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Gang Show 2024

Gang Show 2024

★★★☆☆ Confident

Packing the glitter, able to hold their big tunes and in possession of some braw dance moves, the members of Edinburgh Gang Show 2024 are brim full of confidence, in a production which plays the Festival Theatre all week to Saturday.

Nov 1 2024 | By | Reply More
Preview and listings: Mon 28 Oct – Sun 3 Nov 2024

Preview and listings: Mon 28 Oct – Sun 3 Nov 2024

What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?

It’s the big week for the youngsters of Edinburgh and Lothian’s Scout and Guiding movements who are in the Gang Show, which is again at the Festival Theatre  – albeit unseasonably early because of a fixture builtup at the venue.

Oct 31 2024 | By | Reply More
Penguin time at Gang Show 2024

Penguin time at Gang Show 2024

Early Gang Show at Festival Theatre for third year

The Edinburgh Gang Show returns to the Festival Theatre tonight, Tuesday 29 October 2024, for its third outing at the venue while the Kings remains dark for refurbishment, with all the usual fare including a tribute to the Edinburgh Zoo penguins.

Oct 29 2024 | By | Reply More
Summerhall: AMA are preferred

Summerhall: AMA are preferred

Preferred bidder for Summerhall confirmed as local house builder

Edinburgh based AMA Homes has been confirmed as the preferred bidder for the Summerhall arts complex, indicating it will become “mixed use”, while still “allocating a substantial proportion of the space for art, conference, entertainment and public space.”

Oct 28 2024 | By | Reply More
New Theatre podcast launched

New Theatre podcast launched

A history of Scottish Drama in six plays

Fergus Morgan, the Stage’s Scotland correspondent and theatre critic, is launching new podcast, A history of Scottish Drama in six plays, with a recording of the seventh and final episode tonight, Monday 28 October 2024, at the Traverse.

Oct 28 2024 | By | Reply More
The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

★★★★☆ Engaging

The EUTC’s engaging production of Mart Crowley’s 1968, New York-set gay drama, The Boys in the Band, is a well-observed affair which is at its best when it goes past the play’s innate waspishness to find its inner anger.

Oct 25 2024 | By | Reply More
Listings and Preview: Mon 21 – Sun 27 Oct 2024

Listings and Preview: Mon 21 – Sun 27 Oct 2024

What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week? It’s a pretty full card of theatre this week, topped out by the PFT production of A Streetcar Named Desire opening at the Lyceum for a fortnight run (Fri – 9 Nov: tickets) and the arrival of Michael Maloney as Hurcule Poirot in Christie’s supreme thriller: Murder on the […]

Oct 23 2024 | By | Reply More
Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Naomi Dickie

Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Naomi Dickie

Lung Ha at 40

To mark its 40th anniversary, Lung Ha theatre commissioned a series of portraits of the 25-strong company from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. We are publishing a new portrait every fortnight. Today our spotlight is on Lung Ha actor Naomi Dickie.

Oct 22 2024 | By | Reply More
Preview and listings: Mon 14 – Sun 20 Oct 2024.

Preview and listings: Mon 14 – Sun 20 Oct 2024.

What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?

The big opener this week comes from amateur company EGTG who are staging J B Priestley’s tense psychological drama Dangerous Corner at the Assembly Roxy. But there is also plenty on for October Week and more…

Oct 16 2024 | By | Reply More
Brining gets Lyceum AD post

Brining gets Lyceum AD post

James Brining takes over from David Greig

James Brining, who is currently Artistic Director at the Leeds Playhouse, has been appointed as the successor to David Greig at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh. He will take up the role of Artistic Director and co-CEO in April 2025.

Oct 15 2024 | By | Reply More