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Dickens of a dozen
Final scenes of A Tale of Two Cities:
When the touring production of A Tale of Two Cities hit town, it picked up a dozen willing amateur performers to provide a chorus and help drive the story.
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Vive la Douzaine!
Life on stage for the #TwoCitiesDozen:
With the touring production of A Tale of Two Cities drawing its Edinburgh dates to a close, Æ reader Suzanne Senior is almost at the end of her stint as one of the Two Cities Dozen – the 12 community performers taking part in the show.
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Girding the dozen…
The #TwoCitiesDozen get kitted and fitted:
As the Touring Consortium Theatre Company production of A Tale of Two Cities opens at the King’s Theatre tonight, Æ reader Suzanne Senior talks about the process leading up to opening night.
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Two Cities Twelve
Two Cities Community Tale:
The big Touring Consortium Theatre Company production of A Tale of Two Cities opens at the King’s Theatre this week, but unlike most shows coming into the theatre, it won’t just be the touring actors on the stage.
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Cat-Like Pinafore
It’s Pinafore Captain, but not as we know it
Guest post from Vinca Russell:
This fringe, in amongst a host of new musicals and interpretations of hot Broadway shows, there are just two written by Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Gray Wins Stage Award
Andy Gray’s Willie is an “unmissable tour de force”.
Andy Gray has won a coveted Stage Award for Acting Excellence for his performance as William Donaldson in Willie and Sebastian at the Gilded Balloon.
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The Arches
Closure devastating for Scottish theatre:
The news that the Arches in Glasgow has gone into receivership and cancelled all future events with immediate effect from Wednesday 10 June 2015 is not only a devastating for Glasgow’s theatre scene.
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Science festival Theatre
The Ideas Factory in performance:
This year’s Edinburgh Science Festival has been launched as the Ideas Factory, a hub for information, ideas and innovation, taking place in Edinburgh from Friday 4 to Sunday 19 April 2015.
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A Flare of Firework Facts
The EIF’s firework concert – or as we have learned to call it in recent years, the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert – must be one, if not the, favourite event at the Edinburgh International Festival. Here are a few facts and tips for getting the best out of the event.