Category Archives: Theatre

In a one-off concert performance on Saturday 6 November, This Is A Love Story, an original musical telling the 200,000-year love story between Earth and Humanity, will be performed and live streamed at Dundee Rep. This Is a Love Story was commissioned by Vicky Graham Productions and developed with support of Arts Council England andContinue reading “Musical with Environmental Message at Dundee Rep this November”

Rose Reilly may be a name that trips easily off the tongue of many Scottish football fans but while the rest of the populace may have heard of  her male counterparts who were   giants in the game, this Scottish Amazon of fitba is disgracefully less well known. That imbalance was redressed somewhat when BBC AlbaContinue reading “Back of the Net Tribute to Fitba Legend Rose Reilly”

This year’s theme of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival (SISF), that is a mix of online events that cross the globe and small-scale face-to-face events, is Imagine when audiences will be invited to imagine pasts, futures, or a timeless other. SISF plans to return to theatres with almost 40 events taking place across Scotland, includingContinue reading “Scottish International Storytelling Festival Reveals 2021 Programme”

Citadel Arts Group, the Leith-based charity that gives voice and space to older people’s creativity, has had a programme of audio plays entitled Leithers One Family. One of these is The Aliens by Laure Paterson which has been adapted from William Haddow’s novel of the same name. While the play is available to listen to via CitadelContinue reading “Leith Citadel Arts Group Go Live Again This September”

Multi award-winning theatre company for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, Lung Ha, and Edinburgh based touring theatre company Plutôt La Vie that brings work with a Scottish European flair, have joined forces to present the World Premiere ofAn Unexpected Hiccup. The play, described as ‘a long night of comic misunderstandings, sinister goings on andContinue reading “Two Scottish Theatre Companies Team Up for World Premiere This October”

Imaginate, Scotland’s national organisation that promotes, develops and celebrates theatre and dance for children and young people, has announced the appointment of Lynne Halfpenny as their  new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Laura Turney, who is succeeded by Halfpenny and who then will become Vice-Chair said “I would like to extend a warm welcomeContinue reading “Imaginate Announces New Board of Trustees Chair”

Scottish Dance Theatre reconnects with Asia through a unique collaboration with Beijing-based Yabin Studio on 合[Hé], a short film exploring our relationship with nature and the environment. Shot by the dancers themselves, the film weaves a visual tapestry capturing the dancers from Scottish Theatre Dance performing in Dundee and Yabin Studio in Beijing. The projectContinue reading “Scottish Dance Theatre Collaborates with Beijing-based Yabin Studio in Film”

World famous dance company Rambert brings their fourth livestreamed dance event from their London home on the Southbank from 16th to 18th September 2021. Created by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, Note to Self is a made-for-film event that will be performed by dancers from Rambert2, the Company’s outstanding early career arm that isContinue reading “Real Time Livestream from Rambert This September”

The Brunton Theatre Trust has received funding from Musselburgh Area Partnership that is enabling them to bring back their online Craft Café this October. The online Craft Café gives the opportunity to meet other people interested in crafts and a professional artist online in the Craft Café over the online video-conferencing platform, Zoom. Crafting itselfContinue reading “Weekly Online Craft Café Returns to Brunton”

Wednesday 8th September sees the programme launch of Scotland’s newest poetry festival named Push The Boat Out (PTBO). The new enterprise takes its name from the late Edwin Morgan’s poem At Eighty that opens with the line “Push the boat out compañeros, Push the boat out whatever the sea.” PTBO, Scotland’s second poetry festival, isContinue reading “Scotland’s Newest Poetry Festival Push the Boat Out Launches Programme”