Author: Thom Dibdin
Listings: Mon 24 – Sun 30 January 2022
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week…
The return of what appears to be some kind of normality to theatres gets underway this coming week with two big musical versions of hit films opening at the Playhouse and the Church Hill Theatre on Burns Night.
EPT casting call
Boy wanted for Men Should Weep Due to unforeseen circumstances, Edinburgh People’s Theatre is looking to cast a boy aged between 9 and 13 to play Ernest in its March 2022 production of Men Should Weep. The show is due to open on March 16, exactly two years after it was cancelled due to Covid […]
Covid Capacity Cap lifted
Indoor capacity regs to go from Monday
Scotland is to remove all limits on indoor gatherings in public spaces, imposed because of the Omicron variant of Covid, from Monday 24 January 2022.
Through a prism remotely
Online, immersive show from Production Lines
Edinburgh grass roots theatre company Production Lines is to stage prism, a new interactive and immersive play by Claire Wood, running online from Wednesday 2 to Saturday 5 February 2022.
Unhidden: It’s the Old Royal High
Hidden Door Festival to take over old Royal High School
The old Royal High School, on Calton Hill, is to be taken over by Edinburgh’s innovative pop-up festival Hidden Door, for a ten day event running from Thursday 9 to Saturday 18 June 2022.
MANIPULATE updates
Full details of cancellations and changes
MANIPULATE, the international festival of visual theatre, animated film and puppetry, has announced a number of cancellations and venue changes to its programme from 28 January – 5 February 2022, due to the latest situation over Covid-19.
Indoor Covid restrictions extended
Shows cancel as Covid measures continue to Jan 24
Indoor events will not resume at normal capacity until Monday 24 January 2022 at the earliest, as the Scottish Government extends indoor Covid mitigation measures for an extra week.
Bring It On cancels
Selladoor pulls UK tour of Bring It On
Bring It On: The Musical, has been cancelled at the Festival Theatre after producers Selladoor Worldwide pulled the show’s UK tour, blaming the impact of rising Covid-19 cases and self-isolation requirements.
Dylan Show gets Edinburgh Dates
Girl from the North Country for Edinburgh Playhouse
Girl from the North Country, the musical written and directed by Conor McPherson using Bob Dylan’s music and lyrics has announced October 2022 dates at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Kinky Boots Callout
Bare Productions issue open call for EdFringe 22
Edinburgh amateur musicals group Bare Productions has put out an open call for self-taped online auditions for its planned Edinburgh Fringe 2022 production of Kinky Boots.
