Category Archives: Theatre

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”

Like every theatre across the world, Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre has been forced to close its doors to the public because of the pandemic. Whether you are a regular audience member or one who goes annually for the panto, the sense of awe entering the grand old red sandstone auditorium at Tollcross is the same. SinceContinue reading “Virtual Tour of King’s Theatre for the Festive Season”

When Gary McNair first performed his remarkable story about his Grandad in 2015 on the stage of the Traverse, he took the place by storm, collecting a Scotsman Fringe First Award. A wonderfully engaging storyteller, McNair narrated his story about Archie Campbell, the ‘guy who chased a thrill’ and won a fortune by betting onContinue reading “A Gambler’s Guide to Dying Traverse 3 Online”

This coming year will see the 10th anniversary of Scotland’s landmark Burns Night event that takes place annually in Dumfries, the town where the Bard spent his final years. The event, the Big Burns Supper, comprises  a mixture of cabaret, comedy, music and entertainment and usually takes  place at 30 different venues across the townContinue reading “Big Burns Supper Celebrates 10 Years in 2021 with Janey Godley”