Category Archives: Theatre

Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s iconic ballet about a dysfunctional royal family, depicting real events from 1889 and boldly created in 1978, has been reimagined and redesigned by Scottish Ballet. This World Premiere production, featuring the entire Scottish Ballet company of 40+ dancers, will be the first time Sir Kenneth’s celebrated ballet has been produced in theContinue reading “Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Iconic The Scandal at Mayerling ReImagined by Scottish Ballet”

This year, Class Act, the programme from the Traverse that pairs established playwrights, storytellers, directors and musicians with students from secondary schools across the city of Edinburgh, celebrates its 30th anniversary. The Traverse welcomes back the youth programme to Traverse 1 in 2022 with stories that have been created by students from five local secondary schoolsContinue reading “Traverse Theatre’s Leading Class Act Programme Celebrates 30th Anniversary ”

The Citizens Theatre announces new writing -The Dodo Experiment by the WAC Ensemble and Press 2 For Help by Young Co – to be performed by the theatre’s youth ensembles.  The WAC Ensemble, an innovative theatre company for care-experienced young adults aged 18 to 26, will present The Dodo Experiment. Co-written by Martin Travers and WAC Ensemble member, Chloe Wyper, the production follows their 2020 critically acclaimed punk play andContinue reading “Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre Announces New Work by Youth Ensembles”

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the charity that underpins the Edinburgh Fringe, has announced Edinburgh based supplier of innovative solutions in audio, voice and haptics, Cirrus Logic, as a new sponsor for the world-renowned celebration of the arts. Their support of £75,000 will help ensure that the Fringe remains a cultural keystone in Edinburgh and continues toContinue reading “New Sponsors of Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Cirrus Logic”

Thanks to the gothic novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Edinburgh writer Robert Louis Stevenson, the names of Jekyll and Hyde have gone in to common parlance to describe the paradox of duality. The novel was set in London but has been brought home to Edinburgh, the city that inspired it, by theContinue reading “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

The Assembly Roxy Theatre (ART) Award was established in 2018 to support Scottish-based performance companies and practitioners to debut new work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2020, impressed by the high quality of applications received, the Assembly programming team decided to support three Scottish-based practitioners instead of one.   The ART Award winners were chosenContinue reading “Assembly Announces ART Award Winners and Creative Lab Recipients ”

Imaginate, the national organisation in Scotland that promotes, develops and celebrates theatre and dance for children and young people, announces a new 12 strong team of artists to lead their school residencies programme, Immerse. Immerse is an ambitious multi-year programme which embeds theatre, dance and creativity in six primary schools located in areas of highContinue reading “Imaginate Announces Team of 12 Artists to Lead Their School Residencies Programme”

Scottish Ballet is pleased to announce the appointment of Scottish solicitor Nadhia Ahmad-Ali, and Ballet Black Founder & Artistic Director Cassa Pancho MBE as new Non-Executive Directors to the Board. Nadhia Ahmad-Ali has recently been appointed as Head of Legal for Europe at UnitedHealthcare, part of the UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 500 company. Prior toContinue reading “Scottish Ballet Makes Two New Female Appointments to Board of Directors”

The Traverse theatre announces the Spring 2022 edition of their First Stages Festival, a celebration of storytelling and creativity, with skills development opportunities for creatives at any stage of their career. With all workshops and interactive events being delivered digitally, those keen to explore their creativity are invited to attend from anywhere around the world.  Running from MondayContinue reading “Traverse Theatre Launches First Stages Festival 2022 ”

Two thematically linked new plays from the Scottish Highlands, Nightlands, written and directed by Jack MacGregor and The Fallen Angels of the Moine by George Gunn, directed by Matthew Zajac, make up the project Arctic Winds. The plays will be rehearsed, produced and filmed for screenings in venues across Scotland and online with part 2Continue reading “Dogstar Is Back with New Two Part Project Arctic Winds”