Duncan Hendry
New boss for Capital Theatres
Fiona Gibson to replace Duncan Hendry:
Fiona Gibson, currently CEO of Liverpool’s Everyman and Playhouse Theatres has been announced as the new CEO of Capital Theatres, the charitable trust that runs Edinburgh’s Festival and King’s Theatres and The Studio.
£174K for Kings
Funds for heritage stage of redevelopment:
Capital Theatres has been awarded £174,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund towards the first development phase of its planned £25M transformation of the King’s Theatre.
Gray pulls out of Panto
Illness forces Andy Gray to withdraw from King’s:
Andy Gray has announced that he will no longer be able to perform at this year’s pantomime at the King’s Theatre Beauty and the Beast, on medical grounds.
King’s set for £25M refurb
CEC orange lights £25M King’s Theatre project:
Plans by the Festival City Theatre’s Trust for an extensive £25 million redevelopment project at the King’s Theatre have passed their first hurdle with the City of Edinburgh Council.
A Ghostly Sunshine
New Musical set for Autumn premiere:
The Sunshine Ghost a new musical written by Andy Cannon and Richard Ferguson, is to be staged by Edinburgh-based Scottish Theatre Producers and the King’s and Festival Theatres this autumn.
Attic Collective launched
New new platform for emerging theatre talent:
The Festival City Theatres Trust has launched a new young people’s theatre company, The Attic Collective, as a talent development initiative for 16 to 25 year-olds.
War Horse gallops into Festival Theatre
War Horse, the National Theatre’s smash hit currently in the West End, is to tour to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre in 2014 for an exclusive four week Scottish run.
