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Monday, September 3, 2012

The Lady from the Sea, King's Theatre, Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

King's Theatre, Edinburgh: Smooth and accomplished to listen to, like a calmly swelling sea, Craig Armstrong's new opera version of Ibsen's play, with a libretto by Zoe Strachan, f…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AM

Clemency, King's Theatre, Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

King's Theatre, Edinburgh: Visually exciting, through Alex Eales' clever triptych set, and musically engaging with James MacMillan's hardworking score, this product of Scottish Ope…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:28AM

In The Locked Room/Ghost Patrol, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh: There is a real intensity and sense of purpose to both these two new operas, created as the culmination of Scottish Opera's Five:15 - Operas Made in Scotlan…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:10AM
Friday, August 31, 2012

Cinderella, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: Character is all, in Alexei Ratmansky's 2002 choreography of Prokofiev's Cinderella for the Mariinsky ballet. Which leaves little room for the accoutre…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AM
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Wonderland, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: Using pornography as the subject of an artistic endeavour always runs the risk of creating something as voyeuristic as the subject matter. Matthew Lenton, wh…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AM

More than a quarter of Scots are theatregoers by Thom Dibdin

Scottish theatregoing remains steady with 27% of the adult population attending a play, drama or other theatrical performance in 2011, according to the latest Scottish Household Survey.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AM
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Edinburgh Fringe box office to close 1% down by Thom Dibdin

Edinburgh Festival Fringe has closed reporting ticket sales of 1.86 million, down 1% on last year's record figures.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AM
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Physical comedy triumphs at Edinburgh Comedy Awards by Thom Dibdin

Doctor Brown, with his show Bedfrdfgh at Underbelly has become the first non-speaking comedian to win the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards since Avner the Eccentric in 1991.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AM
Friday, August 24, 2012

Summerhall picks up three more Fringe Firsts by Thom Dibdin

Summerhall has picked up another four accolades in the final round of Edinburgh Fringe Firsts, at a ceremony which included details of a five further major awards.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AM

Army veterans win Edinburgh Amnesty award by Thom Dibdin

A play based on the experiences of army veterans - who also perform in the play - has won Amnesty International's Freedom of Expression award at the Edinburgh Fringe.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:27AM
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Perth theatre appoints Jacqueline McKay as chief executive by Thom Dibdin

Jacqueline McKay has been appointed chief executive at Horsecross Arts in Perth, the organisation which runs the Perth Theatre and Concert Hall.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PM
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Scottish children's show Hairy Maclary to tour to Australia by Thom Dibdin

Nonsense Room Productions has announced that its hit children's show Hairy Maclary and Friends is to tour Australia for two years with a local cast.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:58AM
Monday, August 20, 2012

Baroness Smith steps down as chair of Edinburgh Fringe by Thom Dibdin

Baroness Elizabeth Smith of Gilmorehill has formally stepped down as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, saying it is "time for some fresh thinking and for someone new to lead th…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AM

Sumerhall picks up two Herald Angels by Thom Dibdin

Two shows at Summerhall, the arts complex venue now in its second year, have received Herald Angels in the second week of the Edinburgh fringe.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AM
Friday, August 17, 2012

Daniel Kitson wins sixth Fringe First by Thom Dibdin

Daniel Kitson has won his sixth ever Fringe First, for his solo performance of As of 1.52pm GMT on Friday April 27th 2012, This Show Has No Title at the Traverse.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PM
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Fringe venues report slow local sales due to Olympics by Thom Dibdin

Venue operators in Edinburgh are reporting fears that the Olympic Games has had a negative impact on sales, with local audiences particularly affected.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AM
Monday, August 13, 2012

Herald Angel for Mark Thomas' Figaro! by Thom Dibdin

Mark Thomas won his second accolade of the Edinburgh Fringe over the weekend, adding a Herald Angel to his Fringe First for Bravo, Figaro!, the story of his difficult relationship with his T…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AM
Friday, August 10, 2012

Billy Mack among first round of Fringe Firsts by Thom Dibdin

Billy Mack, a former double winner at The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence, has been recognised in the opening round of this year's Scotsman Fringe First awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AM
Friday, August 3, 2012

Fringe reports strong early box office by Thom Dibdin

Edinburgh Fringe venues are reporting early ticket sales up between 3% and 5%, like for like, as the event officially opens for business on Friday August 3.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:16AM
Thursday, August 2, 2012

James Tait Black awards add £10,000 prize for drama by Thom Dibdin

A new £10,000 award for drama has been added to Britain's oldest literary awards, the James Tait Black Prizes, in a linkup between Edinburgh University and the National Theatre of Scot…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AM
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Creative Scotland calls for theatres to produce and tour more by Thom Dibdin

Scottish theatre has a strong buildings infrastructure but is not creating enough product to fill it, according to a comprehensive review of the sector published by Creative Scotland.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AM
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Edinburgh theatres' financial situation improves by Thom Dibdin

Edinburgh's Festival City Theatres Trust, which runs the Festival and King's theatres, has posted a surplus in its 2011/12 accounts, a year after mounting debts saw the company shed a quarte…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:21AM
Friday, June 29, 2012

Scotland's creative sector generates £3.2bn for economy by Thom Dibdin

Scotland's arts and creative industries are valued at more than £3.2 billion to the nation's economy, according to a benchmark study published on Thursday.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AM
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Creative Scotland delays controversial funding changes by Thom Dibdin

Creative Scotland, the Scottish arts funding quango, has delayed by six months its controversial proposal to remove flexible funding from 49 cultural organisations.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AM
Friday, June 22, 2012

Edinburgh's Bongo Club wins stay of execution by Thom Dibdin

Leading independent Edinburgh fringe venue, the Bongo Club, has been given a "lifeline" extension to the lease of its Moray House premises by landlords, the University of Edinburgh.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:52AM
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Dance GB: Run For It/Dreams/And the Earth Shall Bear Again, Theatre Royal, Glasgow by Thom Dibdin

Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Performing together for the first time ever, the national dance companies of Scotland, England and Wales have created a triple bill of new works celebrating Olympian …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AM
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Glasgow Citz autumn/winter season announced by Thom Dibdin

Dominic Hill has set out his second autumn/winter season at the Glasgow Citizens with a trio of world premiere co-productions, which will all open at the theatre before going on tour.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PM

Deaf Theatre Club launched in Scotland by Thom Dibdin

Glasgow's Solar Bear theatre company has set up a Deaf Theatre Club, aimed at increasing attendance and awareness of theatre for members of the deaf community around Scotland.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AM
Monday, June 18, 2012

Macbeth, Tramway, Glasgow by Thom Dibdin

Tramway, Glasgow: Birnam Wood does not come to Dunsinane in the National Theatre of Scotland's singular production of Macbeth - it becomes lost in the green ceramic brick walls of a old…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AM
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Dundee Rep stalwart Paterson dies by Thom Dibdin

Robert Paterson, the Scottish actor who has appeared in more than 50 productions with Dundee Rep Theatre, has died suddenly.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:34AM

Ayr Gaiety to reopen with December panto by Thom Dibdin

Ayr's Gaiety theatre is to reopen in December with a pantomime production of Cinderella, produced by Michael Courtney's Mad About Productions and staring Gary Lamont with Leah MacRae.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AM

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