Out Of The Blue

The Lobby

The Lobby

★★★☆☆ Comic energy

The Lobby, from Active Inquiry’s Flashback Theatre Company at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall, is a politically informed comedy where the laughs are definitely the priority.

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Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten

Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten

★★★☆☆   Hybrid drive

Life changes – and the more it changes the more it stays the same. This conundrum – truism – lies at the heart of Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten the Strange Town youth theatres’ imaginative and compelling lockdown project which has a hybrid live performance at Out Of The Blue this weekend.

Jun 21 2021 | By | Reply More
Gen Z goes live

Gen Z goes live

Strange Town returns to live with multi-artform production

Leading Scottish youth company, Edinburgh’s Strange Town, is returning to live performance with Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten – a hybrid production featuring over 120 young people.

Jun 12 2021 | By | Reply More
£955K for Ed Theatres

£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.

Sep 25 2020 | By | Reply More
The Sideshow

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.

Jun 24 2019 | By | Reply More
Edinburgh Remembers

Edinburgh Remembers

Theatres stand up to remember the Armistice:

As the centenary of the Armistice at the end of the First World War approaches on Sunday 11 November 2018, a number of plays and performances in Edinburgh are marking the event.

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Extra Date for Korczak

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.

Aug 6 2018 | By | Reply More
Listings: 18 – 23 June

Listings: 18 – 23 June

Edinburgh’s Stages previewed:
It’s a big week for boats as Titanic The Musical hits the Playhouse, The Last Ship floats in to the Festival Theatre and Leith Festival slides in to the docks of Leith.

Jun 12 2018 | By | Reply More
What’s This!

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.

Jun 9 2016 | By | Reply More
Strange Town Radio Plays

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.

Feb 17 2015 | By | Reply More