Category Archives: Theatre

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”

On the lead up to Hallowe’en, two Edinburgh-based Theatre Companies, Lung Ha and Plutôt La Vie, have joined forces to  bring a comically unsettling tale to the Festival Theatre Studio with An Unexpected Hiccup. This World Première, that’s directed by Lung Ha’s Maria Oller and Plutôt La Vie’s Ian Cameron, whose real life experience was theContinue reading “An Unexpected Hiccup         The Studio 22 Potterrow”

Musselburgh’s well-loved local theatre joins the ranks of venues returning to live performances for this Yule season. This year’s pantomime, Hansel and Gretel, comes from the pen of award winning writer and theatre maker, John Binnie. John, who was the founder and director of Glasgow’s Clyde Unity Theatre, has been behind past successful pantos inContinue reading “Brunton Theatre Announces Hansel and Gretel as 2021 Pantomime”

Theatre in Schools Scotland (TISS) is produced by Imaginate and National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) to develop the provision of theatre and dance performances available for schools to host for their pupils. This season sees six leading theatre and dance organisations for children and young people in Scotland come together in a new creative programme for Scotland’s primary schools and nurseries in 2021/22. TheseContinue reading “Theatre in Schools Scotland Brings New Programme This Autumn”

Glasgow-based choreographer and performer Claire Cunningham is one of Europe’s most acclaimed disabled artists who in 2021 was honoured for her Outstanding Artistic Development in dance at the German Dance Awards.  Her work is often rooted in the study and use/misuse of her crutches and the exploration of the potential of her own specific physicality with a consciousContinue reading “Elvis Inspired Show from Claire Cunningham Set to Tour Parts of Europe”