Archive for October, 2020
Performers eligible for £5m hardship fund
Creative Scotland confirms eligibility:
Creative Scotland has confirmed that actors, dancers and other performers will be eligible to access the Scottish government’s £5 million Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers.
Home Comfort with Citadel
New play based on memories of Leith gets online reading:
Home Comfort, a new play by Vincent Maguire based on living memories of Isa’s Chat ‘N’ Chew Cafe in Portland Place in Leith, has a new online rehearsed reading from Citadel Arts.
Dance Base Cash Crisis
Dance Base takes Crowdfunding route:
Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, has put out an emergency appeal on Crowdfunder to raise £25,000 so it can continue with its outreach work.
Take off to Car-Park Panto
Horrible Histories’ drive-in panto for Edinburgh Airport:
Horrible Christmas, Horrible Histories’ live, drive-in panto, will be coming to Edinburgh Airport for five performances only on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 December 2020.
Lyceum Xmas Ticket Details
Seats available by table of 4 or 6:
The Lyceum has released ticket details for the seven live performances of its Lyceum Christmas Tales this Christmas in its radically altered auditorium.
Lyceum’s Live Xmas
Live Shows planned for Christmas:
The Lyceum Theatre has revealed plans for a live family production in December, staged in a dramatically re-shaped auditorium to enhance social distancing.
In Someone Else’s Shoes: Edinburgh’s Unexpected Summer
★★★★☆ Poignant:
In Someone Else’s Shoes, the Traverse’ immersive online presentation conceived and directed by Hannah Price, is a thought-provoking and wistful evocation of Edinburgh without its festivals.
Showcase 30th Anniversary Album
★★★★☆ Lockdown Highs:
Showcase has pulled off something of a miracle in this 30th Anniversary Album, in which its band and huge chorus has recorded 80 minutes of material under strict social distancing guidelines.
NTS Stream for Lyceum
Lament for Sheku Bayoh gets November dates:
A new play about the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody in Kirkcaldy in 2015, performed at the Lyceum, is at the heart of the National Theatre of Scotland’s latest activities.
