James Beagon

Strange Town’s tidal trilogy
Youth company celebrates 15th year with trilogy at Traverse
Youth company Strange Town is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and will be staging a trilogy of new plays, in the theme of Tides, performed by its young companies at the Traverse in June.

Phone Fictions online
Visible Fictions host Watch Party:
Glasgow-based theatre company Visible Fictions, whose aim is “to get people thinking, talking, sharing and creating” is premiering the results of a project to create short films on mobile phones.

Parasites
★★★★☆ Raw emotion:
There is brutality, but also considerable compassion, in Seesome Theatre and New Celts’ Parasites at theSpace on the Mile.

Wake up!
Strange Town looks to the future for its tenth anniversary:
Edinburgh youth company Strange Town is taking to the Traverse stage this week with a pair of new plays loosely inspired by the theme of The Future, but both going in very different directions.

Page2Stage Call-out
Actors, directors wanted for rehearsed readings:
Page2Stage Edinburgh has put out a call for volunteer actors and directors to take part in its next event on Tuesday 5 March 2019 at Assembly Roxy.

Antigone na h’Éireann
★★★☆☆ Intriguing modernisation:
Antigone na h’Éireann, by Aulos Productions at Paradise in the Vault, is a reworking of Greek tragedy that has some odd transitions in mood, but hangs together impressively.

Monologue Slam for Aulos
Aulos innovates with comp and crowdfunding perks:
Aulos Productions is holding an open monologue slam and offering free youth theatre workshops as a crowdfunder perk in its bid to raise funds to bring two productions to EdFringe 2018.

More dates for Aulos Auditions
Extra date for EdFringe 2018 auditions:
Aulos Productions has announced an additional day of auditions for its Fringe 2018 project of Antigone na h’Éireann, a modern day, Northern Ireland-set adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone.

Brexit inspires Aulos’ EdFringe show
Notice of casting call for NI-set Antigone at EdFringe 2018.:
Edinburgh-based Aulos productions has announced it is to stage a modern day, Northern Ireland-set adaptation of Sophocles Antigone, at the Fringe 2018, with auditions to be held early in the new year.

Gobland For The Goblins!
★★★☆☆ Playful:
Billed as a fantasy video game for older children and their families, writer-director James Beagon and Aulos Productions’ latest show sees them switch genres yet again. Gobland For The Goblins! is an interactive show with some very pleasing elements.