Category Archives: Theatre

PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED 18 – 31 October 2024 Today (Wed 11 Sep) with support from the Scottish Government’s Festivals EXPO Fund and Creative Scotland, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival launched its 35th festival programme.  The Scottish International Storytelling Festival (18 to 31 October 2024) is organised by TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) and is the world’sContinue reading “SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024”

This Autumn sees a uniquely Scottish adaptation retelling by Ross MacKay, formerly of the wonderful Tortoise in a Nutshell,  of  Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.  The family adventure show, that’s suitable for ages 5+ will tour Scotland to enchant wee ones and their companions. This version, that introduces young audiences to a world full ofContinue reading “Ship Ahoy! New Production of Treasure Island Set to Voyage Round Scotland”

Those of us who can remember the days when the Fringe was a hotbed of ideas where the talents of a wide variety of playwrights, actors, dancers and musicians were not outnumbered by the seething mass of performers who have turned it into a comedy festival, may long for those times. These various talents are,Continue reading “A Giant on the Bridge Assembly Roxy”

If there’s such a thing as a love letter to the Rollercoaster in juggling form,  this show is undoubtedly it. Wes Peden, who is an Associate Artist with the astonishing troupe Gandini Juggling, has been juggling since he was five years old and has since performed around the world garnering awards, is the hand behindContinue reading “Rollercoaster      Assembly Roxy Fringe”

Entering the Main Hall at Summerhall feels like you’re part of an elaborate Yoga class as Ashtar Muallem sits on the floor doing a live warm up while chanting in Arabic to the sounds of circling a metal bowl before her show Cosmosofficially kicks off. Already mesmerised by this slight woman, whose limbs are as Continue reading “Cosmos Summerhall Fringe”

Michael Maloney to Star as Hercule Poirot in UK Tour of Murder On The Orient Express Agatha Christie Ltd and Fiery Angel bring Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic Murder On The Orient Express to the stage with a UK tour that includes two Scottish dates (details below) opening on 6th September atContinue reading “Michael Maloney to Star as Hercule Poirot in UK Tour of Murder On The Orient Express”

Citadel Arts are returning to their Leith roots this August with Leith Customs, a new play based on memories and stories of retired officials who worked in Leith Custom House when it still functioned for the busy port of Leith. Custom House was used by a range of workers from sailors, betting shop managers, watchmen fromContinue reading “Citadel Arts Announce This Year’s Fringe Productions”

Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre is celebrating a significant new funding partnership with The William Syson Foundation that is donating £45,000 per year over three years to the pioneering Participate programme. The Foundation has introduced a new strategic programme of Core Support Grants for selected Scottish arts and cultural organisations and this award to the Citizens TheatreContinue reading “New Funding Partnership Marks New Era in Participatory Arts at Citizens Theatre”

Award winning writer Ian Rankin, creator of maverick Edinburgh polisman, John Rebus, who was recently been brought to life by Richard Madden in the recent BBC television adaptation, will see his beloved character on stage this autumn. Rankin’s thirty plus novels have been translated into thirty-six languages and adapted for radio, the stage and theContinue reading “Ian Rankin’s New Rebus Story, A Game Called Malice, Brought to the Stage”

Upcoming performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have been given awards supporting artists to partake in a Summerhall Fringe run – The Mary Dick Award, The Autopsy Award, and The Meadows Awards and  the Edinburgh Touring Award. With a host of engaging, boundary-pushing work hitting on the biggest themes of the time, Summerhall is proudContinue reading “Marginalised Artists Supported by Summerhall’s Bursary Awards for Fringe”