DECLAN Announced as First Event of Traverse Digital Festival 2020

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”

Rapture Theatre in Quarantine

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”

AJ Bell Fringe on Friday Announces First Line Up

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’s Latest Work Selected for Venice International Film Festival 2020

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”

Meet the Danes at the Fringe

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”

National Theatre of Scotland Announces New Scenes for Survival Films

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’s Grid Iron Theatre Company Plans to Premiere New Show This August

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”

Fringe Regular Space UK Announces Online Programme

It’s not just the Fringe giants whose presence will be absent from The Capital this August. Other regulars, who have appeared with packed programmes year on year, will be physically invisible. One of these is theSpaceUK with their patch being at Surgeon’s Hall in the Southside. Established in 1995, they specialise in producing live performanceContinue reading “Fringe Regular Space UK Announces Online Programme”

Margate Based Company Get Slot on Radio 3

1927 is a multi-award winning Margate and London based theatre company that specialises in brilliant blends of animation and live performance. Since being founded in 2005, they have toured to 35 countries over 5 continents and have garnered multiple awards, not least following appearances at the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, for their unique theatrical spectacles.Continue reading “Margate Based Company Get Slot on Radio 3”

The Coolidge Effect – Audio Play

During the Corona virus pandemic, an enterprising step has been taken by the young Glasgow theatre company, Wonder Fools. It takes the form of a new audio version of the play The Coolidge Effect that they toured extensively across the UK throughout 2016-2019 when it was seen in theatres, schools and by youth groups. ThisContinue reading “The Coolidge Effect – Audio Play”