Out Of The Blue

£955K for Ed Theatres
Second wave of Covid funds announced:
Six Edinburgh organisations have received a total of £955,698 as part of the £5m Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund, the second round of government support, administered by Creative Scotland and announced on Thursday 24 September 2020.

The Sideshow
★★★☆☆ In the zone:
In the week when moves to regulate AirBnB failed and it was decided to curtain Princess Street Gardens off during commercial gigs, Active Inquiry’s The Sideshow feels remarkably relevant.

What’s This!
What Now? It’s a Strange Town spectacular:
Edinburgh youth company Strange Town return to the Traverse this week for two nights of a double bill – a pair of plays created for and with the performers in the company by playwright Alan Gordon.

Strange Town Radio Plays
Youth company team up with #artcore:
Edinburgh’s Strange Town Young Company is looking for young actors aged 18 to 25 to take part in a new project to adapt and record existing plays for radio.

Review – Trainspotting
✭✭✭✩✩ Hardcore theatre-making:
Wild and unruly, In Your Face Theatre’s production of Trainspotting makes interesting use of the open space of the Out of the Blue Drill Hall for its immersive, promenade format.

Irvine Welsh praises Edinburgh Festival
Strange Town documentary catches “bad boy” in reflective mood. By Thom Dibdin Irvine Welsh is seen praising the Edinburgh festivals, in a documentary made by the Strange Town Youth Theatre at Leith’s Out of the Blue Drill Hall, to be broadcast on Wednesday evening on BBC2 Scotland. Edinburgh Stories is a half hour documentary made […]