Archive for January, 2025

Three Queens from the Opera

Three Queens from the Opera

★★★☆☆ Viva queens!

For one night only, writer and director Michael Scott brings together three formidable queens for a preview performance of his new opera concert parody, Three Queens from the Opera.

Jan 31 2025 | By | Reply More
Fringe appoints Riverside’s Lankester

Fringe appoints Riverside’s Lankester

Riverside Studios’ CEO Tony Lankester next head of EdFringe Tony Lankester has been named to take over from Shona McCarthy as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the charity which oversees the running of the Edinburgh Fringe. McCarthy announced in October 2024 that she would be stepping down from the role in March, […]

Jan 30 2025 | By | Reply More
Creative Scotland doubles multi-year funded organisations

Creative Scotland doubles multi-year funded organisations

Stability assured and extra funds awarded for many companies

Summerhall Arts, Pianodrome and Tortoise in a Nutshell are among 43 Edinburgh-based companies to join those receiving three-year funding awards from Creative Scotland to cover core costs and programmes of work.

Jan 30 2025 | By | Reply More
Lyceum: Coraline cancelled

Lyceum: Coraline cancelled

Neil Gaiman adaptation cancelled after allegations of misconduct

The musical adaptation of Coraline, due to tour to the Lyceum from 26 June to 19 July has been cancelled following allegations of sexual miss-conduct against the original author Neil Gaiman.

Jan 29 2025 | By | Reply More
Leith Theatre’s future consolidated

Leith Theatre’s future consolidated

Leith Theatre Trust secure 50 year lease on building

Leith Theatre Trust has announced a significant milestone in securing a viable future for the venue as it signs a 50-year lease with Edinburgh City Council to run the building.

Jan 29 2025 | By | Reply More
Preview & Listings to Sun 2 Feb 2025

Preview & Listings to Sun 2 Feb 2025

What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?

It’s a week of properly great productions – with a trio of shows, the like we are not often privileged to see on Edinburgh’s stages, and the best news is that two of them are here to Feb 15.

Jan 29 2025 | By | Reply More
Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

★★★★★     Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Blown in on her umbrella by the gusts of Storm Éowyn, the new UK & Ireland tour of Mary Poppins arrives in Edinburgh in a fashion that can only be described by the mysterious nanny’s own superlative: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Jan 29 2025 | By | Reply More
BedFest 2025

BedFest 2025

BedFest rides again!

The Bedlam’s annual festival of short plays and theatre orientated workshops returns this week, running from Wednesday 29 Jan to Sat 1 Feb, with experimentation, straight productions and seven new scripts.

Jan 27 2025 | By | Reply More
We Will Hear the Angels

We Will Hear the Angels

★★★★☆ Intense

Magnetic North’s We Will Hear the Angels is a fascinating exploration of melancholy through speech, song, live and pre-recorded music, and movement, with these elements intertwining to create and sustain an intense and engrossing atmosphere.

Jan 26 2025 | By | Reply More
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

★★★★★ Unflinching

Completing the inaugural outing of The Shakespeare Exchange, a partnership of the Lyceum with New York City-based Theatre for a New Audience, TFANA brings Arin Arbus’s unflinching production of The Merchant of Venice to Edinburgh.

Jan 25 2025 | By | Reply More