Category Archives: Theatre

Back in 1960, film star and dancer extraordinaire Gene Kelly, who was one of the first choreographers to bring the ‘American style’ to Europe, was invited to create an original work for the Paris Opera Ballet Dancing the lead role of Aphrodite was French ballet master, Claude Bessy, who had worked with Kelly in HollywoodContinue reading “Scottish Ballet Presents a New Take on Gene Kelly’s Ballet for UK Premiere”

Following a call-out process in 2020, National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) commissioned two artists, Nicola McCartney and Lucy Gaizely/21Common to undertake a six-month project to investigate the impact that the arts can make within a care context across Scotland. The outcomes form Care in Contemporary Scotland – A Creative Enquiry. As part of the project,Continue reading “Filmed Reading of Work in Progress Exploring Scotland’s Care System from NTS”

Made in Scotland was established in 2009 and to date has supported 231 shows on the Fringe. As Covid restrictions relax, 2021 sees it return to present the best of theatre, dance and music from Scotland in a celebration of creativity reflecting the desire for us all to re-engage with one another and share storiesContinue reading “Made in Scotland Showcase Returns for the 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe”

All or Nothing, one of the UK’s leading aerial dance companies, announces the Scottish tour of their new interactive and family focused outdoor production, The Swings. The production, that is part aerial duet performed in All or Nothing’s take your breath away style, will be staged on a larger than life swing set, where theContinue reading “Edinburgh Aerial Dance Company Brings Giant Swings to Prestonpans”

Award-winning playwright Rona Munro, who penned the trilogy of James plays that premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival, returns with a fourth play, James IV – Queen of the Fight, that will also be directed by Laurie Sansom. The plays, that brought to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in theContinue reading “Creators of James Plays Return to Scottish Stages with James IV – Queen of the Fight”

Positive Stories for Negative Times, created by Wonder Fools in association with Traverse Theatre, is back following the huge success of the inaugural programme, with Season Two launched at the positive stories website.  The first season, launched in August 2020 as part of the digital Traverse Festival Programme, was created as a direct response toContinue reading “Season Two of Positive Stories for Negative Times Announced”

Like more and more arts organisations, Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre (SDT) are being imaginative under our current restrictions to continue to support their participants. As part of the joint venture’s engagement programme, a week-long digital festival celebrates the creative output of the various groups involved in it. After creating and practicing via ZoomContinue reading “Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Announces Week Long Digital Buzz Festival”

After what must seem like an eternity but is in fact a long 15 months, Capital Theatres confirm that they will again be opening the doors of their venues the Kings, Festival Theatre and the Studio to audiences from 29 June 2021. From the opening date, audiences can enjoy a series of socially distanced performancesContinue reading “Capital Theatres Set to Open Doors to Audiences from 29 June 2021”

Eden Court, the multi-arts venue set in the Highland capital of Inverness, announces the return of its annual outdoor summer festival, Under Canvas, that started back in 2018. Co-curated with Fèis Rois, the organisation that enables to participate in and enjoy traditional music and the Gaelic arts, Under Canvas will run from 1st July till Continue reading “Eden Court Inverness Announces Under Canvas Outdoor Festival”

Strange Town, the Leith based performing arts charity for 5-25 year olds, announces that  their large scale multi-artform project involving theatre, movement, spoken word, film and sound – Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten – will culminate in a live promenade performance and video installation event. The 5 month project,  Strange Town’s most ambitious productionContinue reading “120 Edinburgh Youngsters Create Multi-Artform Production During Pandemic”