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Rocky Horror Show for Playhouse
45th Anniversary Tour: Playhouse dates
The sweet transvestites of transexual Transylvania are on the prowl again, for what will be the 45th anniversary tour of Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show.
Tynecastle drama extends run
Extra dates for A War of Two Halves:
The site-specific production of A War of Two Halves at Tynecastle Park has added eight extra performances across four dates for its 2018 edfringe run due to the demand for tickets.
Extra Date for Korczak
Strange Town’s Dr Korczak adds a show:
Strange Town has added an extra show to its run of Dr Korczak’s Example at the Just Festival at St John’s.
Sweet Choreographer sought
Choreographer for Sweet Charity sought:
Edinburgh Music Theatre has put out an open call for a choreographer for its 2019 production of the Fosse smash hit Sweet Charity
Junkies cancelled
Illness forces Andy Gray to quit play:
Andy Gray, panto funnyman and star of Scottish stage and screen, has had to withdraw from fringe show The Junkies for medical reasons.
Rebus casting
Cathy Tyson joins Rebus cast as Siobhan:
Cathy Tyson and John Stahl are to join Charles Lawson in the first Rebus play, Long Shadows, which is touring to the King’s for a week this October 2018.
Night Fever Cast
Richard Winsor takes Travolta role in Saturday Night Fever:
Richard Winsor is to play Tony Manero in the UK tour of Saturday Night Fever which arrives at the Playhouse in October, his first stage appearance since joining Casualty as the ill-stared Caleb Knight.
You Choose for Xmas
New musical and La Clique for Edinburgh’s Xmas:
A new musical version of Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt’s You Choose children’s picture book is to make its debut at this year’s Edinburgh’s Christmas, joining the return of La Clique Noel for “Part Deux”.
The Oz Experience
Wizard of Oz at King’s this week:
The ruby slippers, Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City are all in place at the King’s, ready for the many students of this summer’s Beyond Broadway Experience to go over the rainbow with The Wizard of Oz.
Tynecastle drama
McCrae’s Battalion play for Hearts’ ground:
Tynecastle Park is to become home to off the pitch drama during this year’s fringe with a new play about McRae’s Battalion playing out in an an immersive production around the stands.
