Karine Polwart

Polwart blows into Lyceum

Polwart blows into Lyceum

Windblown announces 2026 Lyceum dates

Karine Polwart to bring Windblown, her five-star EdFringe hit, to the Lyceum in April 2026, as preview briefs for the Lyceum’s Xmas show go on sale.

Sep 29 2025 | By More
Karine Polwart: Windblown

Karine Polwart: Windblown

★★★★★ Beautiful

Karine Polwart: Windblown, presented by Raw Material at the Queen’s Hall for five days only, is a magnificent combination of music, storytelling, poetry and theatre.

Aug 11 2025 | By More
Book Festival Round-Up – The Second Half

Book Festival Round-Up – The Second Half

Farewell to Art College and Nick Barley

The 40th anniversary Edinburgh International Book Festival, and the last of Nick Barley’s 14 years as director, concluded with its usual intriguing mix of one-off events, writes Hugh Simpson.

Aug 30 2023 | By | Reply More
Book Festival Round-up

Book Festival Round-up

Theatre-interests at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Although the main draw at the Book Festival for theatregoers is undoubtedly the magnetic This Is Memorial Device, there are also always plenty of other performances of interest.

Aug 24 2022 | By | Reply More
Playing With Books – the Long Drop

Playing With Books – the Long Drop

..and other recent Book Festival events

The Book Festival continues in its new home at the Edinburgh College of Art on Lauriston Place, and also continues to offer events of interest to theatre-goers.

Aug 26 2021 | By | Reply More
Lyceum Christmas Tales I-IV

Lyceum Christmas Tales I-IV

★★★★☆ Tasty selection

With festive theatre lacking like so much in 2020, the Lyceum’s online Christmas Tales go along way towards compensating.

Dec 12 2020 | By | Reply More
Lyceum stage revealed

Lyceum stage revealed

New configuration revealed in Kitson show

When Daniel Kitson’s new show Dot. Dot. Dot. opened live from the Lyceum stage on Sunday November 1, 2020, it revealed the full extent of the theatre’s new boarded-over auditorium.

Nov 3 2020 | By | Reply More
Lyceum’s Live Xmas

Lyceum’s Live Xmas

Live Shows planned for Christmas:

The Lyceum Theatre has revealed plans for a live family production in December, staged in a dramatically re-shaped auditorium to enhance social distancing.

Oct 8 2020 | By | 1 Reply More
Below the Blanket

Below the Blanket

★★★★☆    Twilit contemplation:

What’s not to love about wandering through the Botanics at twilight? Always a great place to escape the bustle of city life, it becomes even more so if you visit after the gates have officially shut.

Jul 28 2019 | By | Reply More
Leaf by Niggle

Leaf by Niggle

★★★★☆    Imaginative:
Richard Medrington and the Puppet State Theatre Company bring a charming staging of Tolkien’s minor work Leaf by Niggle to the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

Sep 7 2017 | By | Reply More
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