Tag: Festival Theatre

It is Final Call for  - War In America.The days are counting down to what must be one of Edinburgh’s almost unique ‘found space’ theatrical events – at the former Royal High School.War in...

Charlotte Brontë's Yorkshire Grit lit, Jane Eyre, was more than just a conscience pricking social critique of  class and gender injustice. Its humane realism and decidedly tenacious female protagonist/narrator also promised Gothic-lite, on the...

The Attic Collective presents
 WAR IN AMERICAby Jo Clifford The Former Royal High SchoolDystopian future nightmares, once moral fictions to frighten domestic-bot appliances with an internet disconnect, are now the shape of things to come...

Mark Murphy’s V-TOL presentsOUT OF THIS WORLDMark Murphy's return to the stage after a ten year absence comes with his signature, very decidedly multi-media, extra-terrestrial montage approach to storytelling with labyrinthine twists and turns.Researched...

From 23 to 25 March 2017 the stage at the Festival Theatre will be taken over by Northern Ballet who are presenting their World Premiere Tour of Casanova.This production will transport audiences to 18th century Venice,...

Read all about it! Girl Power/Sex Strike - Athenian Bookies Put Nookies @ 300/1 - Bar. A week previous to this performance America and beyond witnessed unprecedented scenes of mass protest in which women were...

This winter, Opera North will be exploring the unspoken, the hidden and the mysterious as they bring three compelling operas to the Festival Theatre, each with a secret at its heart.A double-bill of operas...

The Festival City Theatres Trust, which runs the Festival and King’s Theatres in Edinburgh, has announced the appointment of the actors who will take part in the inaugural year of The Attic Collective.This is a new theatre company for...

Sensuality, brutality and spellbinding spectacle come together in a double bill of major contemporary dance works from Scotland’s national ballet company, radically contrasting in their dance styles, but equally powerful in their extreme emotional...

You still have time to get tickets for Edinburgh College’s DanceFest 2016 which will be staged tomorrow night at the Festival Theatre. The college's performing arts students are ready to mesmerise the crowd tomorrow at...

To celebrate the return of Dinosaur Zoo to Edinburgh, dinosaurs have been roaming around on The Royal Mile once again. They came to Edinburgh once before in September 2013, but now the ingenious puppets rampaged the High Street earlier...

A major investment from a charity set up with money from the Big Lottery Fund has just been announced whereby the Festival and King's Theatres in Edinburgh will become 'dementia friendly'. The two theatres  want...

Spanish Rhymetime! Sesiones de Rimas en Espanol! Rhymes and songs for babies and children aged 0-4 and their parents or carers. For Spanish speakers and non-Spanish speakers. 10.30am today and the last Tuesday of each...

MONDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2014Mrs Mash at The Skylark: songs, stories and joining in fun from Mrs Mash aka Marie Louise Cochrane, the Storytelling Cook, for the under-5s and their parents and carers - this week...

If you already have your tickets organised for the Christmas period then perhaps this will allow you to look beyond the festive madness and plan for January when acclaimed Scottish composer, James MacMillan will conduct his...

 War Horse the epic, award winning stage play opens tonight to a total sell-out run at the Festival Theatre. This is part of a UK wide tour that will run until September. Since its...

War Horse, the critically acclaimed play based on the beloved Michael Morpurgo novel about the First World War, and one young man’s devotion to his horse, is coming to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre next year.The...

The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 35th anniversary events.The festival, which was originally established in 1978 by Mike Hart, will see the likes of Mud Morganfield, Jools Holland...

We're almost at the end of the festival now for another year. I hope at least some of you have tried out one or two of the movies I've recommended over the last two...

By Jessica OwenFollowing two sell-out London seasons, Howard Brenton’s production of ‘Anne Boleyn’ is now enjoying a five night run at the Festival Theatre.This engaging and vibrant Shakespeare’s Globe production gives an insight into...

IN DEMAND TOSCA PRODUCTION RETURNS TO SCOTTISH STAGE One of Scottish Opera’s most popular productions, Puccini’s Tosca, returns to the Scottish stage this Spring. The internationally celebrated production was first seen in 1980 and has since...

Outside The Festival Theatre yesterday, a chilly February frost soon melted to the warming chirps and trills of excited pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School, Penicuik. Eager eyes sparkling in brilliant sunshine were looking forward...

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Mon 10th – Tues 11th Oct An award winning television series running on BBC TV’s CBeebies since 2006, the animated Numberjacks help young children learn about numbers, shapes and sizes in a fun and imaginative way.  The Numberjacks...

Lenny Henry's new one man show is on at the Festival Theatre tonight. You might be lucky enough to get a ticket. If you do let us know what you think - room for...

This is an unpaid job but could be one worth putting on your CV.The job advert reads as follows:- In January 2010 the Festival City Trust launched a new Student Ambassador Scheme. Students from...

Lenny Henry returns to his musical roots in his new one man comedy show Cradle To Rave Tues 26th April 2011 - Festival Theatre, EdinburghMusic has always been a huge part of Lenny’s life and it was...

The question was:- Apart from The Blues Brothers name two other films in which John Belushi starred with Dan Aykroyd.The answer is:- 1941 and NeighborsWe have emailed the winners. Well done to all three...

Actress Stephanie Beacham, known worldwide for her role as Sable Colby in The Colbys and Dynasty, takes to the stage this season as the great diva Maria Callas, in the award winning Master Class...

Opera North's production makes a return to entertain a new generation of opera-goers, after its great success when it premiered three years ago and their website promises that they have loads to...

Dundee Rep Theatre’s award winning musical Sunshine on Leith, based on the songs of The Proclaimers is staged at The Festival Theatre from 12th-16th October 2010First performed in 2007 Sunshine on Leith is a...