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Reckless Auditions

Grads’ open auditions for Autumn show:
The Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Company has put out an open audition call for its December 2017 production of Reckless by Craig Lucas, which will be playing the Assembly Roxy for four nights.

Thom Dibdin on July 18, 2017

A-Team Hit the Heights

July workshop for February show:
Edinburgh’s A-Team Productions is holding a workshop this Saturday, 22 July 2017, for anyone interested in taking part in its February 2018 production of In the Heights.

Thom Dibdin on July 18, 2017

Free course at MGA

Free course for young male performers:
The MGA Academy of Performing Arts is inviting budding young male performers for a week of free classes, workshops and question-and-answer sessions.

Thom Dibdin on July 17, 2017

Colin Marr joins Playhouse

Eden Court boss takes on theatre director role:
Colin Marr has been appointed as theatre director at Edinburgh Playhouse, returning to Edinburgh after 20 years as chief executive at Eden Court, Inverness.

Thom Dibdin on July 15, 2017

American Idiot

★★★☆☆ Explosive and Energetic:
Explosive and full of energy, Edinburgh based youth company Shoogly Peg bring the house down at the King’s with rock’n’roll musical American Idiot.

Sarah Moyes on July 14, 2017

American Idiot

★★★☆☆ Explosive and Energetic:
Explosive and full of energy, Edinburgh based youth company Shoogly Peg bring the house down at the King’s with rock’n’roll musical American Idiot.

Spring Awakening

★★★☆☆ Echo chamber:
There is plenty of potential in Shoogly Peg’s production of the musical version of Spring Awakening, based on Frank Wedekind’s often censored play of 1891, at St Stephen’s to Saturday.

Shakedown’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

★★★★☆ Shaken & stirred
Shaking down Shakespeare is a well-worn pastime, but Pab Roberts has taken it to a new level with his Shakedown version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged at the King’s for two performances only.

The Hard Man

Rehearsed reading:
Opening up the scope of the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s retrospective on noted Scottish polymath Tom McGrath, the staged script reading of his 1977 play The Hard Man sits perfectly with McGrath’s “explorer” image.

Electric Contact – A Jazz Tribute to Tom McGrath

★★★★★ Explored:
Three Thomases – Tom, Tommie and Tam – got the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s retrospective tribute to the late, great Tom McGrath off to a belter of a start on Friday night.

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