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Theatre review: The Artist Man and the Mother Woman, Traverse Theatre (****)
Morna Pearson’s bold and unsettling new play at the Traverse Theatre at times has the feeling of a fairy tale, with a pretty improbable...
Strange Theatre put across the message about fireworks
An informative play about the dangers of misusing fireworks is being performed for pupils in several Edinburgh secondary schools in the run-up to Bonfire...
New Musical from South Park creators coming to the UK
Book of Mormon: New Musical from the Creators of South Park to Come to the UK
One of the top 5 best-selling shows on Broadway,...
Theatre review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lyceum Theatre (****)
At first glance, it seems deliberately provocative, even perverse, to set Shakespeare’s famous midsummer play in the depths of winter. And the frozen setting...
Theatre review: The Incredible Adventures of See-Thru Sam (****)
Fifteen-year-old Sam McTannan is a superhero. As See-Thru Sam, he can be assured of a quiet life, passing unobserved and dodging any insults hurled...
Theatre review: The Guid Sisters/Lyceum Theatre (****)
Germaine Lauzon has won a million Green Shield stamps: they’re sitting in three huge boxes cluttering up her kitchen. With them, she’ll be able...
A Clockwork Orange 50 years on
A Clockwork Orange with a 21st Century Spin is being staged at Telford College on Friday night.
50 years after the novel A Clockwork Orange...
Wojtek the Bear at the Scottish Storytelling Centre
Wojtek the Bear by Raymond Raszkowski Ross
Directed by Corinne Harris: Scottish Storytelling Centre 6– 9 June 2012
A bear takes to the stage in Theatre Objektiv’s new production. A...
Review – Anne Boleyn
By Jessica Owen
Following two sell-out London seasons, Howard Brenton’s production of ‘Anne Boleyn’ is now enjoying a five night run at the Festival Theatre.
This...
Theatre review: Could You Please Look Into the Camera/Traverse Theatre (****)
Mohammed Al Attar’s short lunchtime play is a strong and sometimes shocking start to the Traverse Theatre’s new A Play, A Pie and a...
Edinburgh International Magic Festival 2012 launched
Okay, today’s launch of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival (as reported elsewhere) might not exactly have lived up to its hype, and it might...
New boss at Festival City Theatres Trust
Duncan Hendry will become the Trust’s new Chief Executive with effect from today. The Festival City Theatres Trust, is responsible for running both the Festival...
Review – Edinburgh 10-Minuters
The Edinburgh 10-Minuters project ran for three nights from 22-24 March 2012 at the Counting House on West Nicholson Street. It was a fantastic collaboration...
Edinburgh Napier Drama Society do Roald Dahl – TONIGHT!
Edinburgh Napier University Drama Society (NUDS) are the last amateur dramatic group in the country to perform Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'...
MAMA presents Half a Sixpence
Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association proudly presents the East Lothian premiere of the recently revised edition of heart-warming, rags to riches musical, Half a Sixpence.
The...
Theatre review: The Marriage of Figaro, Lyceum Theatre (****)
Thomson brings a manic energy to match Jackson’s bawdy reimagining of the tale in the world of contemporary banking.
It’s not often that you see...
Festival booking opens 24 March
Hot Stuff – Festival 2012
Tickets go on sale for Edinburgh International Festival 2012 this Saturday and organisers recommend Festival fans act quickly to...
Edinburgh Theatre project showcases local talent
Local collaborative project about to get underway.
After months of hunting for local writing, directing, acting and theatre talent, the Edinburgh 10-Minuters project will be...
Edinburgh International Festival 2012: What to see
It might not have an overarching theme, but this year’s Edinburgh International Festival looks set to be one of director Jonathan Mills’s richest offerings,...
Theatre review: Ana, Traverse Theatre (***)
As Darwin was formulating his theories of evolution, Ana was there. On Freud’s consulting couch, Ana was there. Even at the battle lines of...
Telford stage The Laramie Project 29 Feb – 1 March
A play about a teenager that was killed in a homophobic attack in America is the latest in a series of hard hitting productions...
Become a National Theatre of Scotland Champion
Are you passionate about theatre? Have you seen a show from the National Theatre of Scotland? And are you keen to spread the word...
Theatre review: Of Mice and Men/Royal Lyceum Theatre (****)
There’s a strong feeling of fatalism and inevitably that pervades John Dove’s quietly masterful new production of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men at...
Theatre review: Snookered (****)
In an anonymous town in northern England, four Asian friends meet for their annual memorial pool evening to mark the anniversary of the death...
Collective Gallery – Symposium on Emerging Practice
Collective Gallery have written to tell us about their Symposium which they are collaborating on next weekend, and which will be held in Glasgow...
Ah har, Me Lads & Lasses! It’s Swallows & Amazons Time
Outside The Festival Theatre yesterday, a chilly February frost soon melted to the warming chirps and trills of excited pupils from Sacred Heart Primary...
Edinburgh 10-Minuters Project looking for writers
'Ever wanted to write a play? Seems a bit much? How about if it's only 10 minutes?'
These are the questions asked by a new...
Review: The Infamous Brothers Davenport/Royal Lyceum Theatre (****)
Can we really communicate with the dead? And why do we need to believe in the possibility that we can? These are the profound...
Edinburgh Napier University Drama Society’s X-Rated Xmas Show
The drama society at Edinburgh Napier University, affectionately known as 'NUDS', is performing their Christmas sketch show at The Bongo Club on Friday 16 December 2011....
Review: Beauty and the Beast, Royal Lyceum Theatre (***)
When is a pantomime not a pantomime? Or to look at it another way, when is a Christmas show not just a straight piece...
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