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Digs hosts wanted for EdFringe
EdFringe teams up with TheatreDigsBooker.com
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is urging Edinburgh residents to join up as with TheatreDigsBooker to host fringe participants during August.
Strange Town’s New Patron
Youth company marks tenth year:
Edinburgh’s Strange Town youth theatre is marking its tenth anniversary year with the announcement of actor Tallulah Greive as its Patron.
Austen Rom-com for Lyceum
Lyceum announced Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) for Jan 2020:
The Lyceum is picking up the Blood of the Young, Tron co-production of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) for a six venue UK tour, hitting its own stage in January next year, 2020.
Lion King On Sale
Playhouse tickets on sale today:
Tickets for the Christmas season 2019/20 performances of The Lion King at Edinburgh Playhouse have gone on sale today, Wednesday 6 March 2019
Actor Stabbed
Actor Tam Dean Burn Stabbed in Edinburgh:
Leith-born actor Tam Dean Burn has been stabbed, after leaving an event at the Scottish Poetry Library in Crichton’s Close on the Canongate.
Forth Fringe Open Call
Forth CT to stage Once On This Island:
Forth Children’s Theatre has announced its EdFringe 2019 production will be Once On This Island, with open auditions in April after its Spring production has finished.
Hairspray Open Call
Balerno TC announce December 2019 production:
Balerno Theatre Company has put out an open casting call for its December 2019 amateur production of Hairspray, the Broadway Musical.
Lion King Tickets Onsale Dates
Bristol, Edinburgh tickets announced:
Ticket details for the 20th anniversary tour of The Lion King have been announced with tickets for the Bristol Hippodrome dates on sale today, Wednesday 27 February 2019, from 8am.
Theatre Uncut Shortlist
Save Leith Walk play up for award:
A play inspired by the Save Leith Walk campaign and Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood is on the eight-strong shortlist for the inaugural Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award.
Forbidden Planet Open Call
ELT to Return to Forbidden Planet in June:
Edinburgh Little Theatre has put out an open call for auditions for its June 2019 production of the Olivier award-winning classic Shakespearean Rock’n’Roll musical Return to the Forbidden Planet.
