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Susan Wales Hampson
Amateur theatre stalwart dies aged 72:
Susan Wales Hampson, a pillar of Edinburgh’s amateur theatre scene in both an official and personal capacity, has died on Sunday 15 September 2019. She was 72.
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Farce wins SCDA one-act fest
The St Serf’s Players’ Bangholm team has won the Edinburgh round of the SCDA one-act festival with a fast-paced farce: Over His Dead Body by Jack Booth.
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SCDA One Act festival kicks off
The Scottish Community Drama Associations one act competition kicks off tonight, Thursday 20 February, with heats taking place across the country.
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Challenging nights at SCDA One Act Festival
The SCDA’s three-evening festival of one act plays opens at St Serf’s in controversial mode on Valentines night with a Sixties examination of racism deemed so problematic it comes with its own contents warning.
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Edinburgh Amateurs On The Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh-based amateur theatre companies appearing in the fringe:
It’s Edinburgh’s festival, and Edinburgh’s amateur and student theatre companies aren’t about to let anyone forget, with a programme of events which would make a pretty decent festival in their own right.
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Æ News – Edinburgh Am-Drams go Head-to-Head
Edinburgh District heats of SCDA one-act competition held this week:
It is a busy week for those of Edinburgh’s amateur companies which are members of the Scottish Community Drama Association as the first heats of its 79th annual one-act play competition are held at St Serf’s Hall, Goldenacre.