Category Archives: Theatre

Just over 60 years ago, celebrated Hollywood actor and dance star Gene Kelly was invited to create an original work for the Paris Opera Ballet. The result was Pas de Dieux, a fantasy about Greek gods visiting France that was created and choreographed by Kelly. In collaboration with Gene’s widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, his originalContinue reading “Starstruck – Gene Kelly’s Love Letter to Ballet”

Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, moved to its lovely airy venue in Edinburgh’s Auld Toun 20 years ago. As another Festive season approaches, Dance Base is celebrating this move, and dance in general, with three evenings of live performance of a new showcase, SNOW MOTION, to be performed in the Studio 1 space.Continue reading “New Showcase Snow Motion Celebrates Dance Base’s 20 Years in Grassmarket”

Brewgooder, launched in 2016, is a Scottish-based craft beer company that is in the top 5% of businesses worldwide that achieve ethical and sustainability accreditation. This company, with their motto of ‘Brewed on Purpose’, has teamed up with Capital Theatres in a new corporate partnership where their shared values of consideration and collaboration with  sustainabilityContinue reading “Craft Beer Company Brewgooder in New Partnership with Capital Theatres”

Imaginate, Scotland’s national organisation for promoting and developing theatre and dance for children and young people, has commissioned two new theatre shows that will appear at the Children’s Festival in May 2022 then go on tour across Scotland. Both productions speak of the complex experiences children are dealing with, exploring the theme of mental healthContinue reading “Two New Scottish Commissions Announced for Imaginate Festival 2022”

In the immediate aftermath of the recent murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, Lucy Kirkwood wrote what she has described as a ‘howl’ of a short play about the prevalence and injustice of the culture of violence against women. Now script-in-hand performances of the piece are to be performed across Edinburgh. The two productions,Continue reading “Maryland – a Play Inspired by Violence Against Women Comes to Edinburgh”

Early this December, the arts, culture and heritage of Palestine and the Mediterranean will take centre stage in this year’s Bethlehem Cultural Festival with live events in London and Glasgow as well as an online programme for global audiences. Through discussion, food, heritage, dance, film, theatre and music, the Bethlehem Cultural Festival puts the rich historicContinue reading “Bethlehem Cultural Festival Comes to Glasgow and London this December”

Dance Base, Scotland’s national centre for dance, and Jupiter Artland, the contemporary sculpture park and art gallery set just outside Edinburgh, announce the five artists selected for the Space, Nature, Nurture Winter Residency Series. This new collaborative residency programme offers dance and movement artists a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in and work with theContinue reading “Dance Base and Jupiter Artland Announce Residency Programme for Dance Artists”

Artistic Director of Dance Base, Tony Mills, joins fellow trustees  Karen Cairney, Lesley Drummond, Gordon Jack, Helen Mackie, Cllr Melanie Main, Cllr Amy McNeese-Mechan, Cllr Max Mitchell, Andrew Neilson, Alasdair Peacock, Karyn Watt and Cllr Donald Wilson, under the chairpersonship of Professor Dame Joan Stringer on the Board of Capital Theatres. Tony Mills, who movedContinue reading “Capital Theatres Welcomes Artistic Director of Dance Base, Tony Mills, to Board”

Capital Theatres announces that Radio Forth Cash for Kids will fully fund their Schools Relaxed Performance of Sleeping Beauty, the much-anticipated panto that returns to Edinburgh’s  King’s Theatre this Christmas. The Schools Relaxed Performance of the show, that is for anyone who would benefit from a less formal performance environment, such as customers with AutismContinue reading “King’s Panto 2021 Relaxed Performance to be Funded by Radio Forth Cash for Kids”

Four of Scotland’s leading dance organisations, Citymoves Dance Agency, Dance Base Scotland, Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre and Tramway, teamed up again for #LoveDanceScotland Recovery Bursaries, a unique programme of support for artists as they return to their practice post-lockdown. These four can now announce the names of the twelve dance artists bursary recipientsContinue reading “Leading Dance Companies Announce Recipients of #LoveDanceScotland Bursaries”