News
Fleabag creator first EdFringe Pres
EdFringe creates new President role
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of Fleabag, has been announced as the first honorary President of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society today, Friday 19 February 2021.
Extra £9m for creative freelancers
Creative Scotland’s emergency fund topped up
Creative Scotland is to share £9 million of new funding with Screen Scotland, for their Covid-19 hardship funds for creative freelancers.
Angela Cast Announced
Pam Ferris and Toby Jones for Sound Stage opener
Pam Ferris and Toby Jones are to star in Mark Ravenhill’s first autobiographical play, Angela, which opens the Lyceum and PFT’s groundbreaking online immersive audio season Sound Stage.
Love theatre – live
Live online perfs for roulette premiere
Production Lines is to premiere Claire Wood’s racy new play, roulette, live – and online – for Valentines, with the Edinburgh grassroots company streaming five performances this weekend (13/14 Feb 2021) and next.
King’s Bat Call for Andy
Bat Signal lights the sky for Andy Gray
The techies and staff at the King’s Theatre are sending out the Bat Signal tonight, Monday 1 February 2021, and tomorrow, in honour and in the memory of the great Andy Gray.
Scottish Ballet’s Coppelia for EIF 2022
Jess & Morgs to explore relationship with reality
Scottish Ballet is creating a new ballet of Coppelia, choreographed and directed by UK-based duo Jess & Morgs to Delibes’ score, to be premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2022.
Whose Festival Is It Anyway?
Cockburn conference questions role of the Festivals in Edinburgh
The news this week that the Book Festival is to move from its original home in Charlotte Square to the Art College is a timely reminder of the impermanence of our annual cultural binge.
Lyceum’s L20 artists
All 21 Lyceum L20 artists announced
The Lyceum has announced the 21 creatives have been invited to join the pilot year of its multi-discipline artists attachment programme, L20, which will run through 2021.
Islander on Radio 4
Award-winning musical hits the airwaves
Amy Draper’s two-hander musical Islander, a sell-out hit at the Fringe of 2019, has had a new interpretation for radio and is available on BBC Sounds.
Bookfest Moves
Bookfest to move to College of Art
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is to make a permanent move to the Edinburgh College of Art on Lauriston Place from this year’s event, running Sat 14 to Mon 30 August 2021.
