National Theatre of Scotland, is touring Scotland this Autumn with their new production of Stuntman, a physical performance by two men exploring the relationships between violence and masculinity through stunts and satire. Taking inspiration from classic and contemporary action movies such as Die HardandJohnContinue reading ”  Scottish Theatre Company SUPERFAN Tours Scotland with Stuntman this Autumn”

Wonder Fools is a Glasgow based theatre company established in 2014 who specialise in presenting work that sheds theatrical light on forgotten stories of British history with needle sharp political antennae. One of these, 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War, told the story of the 549 Scots of contrasting backgrounds, ideologies and religions whoContinue reading “New Version of 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War Set to Tour Scotland”

MaMa is a new dance/multi-media production exploring the journey of pregnancy, birth and early motherhood, through Bharatanatyam dance, immersive visuals, and a blend of Celtic-Carnatic music. Developed by directors/choreographers, Kirsten Newell and Oxana Banshikova, MaMa was inspired by their own experiences of motherhood as well as conversations with women from local community groups and health professionals. Kirsten says ”As mothersContinue reading “Dance Production MaMa Exploring Motherhood Tours Across Scotland This Summer”