Category Archives: Theatre

One of the favourite parts of the normal Traverse Festival programme is the feature of their Breakfast Plays. Traditionally taking place at 9am, with breakfast roll included, it is a part of the Traverse’s talent development programme that showcases new short plays by early career writers who are often alumni of the theatre’s Young WritersContinue reading “Traverse Theatre Iconic Breakfast Plays to be Spread Across the Globe”

The annual pantomime at Edinburgh’s King’s theatre is legendary. It is not only Scotland’s biggest and best-selling panto, with over 90,000 theatregoers attending each festive season, it is a Yuletide institution in the Capital. But not this year. The restrictions due to the Covid crisis mean that this festive production of Sleeping Beauty will beContinue reading “The King’s Sleeping Beauty to Stay Dormant till 2021”

A dog may be man’s best friend but his favourite space is supposed to be a shed. This may or may not have influenced producer Francesca Moody and writer and performer Gary McNair when they decided on the concept of Shedinburgh, but it’s a thought! This August may not have the usual cornucopia of actsContinue reading “It’s the Shedinburgh Fringe Festival!”

An immersive film experience entitled Declan is a new take on Kieran Hurley’s original work Mouthpiecethat was a hit in the 2019 Festival Fringe.  Using cinematography in Edinburgh locations, original animation and audio, it has as its central character 17 year old Declan, who shows viewers his Edinburgh as he confronts the city’s exclusion ofContinue reading “DECLAN Announced as First Event of Traverse Digital Festival 2020”

Restrictions may be lifting, and people getting out and about more, but normal life isn’t quite back yet. For those who are still a wee bit wary of wading back into the current façade of normality, Glasgow based theatre company, Rapture, continues to post a weekly theatrical treat in the form of Rapture Mini Bites.Continue reading “Rapture Theatre in Quarantine”

A 60-minute Fringe variety show and fundraiser, AJ Bell Fringe on Friday, has its first line up announced by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. This new digital event, supported by Manchester based investment platform company AJ Bell, will stream every ‪Friday from 07 to ‪28 August during the Fringe when it will showcase a snapshotContinue reading “AJ Bell Fringe on Friday Announces First Line Up”

Darkfield is a company that creates new innovative work at the forefront of technology and theatre, utilising binaural sound and sensory effects. It has been announced that their first broadcast as Darkfield Radio, entitled DOUBLE, is confirmed as the first ever audio-only experience in the programme for the Venice International Film Festival that runs fromContinue reading “Darkfield’s Latest Work Selected for Venice International Film Festival 2020”

The 2020 Fringe might be cancelled as we know it, with Edinburgh’s streets empty of culture hungry hordes, but the never say die spirit is very much alive in many places.  With a number of fringe-adjacent digital projects available, the concept of the Fringe is being kept alive till its proposed return in 2021. AmongContinue reading “Meet the Danes at the Fringe”

Since May 2020, the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) has been providing a rich source of filmed entertainment from the cream of Scottish theatre in the form of the series Scenes for Survival. Delivered by NTS in association with BBC Scotland, Screen Scotland, BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine project, and Scotland’s leading theatre venues andContinue reading “National Theatre of Scotland Announces New Scenes for Survival Films”

Edinburgh-based Grid Iron Theatre Company is taking advantage of their experience in site specific and promenade theatre to premiere a new outdoor show this month. The planned show is a world premiere of Doppler, an adaptation of the satirical novel by Norwegian writer Erlend Loe. With very limited audience numbers of up to 20 people,Continue reading “Edinburgh’s Grid Iron Theatre Company Plans to Premiere New Show This August”