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 “
Category Archives: Theatre
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”
Cinderella Festival Theatre Pantomime
It’s very easy to become cynical when Edinburgh dons her gaudy festive gear earlier and earlier in the year, but one step into the warm welcoming atmosphere of the Festival Theatre at panto time, full of swirling lights and music, scatters that feeling like a handful of fairy dust. This year’s production is Cinderella starringContinue reading “Cinderella Festival Theatre Pantomime”
National Theatre of Scotland and Lepus Productions Presents World Premiere of Keli
Award winning composer Martin Green, best known as the accordionist in folk trio Lau, makes his playwriting debut with KELI that will be staged to chime with 40 years anniversary of the miners’ strikes. Based on personal stories from the critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series ‘Love, Spit and Valve Oil’, the play celebrates community,Continue reading “National Theatre of Scotland and Lepus Productions Presents World Premiere of Keli”
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