Strange Town Youth Theatre

Strange Town’s tidal trilogy

Strange Town’s tidal trilogy

Youth company celebrates 15th year with trilogy at Traverse

Youth company Strange Town is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and will be staging a trilogy of new plays, in the theme of Tides, performed by its young companies at the Traverse in June.

Mar 20 2024 | By | Reply More
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
Legally Blonde Again

Legally Blonde Again

All Edinburgh Theatre’s young writers scheme returns:

This Fringe, All Edinburgh Theatre is proud to announce that four young writers from youth theatre company Strangetown are joining the team as our mentoring scheme returns.

Aug 3 2019 | By | 1 Reply More
Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

All Edinburgh Theatre’s young writers scheme returns:

This Fringe, All Edinburgh Theatre is proud to announce that four young writers are joining the team as our mentoring scheme returns.

Aug 3 2019 | By | 1 Reply More
Gregory youth auditions

Gregory youth auditions

Young cast needed for immersive performance:
Edinburgh-based young company Strange Town is putting together a one-off company to help stage an immersive performance of the cult film Gregory’s Girl at Summerhall in January.

Nov 5 2015 | By | Reply More
Bring me the head of Johnny Murdock

Bring me the head of Johnny Murdock

✭✭✭✭✩ Slick trick:
Sharp, dynamic and oozing attitude, Strange Town Youth Theatre bring all the dynamism of cinema action onto the Netherbow stage for one night only.

Mar 26 2015 | By | Reply More
Chrysalis shortlist revealed

Chrysalis shortlist revealed

Edinburgh youth companies up for Chrysalis award:
Three of Edinburgh’s youth theatre companies are on the shortlist for Chrysalis a new platform for ambitious and provocative performance by young theatre-makers.

Feb 12 2015 | By | 1 Reply More
Strange Town’s Xmas

Strange Town’s Xmas

Five world premiere’s from youth theatre:
The Strange Town Youth Theatre is staging five world premieres of short plays by young and emerging playwrights at the Scottish Storytelling Centre this week.

Dec 9 2014 | By | 1 Reply More
Review – Small Creatures

Review – Small Creatures

Strange Town Young Company burst onto the stage of the Scottish Storytelling Centre this week, showing that local, grass roots theatre is more than merely green shoots.

Jun 1 2013 | By | Reply More