Leith Theatre is well imbedded in the local community, and is an important local asset celebrating the heritage and civic pride of Leith. With this in mind, it is especially good news that, just days after being included on the Theatres Trust ‘Theatres at Risk’ Register for the ninth year, and shortly after securing aContinue reading “Leith Theatre’s Campaign Boost with Support from National Lottery Heritage Fund”
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New Play from Scottish Theatre Maker Comes to Capital Theatres and Tron Theatre
Following a performance at Dublin’s Scene + Heard Festival in February 2025, emerging Scottish theatre maker Liam Rees brings his new playThe Land That Never Was, to Scottish audiences. The Land That Never Was tells the true story of Gregor MacGregor who, in 1820, announced that he was not only the son of a localContinue reading “New Play from Scottish Theatre Maker Comes to Capital Theatres and Tron Theatre”
Traverse Announces New Partnership with Scottish Casting Network
Bringing new workshops nationwide, The Traverse, The Tron, Dundee Rep, Citizens, Royal Lyceum and Pitlochry Festival Theatres will host events, resulting in three open casting workshops being held each year. The workshops will be free to attend and will allow actors to perform in front of directors, producers, and casting directors from across Scottish theatre, televisionContinue reading “Traverse Announces New Partnership with Scottish Casting Network “
We Will Hear the Angels Fruitmarket Gallery
Edinburgh theatre company Magnetic North bring their moving and thoughtful piece of theatre, We Will Hear the Angels, to the Warehouse performance space at the Fruitmarket Gallery this late winter. Taking its title from Chekhov’s play Uncle Vanya, and inspiration from Hitchcock’s 1954 classic film, Rear Window, the piece exposes various states of loss andContinue reading “We Will Hear the Angels Fruitmarket Gallery”
Restless Natives: The Musical Zooms up to Leith Theatre
The 1985 Scottish film, Restless Natives, that made the masked motorbike riding characters of two Edinburgh teenagers, The Clown and the Wolfman local heroes, is getting a new lease of life later this year in the form of a stage musical. Fittingly, the new version will be staged at Leith Theatre where it will kickContinue reading “Restless Natives: The Musical Zooms up to Leith Theatre “
Don’t Cry for Me Kenny Dalglish Returns to Stage in Dumfries
Andrew Macmillen’s one-man show about Scottish football and the Falklands War had its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 to some critical acclaim. In 2025, the play returns for a single performance at Scotland’s oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal, Dumfries, as part of the annual Big Burns Supper held in the town. In anContinue reading “Don’t Cry for Me Kenny Dalglish Returns to Stage in Dumfries”
Edinburgh’s Magnetic North Celebrates Anniversary with We Will Hear the Angels
After holding work-in-progress previews for the production at Fruitmarket Gallery in early 2023, award-winning theatre company Edinburgh based Magnetic North return with the premiere and short run of We Will Hear The Angels is the culmination of a season of events to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary. The performance uses music, words and movement toContinue reading “Edinburgh’s Magnetic North Celebrates Anniversary with We Will Hear the Angels”
Dublin Theatre Company Fishamble Returns to Traverse Theatre with HEAVEN
HEAVEN, from award winning Irish writer, Eugene O’Brien, premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in October 2022, and toured Ireland prior to transferring Off-Broadway to 59E59 Theaters, New York, in January 2023. This upcoming run marks the first return to the stage for HEAVEN following its critically acclaimed, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival FringeContinue reading “Dublin Theatre Company Fishamble Returns to Traverse Theatre with HEAVEN”
Young Writers Unlock Creativity Through Traverse Class Act Showcase
Scotland’s youth take centre stage as the Traverse Class Act transforms arts education and accessibility through new story telling. The programme takes the Traverse’s flagship engagement programme on tour, across Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Inverness, Mull and Dumfries & Galloway. engaging over 400 young people from diverse backgrounds. Collaborations with local venues such as Aberdeen Arts Centre, Ayr Gaiety Theatre andContinue reading “Young Writers Unlock Creativity Through Traverse Class Act Showcase”
A Noble Clown Scottish Storytelling Centre
Duncan Macrae, born in 1905, was a weel kent name in Scotland during his time as an actor of stage and screens large and small for over 40 years. Despite his past fame and the respect for his craft, his name is now largely only known to folk of an older generation who recall hisContinue reading “A Noble Clown Scottish Storytelling Centre”
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