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Camerata To Bow Out
La Belle Helene to be final bow:
Opera Camerata, the amateur light opera company founded in 1994 has announced that Offenbach’s La Belle Helene at the Church Hill Theatre in October will be its final production.
Laura Main for Playhouse Shrek
Casting for Shrek’s Xmas Playhouse stay announced:
Laura Main is to join the cast of the new production of Shrek the Musical, which opens at the Edinburgh Playhouse for the Christmas Season 2017, before touring the UK and Ireland.
Cat O’Casting Call
Cat O’Nine Tales casting call for November show:
Edinburgh grass-roots theatre company Cat O’Nine Tales has put out an open casting call for new play, The Ballad of Melvin Byrne, to be staged at the Wee Red Bar in November 2017.
Last Call for Oz 2018
BBE 2018 applications close this Sunday:
Beyond Broadway Experience’s summer 2018 show will be The Wizard of Oz and applications to take part in the auditions for the fortnight summer school will close online at midnight on Sunday 10 September 2017.
Bohemian Boys Wanted!
Bohemians call out for Footloose men:
The Bohemians Lyric Opera Company has put an urgent call-out for male chorus members for its Spring 2018 production of Footloose the Musical.
Sunshine on Tollcross
Proclaimers Musical for King’s:
Sunshine on Leith is to be “revived and revitalised” as a new touring production of the musical based on the songs of the Proclaimers is announced for the Edinburgh King’s in Spring 2018.
Æ critic up for award
Lucy Evans makes Allen Wright Award shortlist:
Æ writer Lucy Evans has made the shortlists of the Allen Wright Award, organised by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society to encourage and reward quality writing in arts journalism from young critics on the fringe.
Heights Auditions
Open casting call for A-Team’s In the Heights:
Edinburgh based youth company, A-Team Productions has announced an open casting call for its February 2018 production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning musical In The Heights.
Forest Fringe for Cameo
Cameo goes live for #EdFringe perfs:
Edinburgh’s Cameo cinema is to hold a season of film-inspired performances during the 2017 fringe hosting the only appearance of Forest Fringe this year and the UK premiere of Chris Thorpe’s Your Best Guess.
More blooming insight
EIF release new Bloom images:
New visualisations of Standard Life Opening Event: Bloom have been released with a week to go to the EIF’s 70th anniversary festival.
