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Priscilla goes Bohemian

Priscilla goes Bohemian

Bohemians’ Priscilla for Festival Theatre

Edinburgh has a long relationship with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which was the opening gala movie at its International Film Festival in 1994, when the after party dress-code was “black tie or drag”. We speak to Greg McCafferty-Thomson, Graeme Melvin and Dean McAvoy about donning frocks for the film’s musical adaption.

Mar 11 2025 | By | Reply More
Brunton remembers Rikki Fulton

Brunton remembers Rikki Fulton

Rikki & Me gets community revival

The Brunton Theatre is staging a rare revival of Rikki & Me, which takes a lingering look at the life, comedy and death of legendary Scottish comic, Rikki Fulton, based on the book of the same name by his wife, Kate Matheson.

Jan 19 2025 | By | Reply More
In the mix

In the mix

Nicholas Bone on Magnetic North’s quarter century Edinburgh’s Magnetic North theatre company, creators of some a clutch of quite brilliant pieces of small scale work – and facilitators of even more – is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. We asked company founder and artistic director Nichola Bone, about the company and its work, which […]

Oct 13 2024 | By | Reply More
It’s pie time!

It’s pie time!

Susie Dumbreck on directing Sweeney Todd, training with Sondheim and much more… This week local amateur company Blackout Productions step back into the musical theatre genre as they take on the mighty Steven Sondheim and his Penny Dreadful musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The company already has some formidable productions under […]

Oct 10 2024 | By | Reply More
Up-se-daisy

Up-se-daisy

Douglas Irvine on Visible Fictions’ UP

UP from Glasgow’s Visible Fictions theatre company, a piece of object theatre about strangers on a crashing plane, plays the last date of its Scottish tour at the Assembly Roxy this Saturday 5th of October.

Oct 4 2024 | By | Reply More
Changing places

Changing places

Lubna Kerr’s little listicle on moving into the arts at a later age

Lubna Kerr’s latest play, Chatterbox, arrives at the Edinburgh Fringe hot from a successful preview mini-season at the Morecambe Fringe. It follows Tickbox and Tickbox 2, hits at previous Fringes.

Aug 2 2024 | By | Reply More
Quantum’s Magic Seven

Quantum’s Magic Seven

Kevin Quantum on how magic and straight theatre are linked

Edinburgh-based magician Kevin Quantum is a dab hand at melding elements of theatre into his act. Check out the presentation of his brilliant Flaming Balls act to Britain’s Got Talent if you don’t believe so.

Jul 11 2024 | By | Reply More
Catching time with EGTG

Catching time with EGTG

EGTG Director Abbye Eva and lead actor Caden Scott on The Fastest Clock in the Universe

This week, EGTG continue their platinum season with a production of Philip Ridley’s 1992 dark comedy thriller, The Fastest Clock in the Universe, at Assembly Roxy for five performance.

May 21 2024 | By | Reply More
Arkle nose what’s up

Arkle nose what’s up

Arkle sniffs out Maxwell adaptation of Cyrano for Spring show

Edinburgh’s Arkle Theatre bring Edmond Rostand’s swashbuckling 1897 tale of panache, poetry, romance and a prominent proboscis Cyrano de Bergerac, to the Hill Street theatre next week.

Apr 18 2024 | By | Reply More
Passionate voices

Passionate voices

Women’s stories take centre stage in Passion Play

The script for this year’s Passion Play in Princes Street Gardens West tells the Easter story as always, but is inspired by the injustices still suffered by women around the world to this day.

Mar 28 2024 | By | Reply More