Category Archives: Theatre

Tortoise in a Nutshell is an Edinburgh based theatre company whose work involves a blend of thought provoking performance and puppetry that has garnered them many awards since its formation in 2010. This Spring, their much anticipated new production  Ragnarok, made with Figurteatret i Nordland, in association with Macrobert Arts Centre, comes to audiences acrossContinue reading “Edinburgh Company Tortoise in a Nutshell Announce World Premiere Tour for Spring”

With a reputation for garnering stars and fans during the Edinburgh Fringe, North London based Flabbergast Theatre returns to Scotland’s Capital  this December with Boris & Sergey’s  Christmas Cabaret, their unique take on Dickens’ classic seasonal tale,  A Christmas Carol. The basic parts of the Dickens’ story are told, or partly told,  through the siblingContinue reading “Boris and Sergey’s Christmas Cabaret Roxy”

Curious Seed is an award-winning Edinburgh based performance company formed in 2005 by Scottish choreographer Christine Devaney, producing dance theatre work that questions the world we live in. Following a limited run at Dance Base in August 2019, Curious Seed can announce a Spring 2024 tour of And the Birds Did Sing,created and performed byContinue reading “Dance Company Curious Seed Embarks on Scottish Tour in Spring 2024”

It’s Peter Pan, Jim, but not as we know it! It is exactly what it says on the tin – The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan. In this tale, the Pixie Dust Waterfall has dried up and calls for characters from J M Barrie’s classic tale to return to Neverland to help save the day.Continue reading “The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan Festival Theatre”

Glasgow based writer and performer and three-time Fringe First winner Gary McNair is hitting the road again with Dear Billy – A Love Letter to the Big Yin from the People of Scotland. Billy Connolly, who  needs no introduction, as he is now regarded as a national treasure who came from the shipyards of theContinue reading “Dear Billy – A Love Letter to the Big Yin returns in 2024”

Manipulate Festival, Edinburgh’s international festival of animated film, puppetry, and visual theatre, returns for its 17th edition in February 2024, marking the start of the 40th year of Manipulate Arts, formerly Puppet Animation Scotland. Manipulate Festival will once more celebrate international and homegrown work that tells stories primarily through imagery instead of text or breathesContinue reading “Manipulate Arts Announce Line Up for Manipulate Festival 2024”

Summerhall announces a new deal format option for Fringe 2024 with 100% of ticket revenue in favour of the artists. Building on the initiatives it launched in 2023 that aim to ‘Support the Artist’ during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Summerhall has introduced a new deal where companies get 100% of the revenue from ticket sales in exchangeContinue reading “Applications Open for Summerhall’s New Deal for Festival Fringe 2024”

The Lyceum’s Christmas shows have, in the past, generally provided something a bit more than the usual pantomime fare on offer at this time of year. And I have to say that has been very much to my personal taste. This year, however, they move right into the panto style of performance, with the actionContinue reading “The Snow Queen Royal Lyceum”

So Far So Good is an adventurous new contemporary circus show for 3-6 year olds exploring flying, falling, steep places, precipices and the sharp rocks you come across on the way up. Created in the Cairngorms with the children who live in wild places, and drawing on their lived experience of false summits, dangerous scrambles andContinue reading “Imaginate Announces Circus Show for Early Years as New Festival Commission”

Even before St Andrew’s Day has had a chance to be marked, Scotland’s Capital is already gearing to full traditional (in the real sense of trees and Santas and in the modern sense of sideshows and markets) festive mode. But this December a different part of the festive shenanigans awaits in the Auld Toun’s RoxburghContinue reading “Boris & Sergey’s Christmas Cabaret Comes to the Roxy!”