Category Archives: Theatre

National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) has  launched a new interactive map for Scotland to demonstrate its love for the Big Yin.  Like NTS’ acclaimed production DEAR BILLY, that celebrates Billy Connolly’ s life by inviting people to share their own Billy Connolly memories, The Big Map for the Big Yin extends that public involvement beyondContinue reading “National Theatre of Scotland Launches a Big Map For The Big Yin!”

As part of this year’s Pomegranates Festival from the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland, Edinburgh’s Scottish Storytelling Centre (SSC) hosted the first dance adaptation of soldier-poet, scholar and folk revivalist Hamish Henderson’s poetry Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica (now Libya).The work was his first-hand account from the North African military campaign and considered as someContinue reading “Elegies at Pomegranates Festival     Scottish Storytelling Centre”

April 2024 sees the 40th anniversary of Lung Ha,  an Edinburgh-based theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism. It will be the start of 12 months of the Company’s celebrations where they will either take part in or present: The 25-strong Ensemble produces award-winning productions and works with a year-roundContinue reading “Scottish Theatre Company for Learning Disabled, Lung Ha, Celebrates Four Decades”

It is London in the Summer of 1945. A group of five young women from a particular strata of society are living in a boarding house for such young women who are hard up because of the generic circumstances of the time rather than their place in society. In other words they are euphemistically calledContinue reading “The Girls of Slender Means Royal Lyceum”

The major project that is the redevelopment of the King’s Theatre is almost 50% complete and in a new film released by Capital Theatres, actor and broadcaster Grant Stott leads a walking tour of the theatre, giving an exclusive look at the progress of the renovation. Viewers can follow the popular King’s pantomime star asContinue reading “Grant Stott Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the King’s Theatre Redevelopment”

As part of this year’s Pomegranates Festival, Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland presents the first dance adaptation of Scotland’s own Hamish Henderson’s award-winning poetry Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica,considered among the finest poetic writing to come out of the Second World War. The show, entitled Elegies, was originally commissioned for the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023, thenContinue reading “Pomegranates Festival Presents Dance Adaptation of Hamish Henderson Poem”

Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre have  launched the second round of the Musicals Commissioning Hub – a talent hub designed to nurture Scottish musicians and writers. The aim of the programme is to collaborate with musicians, writers and artists to develop Scottish talent, support the future of musical theatre and create new musicals that could ultimately beContinue reading “Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre Support Scottish Musical Theatre”

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival (EICF) has launched its programme on World Theatre Day for Children and Young People with an exciting line up of 14 works from 9 different countries with children from Forthview Primary and Pilton Youth having been involved in programming some of the works featured at Family Encounters.  Performances will offerContinue reading “Edinburgh International Children’s Festival 2024 Programme Revealed”

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is delighted to announce actor Brian Cox as the newest Patron of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. From an early-stage career in the 1960s, Brian has forged a career full of iconic roles, including the first incarnation of Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter (1986), sinister CIA chief Ward Abbott in the BourneContinue reading “Stage and Screen Star Brian Cox Named as New Patron of Edinburgh Festival Fringe”

The Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland announces full details of its third Pomegranates Festival programme that takes place in late April. The Pomegranates Festival, supported by Creative Scotland’s Traditional Dance Target Fund, celebrates Scottish traditional dance and traditional dance practised by cultural migrant communities across Scotland. It provides a platform to showcase new dance commissionsContinue reading “Pomegranates Dance Festival Programme Announced”