Tuesday, 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 10:59AMFriday, December 18, 2015
Scottish planning policy should incorporate the ‘agent of change’ principle and put culture at its heart, the Theatres Trust has claimed. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AMThursday, December 17, 2015
Culture has been hit with a headline 9.5% cut in the Scottish government’s draft budget, published in Edinburgh on December 16. Overall,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMIt’s a boogie wonderland at the Playhouse as Priscilla Queen of the Desert returns for a three week run – and proves to be in better shape than ever, with a few judicious tweaks and a br…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:48AMWednesday, December 16, 2015
Perth Theatre is seeking people who have worked at the venue to share their memories as part of a new heritage project.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PMThere is a magical sense of discovery to White, the show for two to four year-olds which returns to the Traverse for the run up to Christmas.
It’s a simple story, about Cotton and Wrink…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:06AMThursday, December 10, 2015
"Two winter’s tales": Tracks of the Winter Bear, the Traverse’s pre-Christmas show which plays up until Christmas Eve, is an odd beast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:54PMThe main house of Ayr’s Gaiety Theatre is to go dark from February until October 2016 for a £2.4 million refurbishment and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMTuesday, December 8, 2015
The European premiere of Christopher Hampson’s ballet, originally created for the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2007, is wonderfully crafted. Scottish Ballet sparkles throughout – and that…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:40PMFriday, December 4, 2015
The script, an off-the-shelf affair by Paul Reakes, has all of the necessary elements for a pantomime, which are attempted with relish and energy. Certainly pirates feature much more largely…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:54AMThursday, December 3, 2015
Professional pantomime is not the place to go for new theatrical techniques or stunning insights into the human condition.
Instead, what should be expected is a sequence of familiar routi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:23AMWednesday, December 2, 2015
Mull-based arts venue Comar has appointed Alasdair McCrone as acting chief executive, just four months after it emerged he was being made
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AMTuesday, December 1, 2015
There’s a verve and vim to the latest production of Stick Man, the adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s picture storybook... This has not always been the case for the diffe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00AMSunday, November 29, 2015
This much-loved and cherished story by CS Lewis is cleverly brought to life by Theresa Heskins’ adaptation. And yet, despite its best intentions, this production directed by Andrew Panton …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:22AMThursday, November 26, 2015
Explorative: There’s something unnerving about Theatre Paradok’s To Breathe at Summerhall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:04AMWednesday, November 25, 2015
The Riverside Trust, which runs the Riverside Studios in London, has won the contract to run Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms as a “digital
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:31AMThursday, November 19, 2015
Mamma Mia! to return after a decade: The Abba jukebox musical, is to return to the Edinburgh Playhouse for a five week Christmas season in 2016.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AMWednesday, November 18, 2015
The 2015 Gang Show at the King’s provides more than its quota of fun and entertainment, being reassuringly familiar yet refreshingly original.
Director Andy Johnston and his team have o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:59AMTuesday, November 17, 2015
Halloween may be but a memory, but the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group proves that there’s still space for a little of the macabre in town.
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:44PMThere is an uneven grandeur to King Charles III at the Festival Theatre, which is certainly one of the most peculiar big-budget, ex-West End touring productions to hit Edinburgh recently.
…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:54AMMonday, November 16, 2015
The Hidden Door pop-up arts festival is to return to this year's venue in 2016 and is calling for proposals for ten pieces of theatre to stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:22AMSunday, November 15, 2015
Edinburgh venues the Usher Hall and the Playhouse were lit up in the colours of the French tricolour on Saturday night.
They were acting in solidarity with the people of Paris following t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:14AMThursday, November 12, 2015
"Intimate": The passion and brutality at the heart of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible are brought out in an intense production which strives just a bit too hard for authenticity.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:52AMWednesday, November 11, 2015
The Silent film era is the backdrop for a production of a musical that deserves to be shouted about.
Just why Mack & Mabel, running at Edinburgh Playhouse until 21 November, isn’t …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:13PMThere is a confused and apologetic air to the touring production of The Importance of Being Earnest that the efforts of some distinguished performers cannot overcome.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:53PMMonday, November 9, 2015
A new trilogy commemorating the First World War and the London premiere of Lee Hall’s Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour lead the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMEdinburgh Festival Fringe Society chief executive Kath Mainland is stepping down from the organisation after seven years. She is leaving to take
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMThe Edinburgh Fringe has just announced that Kath Mainland is to leave the organisation after seven years as its Chief Executive. She will take on the role of Executive Director of the Melbo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:13AMSunday, November 8, 2015
Edinburgh tickets on NTS list:
Big hits and tight flits are among the Edinburgh shows and events announced in the first six months of the National Theatre of Scotland 2016 season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:43PMUrban Fox has announced a short tour for its Edinburgh fringe hit Heartlands to the home towns of its company before a short stay at London’s King’s Head Theatre as part of its #Festival…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:48AMUrban Fox has announced a short tour for its Edinburgh fringe hit Heartlands to the home towns of its company before a short stay at London’s King’s Head Theatre as part of its #Festival…
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