Production News
Six Drives In
Divorced, Beheaded, Drive in at Ingliston:
Six The Musical is to play eight performances at the Royal Highland Centre from Tuesday 1 to Sunday 6 September 2020 as part of the Utilita Live From The Drive-In arena tour.
Room 29 Go Online
New show to replace postponed EdFringe production:
Edinburgh’s Room 29 Theatre has today, Monday 15 June 2020, put out an open call for an amateur production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, to be staged online at the end of July.
Playfulness Online
PlayfulFest goes online for second edition:
Edinburgh’s bi-annual PlayfulFest has gone online for 2020, with ten events scheduled to take place from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 June 2020.
Playhouse dark to Aug 2
All ATG theatres closed to Sunday 2 August:
Ambassador Theatre Group, owners of the Edinburgh Playhouse, has today, Wed 3 June, confirmed that all its UK theatres will be closed at least until Sunday August 2, 2020.
Scenes for Survival online
NTS launches crisis-response online project:
The first six pieces of the National Theatre of Scotland’s season of short digital artworks, Scenes for Survival, launches tonight, Wednesday 27 May 2020, and will remain online for two years.
Strictly Ballroom Reschedules
New 2022 dates for Edinburgh Playhouse:
Strictly Ballroom the Musical, staring Kevin Clifton has rescheduled its planned tour putting its dates back a year to 2021/22, arriving at the Edinburgh Playhouse in March 2022.
New Ayckbourn gets audio stream
Alan Ayckbourn to star in and direct 84th play:
Anno Domino, a “very contemporary response to the current situation” by veteran playwright Alan Ayckbourn, is to get its world premiere on an exclusive audio stream on the Stephen Joseph Theatre website.
Trav Young Writers go online
Online Scratch showcase for new plays
The Traverse Young Writers Group has been meeting online since March and is now set to release scratch performances of plays written during lockdown, starting from tonight, Saturday May 16 2020 at 8pm.
Book of Mormon On Sale
Book of Mormon Playhouse date on public sale:
Tickets are now on public sale for the smash hit musical The Book of Mormon’s rescheduled dates at Edinburgh Playhouse, running from Wednesday 9 to Saturday 26 June 2021.
Dogstar Online
Taylor of Inverness first up for Vimeo On Demand:
Dogstar Theatre, the Highlands-based company with a European outlook, is to stream a filmed version of its international hit The Taylor of Inverness as the first show in a new paid-for online presence.
