Fiona Gibson
Post-Christmas shows cancelled
Panto and ballet to close on Christmas Eve
The King’s panto Sleeping Beauty and Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Festival Theatre will close on Christmas Eve, cancelling all remaining performances, as Nicola Sturgeon limits theatre audiences to 200 and re-imposes one metre social distancing.
Sunshine on the King’s
June dates for Proclaimers Musical
Sunshine on Leith, Stephen Greenhorn’s musical based around the songs of the Proclaimers will be the final show in the Edinburgh King’s season before the venue goes dark for refurbishment.
Bat call for Andy
Andy Gray to be remembered in lights
Edinburgh King’s favourite Andy Gray is to be remembered in lights tonight, Monday 13 September 2021, on what would have been his 62nd birthday.
King’s Singers
Southern Light opens public fundraising for the King’s
Southern Light Opera will be opening its 125th season this week with four performances at the Festival Theatre of a greatest hits package, in support of the King’s Theatre redevelopment funding campaign.
King’s Panto cast
Sleeping Beauty cast confirmed for King’s
Edinburgh’s panto triumvirate may be no more, but there will be a Gray on stage at the King’s this year, when panto giants Grant Stott and Allan Stewart are joined by Clare Gray in Sleeping Beauty.
£6.5M for King’s
Refurb dates set for Sept 2022-July 2024
Edinburgh’s King’s theatre has secured £6.5 million in grants from the Scottish Government and is now set to go dark from September 2022 until July 2024 for a major £25 million redevelopment.
Physical distancing lifted – official responses
Theatres and events respond to physical distancing news
The announcement in Holyrood on Tuesday that, if all goes according to plan, physical distancing will be completely lifted on Monday 9 August 2021 has been welcomed by Edinburgh’s theatres and events organisers.
Cap Theatres confirms reopening dates
Capital Theatre confirms 29 June reopening date
Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre will reopen on Tuesday 29 June 2021, welcoming its first in person audience for 15 months for Blindness, a theatrical sound installation from the Donmar Warehouse with the voice of Juliet Stephenson.
Cap Theatres new £800K Covid funds
Capital Theatres gets share of extra £3m Scot Gov funding
Capital Theatres is one of three Scottish performing arts organisations to benefit from their share of £3 million additional emergency Covid-19 support.
Musicals Hub for Studio
Cap Theatres to develop new Scottish musicals
Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre have set up a new joint venture, the Musical Commissioning Hub, to work with Scottish musicians and writers to develop new musicals.
