Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Local dog cast in Of Mice and Men:
Local dog, Tara, has been cast in the role of Candy's Dog when the tour of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men arrives at the King's in February.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:08AMTuesday, February 23, 2016
Fantastical extravaganza: The Southern Light Opera Company charm and fascinate as they take the trip over the rainbow every day until Saturday at the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:45PMSunday, February 21, 2016
Exceptional clarity characterises the Lyceum’s production of The Crucible, whose focus on small details reaps rewards but does so at the expense of dramatic impact.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:59PMThursday, February 18, 2016
Tremendously tuneful: Next Stop Broadway, the new production from A-Team that is touring to various parts of Edinburgh, features a huge and impressive cast, with inventive and accomplished s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:32PMTuesday, February 16, 2016
Sell a Door Theatre company bring high energy to the stage with the invitation to cut loose with Footloose. But while there’s energy aplenty, don’t expect it to bring the Bacon.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:10PMSaturday, February 13, 2016
Every musical needs a great soaring tune to call its own. And Blood Brothers certainly has that.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:16PMFriday, February 12, 2016
Arriving at the Traverse for the last three dates of a small Scottish tour, Jenna Watt’s How You Gonna Live Your Dash is an invigorating, flawed and constantly needling hour of live theatr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:41PMThursday, February 11, 2016
James II actor will not return this week: Andrew Rothney, the actor playing James II who sustained an onstage football-related injury on Saturday, has been sidelined for the remaining Edinb…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:53AMTuesday, February 9, 2016
A group representing eight of Edinburgh’s leading publicly subsidised cultural venues has added its support to the idea of a city visitor
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AMMonday, February 8, 2016
National Museum reveals James Plays objects: The National Museum of Scotland has organised an event bringing together historians and theatre makers who are concerned with the James Plays, cu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:26AMSunday, February 7, 2016
Eighteen months after their first outing, the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of the James Plays trilogy remains a theatrical event worth anybody’s time and money.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:58PMSaturday, February 6, 2016
The Scottish Federation of Entertainment Unions has published a manifesto for culture which it hopes will be taken up by political parties taking part in the Holyrood election in May 2016.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:13PMThe actor playing the title role in James II in the National Theatre of Scotland's James Plays trilogy was rushed to hospital on Saturday, following an incident during an on-stage football g…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:54PMWednesday, February 3, 2016
Spirited and clever, EUTC’s production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman has all the requisite cartoon violence, but in the end lacks the necessary punch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:11PMThe Glasgow Citizens has announced that executive director Judith Kilvington has been appointed as joint chief executive alongside Dominic Hill. Kilvington joined
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:52PMJemima Levick is stepping down from Dundee Rep Theatre to become artistic director and chief executive at Scottish theatre company Stellar Quines.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:52PMJemima Levick has been appointed artistic director and chief executive of Edinburgh-based theatre company Stellar Quines.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:47AMMonday, February 1, 2016
There'll be a murder: A classic tale by Queen of Crime Agatha Christie enjoys a timeless adaptation care of Middle Ground Theatre Company.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:59PMFriday, January 29, 2016
All the makings of a Faustian tale of darkness, damnation, intrigue and desperation are present in Scottish Opera’s The Devil Inside, at the King’s for two nights on its premiere tour.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:58PMWednesday, January 27, 2016
Considerable musicality and dollops of goodwill cannot hide the huge basic problems at the heart of The Glenn Miller Story.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:40PMMonday, January 25, 2016
Bernadette Peters, the renowned interpreter of Stephen Sondheim, is to make her Scottish debut in June 2016, with a performance at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:33AMSaturday, January 23, 2016
A trio of world premieres mark out the National Theatre of Scotland’s Summer and Autumn season of its tenth anniversary year, are being launched in Edinburgh.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:13PMFriday, January 22, 2016
There’s a macabre twist to a classic fairytale in the second of a trilogy of adaptations by balletLORENT, co-produced with Northern Stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:25PMWednesday, January 20, 2016
Superbly judged performances and a clever, organic approach to staging make for an effectively spooky time in the Lyceum’s production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:52PMTuesday, January 12, 2016
Shona McCarthy has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. From 2011 to 2014, McCarthy was chief executive of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PMShona McCarthy, who headed the company responsible for leading Derry-Londonderry’s year as UK City of Culture, has been appointed Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:19AMTuesday, January 5, 2016
It wasn’t an official Sound of Music Singalong, but rapturous audience members forming an impromptu ensemble as the overture led into the second half of the show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:48PMThursday, December 24, 2015
Happy holidays: All praise to the hard-working actors who don’t have Christmas holidays but make sure that the shows go on for our pleasure.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:51AMWednesday, December 23, 2015
Jackie Shearer has been appointed chief executive of the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock. Shearer, who previously held a similar post at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMMusic, dance, fun, bizarre cross-dressing and genuine enjoyment are all in evidence in Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s Cinderella at the Church Hill. In other words, it is a proper old-fash…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:03AMTuesday, December 22, 2015
Creative Scotland has announced it will protect funding for arts organisations and absorb a £1.2 million cut to government funding itself. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AM 
