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Jack Whitehall brings Stood Up to Edinburgh:
Comedian Jack Whitehall is to bring his Stood Up stand-up show to Edinburgh’s Playhouse for one night only in November, with tickets on sale here today, Friday 20 September 2019.
Susan Wales Hampson
Amateur theatre stalwart dies aged 72:
Susan Wales Hampson, a pillar of Edinburgh’s amateur theatre scene in both an official and personal capacity, has died on Sunday 15 September 2019. She was 72.
£174K for Kings
Funds for heritage stage of redevelopment:
Capital Theatres has been awarded £174,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund towards the first development phase of its planned £25M transformation of the King’s Theatre.
CBeebies Xmas Show for Edinburgh
Hansel and Gretel to be recorded at Festival Theatre
CBeebies 2019 Christmas Show is to be recorded at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre over four performances in October.
Lion King extends Playhouse Run
Adds seven weeks & 49 perfs:
The Lion King has added an extra seven weeks to its stay at the Edinburgh Playhouse due to exceptional demand and will now run from Thursday 5 December until Sunday 29 March 2020.
Lyceum seeks carol singers
Community choir sought for Xmas show:
The Lyceum is looking to recruit an amateur community choir made up of Edinburgh residents to sing carols as part of its 2019 Christmas show – An Edinburgh Christmas Carol.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels wanted!
EMT open call for April 2020 show
Edinburgh Music Theatre has put out an open call for performers to join the company for its April 2020 production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, to be staged at the Church Hill Theatre.
LYAMC & Showcase
Hits show leads Autumn amateur season:
The post-fringe Autumn season of amateur company treats kicks off this week with the traditional openers of LYAMC at the Church Hill Theatre, closely followed by Showcase 2019 a fortnight later.
PPP for BBC Scotland
Six plays from lunchtime theatre to be broadcast:
The BBC is to broadcast six hour-long plays from Glasgow’s hugely successful lunchtime theatre A Play, A Pie and A Pint, over six Sunday evenings from Sunday September 1 2019.
Exorcist cast for Kings
Paul Nicholas for horror show:
Paul Nicholas, Sophie Ward and Ben Caplan will take leading roles in the stage adaptation of the notorious 1973 horror flick, The Exorcist, touring to the King’s in November 2019.
