This year’s Manipulate Festival has included a 3 stranded programme of international shorts, a section of which is reviewed here. Seeing short films from other eras is a rare treat as it is a witnessing of the breadth of imagination that has been brought to their animated form. The opening film, To the Future (La Fantasmagorie),Continue reading “International Shorts at Manipulate Festival 2025”
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The Law of Gravity Manipulate Festival
Edinburgh’s annual Manipulate Festival is a celebration of animation, puppetry and physical theatre that has been a highlight of evenings in the last days of winter for the last 18 years, bringing international and home grown talent in these disciplines to brighten a dreich time of year. As part of this year’s programme, two companies,Continue reading “The Law of Gravity Manipulate Festival”
New Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland Announced
Liam Sinclair, one of the UK’s most respected cultural leaders, has been announced as the new Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), and will be taking up the post in September 2025. Liam brings a wealth of experience to the role having been Executive Director and joint CEO of Dundee Rep TheatreContinue reading “New Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland Announced”
Leith Theatre’s Campaign Boost with Support from National Lottery Heritage Fund
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”
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”
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