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VIDEO – John Byrne’s new dome at the King’s Theatre
We met up with John Byrne this morning and talked to him about working on the domed ceiling to produce the new design called...
John Byrne’s new dome for The King’s
Commissioned by the Festival City Theatres Trust as part of a major restoration and refurbishment of the King’s Theatre, ‘All the World’s a Stage’ depicts a swirling...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – One Giant Leap ****
Family friendly theatre is not always easy to find in a festival saturated with comedy, but if that’s what you want this August look...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 – REVIEW – The Bloody Ballad ****.5
The Bloody Ballad, Assembly Roxy 7:45pm, until 25 Aug (except 12, 19), £12 (£10 concessions)
The audience had barely sat down before The Bloody Ballad...
War Horse coming to the capital in 2014
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...
CATS awards 2013
CATS Awards 2013 (Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland), Traverse Theatre, 9 June 2013.
Film-maker John Byrne (centre), who made the awards at the CATS...
Walking Theatre Company at Holyrood this month
CANADIAN YOUTH COME TO PARLIAMENT TO SHARE THEIR INSPIRING HERITAGE
The Walking Theatre Company, and their offspring ‘Canadian Walking Youth Theatre’, present the Scottish debut...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – We Will be Free
Townsend Productions and The Assembly Rooms present the world premiere of WE WILL BE FREE a new play by Neil Gore. Directed by Louise Townsend &...
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh commemorated
Scotland’s forgotten bloodiest battle is brought back to life
A university has joined forces with local dramas groups to commemorate Scotland’s near forgotten ‘Battle of...
Edinburgh theatre company to stage Mamet’s witty take on gay marriage
Edinburgh’s award-winning Arkle theatre company present a rare chance for audiences to enjoy one of David Mamet’s most sparkling comedies.
’Boston Marriage’ is a stylish...
Playing Deadinburgh
Will you make it? That is what LAStheatre's Deadinburgh would like to know. Scotland is ravaged by an unknown disease and those of you...
Former Edinburgh College students nominated for BAFTA awards
Edinburgh College Breeds BAFTA Success
Two former Edinburgh College students have proved they are the cream of the film making crop at the prestigious British...
Theatre review: Takin’ Over the Asylum, Lyceum Theatre (****)
Comedy and tragedy make unsettlingly close bedfellows in Donna Franceschild’s big, popular drama about the precarious revival of a radio station in a Glasgow...
Napier Drama Society presents Carpe Jugulum – 26th-28th March 2013
Following the success of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr Fox last year, Napier University Drama Society (NUDS) Easter performance this year...
Institut français d’écosse hosts two plays in French
We Edinburghers might like to congratulate ourselves that we’re a cosmopolitan, international lot. Next week the Institut français d’écosse gives us the chance to...
Edinburgh Music Theatre – How to succeed in business without really trying….
Edinburgh Music Theatre goes back to the ‘60s with their new show
‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ at the Church Hill Theatre,...
Fancy a bit of Gilbert & Sullivan? – The Yeomen of the Guard
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Edinburgh proudly present THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD – by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan in the...
Theatre review: A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity (A Play, a Pie and a...
A friendly sign on the way down to Traverse 2 warns: ‘This production contains a lot of swearing.’ And that’s not the half of...
Theatre review: Time and the Conways, Lyceum Theatre (****)
It’s not for nothing that the word ‘time’ has such prominence in the title of JB Priestley’s 1937 drama. For time is almost the...
Theatre review: 3 Seconds (A Play, a Pie and a Pint), Traverse Theatre (****)
Tense, terse and tight, Lesley Hart’s 3 Seconds makes a powerful and sometimes unsettling start to the Traverse Theatre’s spring season of A Play,...
Theatre review: A Taste of Honey, Lyceum Theatre (****)
A Taste of Honey by 18-year-old Shelagh Delaney first burst onto the stage of the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in May 1958, where its...
Traverse Theatre – Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival in February
As the Traverse Theatre gears up for its 50th anniversary year in 2013, Puppet Animation Scotland and the Traverse announce the 2013 Manipulate Visual...
Fifty playwrights help Traverse Theatre celebrate its 50th anniversary
The Traverse Theatre has announced highlights from its 50th anniversary season, which includes two new productions produced by the Traverse, and an ambitious year-long...
Theatre review: Cinderella, Lyceum Theatre (***)
Scottish actor and playwright Johnny McKnight is a busy man this Christmas. He’s directing and starring in his own panto Aganeza Scrooge at Glasgow’s...
Review: Mother Goose at the King’s Theatre (****)
The first rule of panto is ‘never try to examine the internal logic of panto’. Best to just sit back in the plush new...
Theatre review: Sonata for A Man and A Boy, Traverse Theatre (****)
It starts as a run-of-the-mill cello lesson – scales, tunes, duets. Comments and corrections from the teacher; little attempts at mischief from the pupil....
Theatre review: Charlie and My ’45 & I Promise I Shall Not Play Billiards,...
Edinburgh-based company Tightlaced Theatre’s interesting double bill of new short plays at the Scottish Storytelling Centre has a historical theme, with both works offering...
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,...
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