Category Archives: Theatre

Karen Dunbar is a weel kent and weel loved comedy actor both on the Scottish stage and TV scene. Donning a different bunnet, she plans, in a joint venture with the Citizens Theatre, to introduce community groups to her passion for rap with her online Spoken Word Club.   The launch follows a successful pilot projectContinue reading “Spoken Word Club Launched at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre by Karen Dunbar”

A trio of Scottish actors take on a new work from the creator of the highly acclaimed Islander The Musical, Stewart Melton. The new work, that takes the form of a collection of three theatrical stories made for the screen is entitled Distance Remaining. The three characters, played by Karen Dunbar, Reuben Joseph and DolinaContinue reading “Scottish Virtual Tour of Distance Remaining from Writer of Islander The Musical Announced”

The belovèd Glasgow institution that is the Citizen’s Theatre, whose Gorbals home is currently undergoing major redevelopment, has announced the appointment of Dr Catrin Evans to lead their learning and community engagement programme.  Dr Evansis a theatre-maker, academic and activist based in Glasgow. She has worked for Scotland’s leading theatre companies and is Artistic DirectorContinue reading “Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre Appoints New Head of Creative Learning”

Under the name of “time to respond”, Dance Base Scotland, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, in collaboration with Two Destination Language, explores a new way to run and share creative residencies in the age of Covid-19.   Based in Scotland, Two Destination Language was founded in 2011, and is the collaborative performance practice of Alister LownieContinue reading “Dance Base and Two Destination Language Explore Creative Residences”

Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre has welcomed, for a 7 month paid fellowship, award-winning writer, poet, performer and director Hannah Lavery as Writer in Residence for the Lyceum Youth Theatre (LYT). In her new role, Hannah will create work with and for LYT that aims to challenge, inspire and invigorate, seeking inspiration from other young people who are facingContinue reading “Hannah Lavery Announced as Lyceum Youth Theatre Writer in Residence”

In celebration of 100th anniversary of the première of Czech playwright Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R., in which the word ‘robot’ was first used, the Czech Centre London has partnered with Prague’s Švanda Theatre and theaitre.comto present an innovative  project entitled ‘AI: When a robot writes a play’. The idea of celebrating the centenary of theContinue reading “Play Written by a Robot to be Shown in UK”

L20 is The Lyceum’s new artist attachment programme that brings together a diverse mix of theatre artists from a number of strong applications, all based in the Edinburgh region, who will contribute a mix of disciplines, experience levels and personal experiences to the theatre. To help develop and support the L20, weekly meetings, career surgeries,Continue reading “Lyceum Announces New Artist Attachment Programme L20”

February 2021 sees the Traverse starting a programme that is its biggest creative development activity ever and comes under the name of First Stages Festival. This new Festival is a celebration of the Traverse’s commitment to nurturing and supporting new voices, and expanding the skills of new and experienced creatives with the ambition of producingContinue reading “Traverse Theatre Starts 2021 with New Creative Development”

A new audio-digital venture called Sound Stage is launched by the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Pitlochry Festival Theatre, in collaboration with Naked Productions. Designed by theatre makers and leading technologists, the project will run monthly from March to October 2021. Opening the season in late March will beAngela,the first autobiographical play from Mark Ravenhill,Continue reading “Joint Venture Launched by Edinburgh’s Lyceum and Pitlochry Festival Theatre”

A new installation has been created by emerging Edinburgh based artist Sophie Fields to express gratitude to everyone who has supported Capital Theatres over the past few months. Her textile-based work named Hanging by a Million Threads, is formed of millions of individual threads woven together to give it a tensile form that’s strong enoughContinue reading “Textile Art Work Says Thanks for Support to Capital Theatres”