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Locally Wicked

Locally Wicked

Fife born Megan Gardiner stars in UK tour opening at Playhouse

Fife-born actor Megan Gardiner is set to star as Nessarose, Elphaba’s wee sister, in the UK and Ireland tour of Wicked which opens at the Edinburgh Playhouse in December for a six week run.

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Home Made with MGA

Home Made with MGA

Wonder Fools lead Academy’s Zoom production:

Edinburgh’s MGA Academy has teamed up with Wonder Fools to create Home Made, a new online Zoom production with their 3rd year acting students, streaming live this Friday 15 May 2020.

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A Christmas Wish 2017

A Christmas Wish 2017

★★★★☆ Christmas Cheer:

The MGA Academy gets right into the Christmas spirit with a selection of the best festive songs in A Christmas Wish at the Usher Hall.

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Dames at Sea

Dames at Sea

★★★★☆ Sea swell:
Chorus girls and sailor boys fill St Stephen’s Stockbridge as MGA’s winter season of shows continues with graduating Musical Theatre course students.

Nov 11 2017 | By | Reply More
The Ash Girl

The Ash Girl

★★★☆☆ Dark tales

Christmas theatre has come early and in the darkest of garb to the Assembly Roxy as the 3rd year MGA acting students give an intriguing account of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Ash Girl.

Nov 8 2017 | By | Reply More
The Great American Trailer Park Musical

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

★★★★★   Trash Hit:
Local youngsters from the MGA Academy bring trailer-trash America to the heart of Edinburgh in this hilarious and entertaining production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical.

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Five Kinds of Silence

Five Kinds of Silence

★★★☆☆  Dark and twisted:
Students and graduates from the MGA Academy make their professional debut in a dark and twisted all-new production of Shelagh Stephenson’s Five Kinds of Silence.

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Free course at MGA

Free course at MGA

Free course for young male performers:
The MGA Academy of Performing Arts is inviting budding young male performers for a week of free classes, workshops and question-and-answer sessions.

Jul 17 2017 | By | Reply More
TEN

TEN

★★★★☆ Pert and pertinent:
Bold, bright and unashamedly bouncy, the MGA Academy’s tenth anniversary show at the King’s this week is also a surprisingly pertinent piece of entertainment.

Jun 24 2016 | By | 1 Reply More
A Decade of MGA

A Decade of MGA

Edinburgh performing arts academy’s tenth birthday bash:
Edinburgh’s MGA Academy of performing arts celebrates ten years of putting daughters (and sons) on the stage, with TEN, playing the King’s Theatre this week.

Jun 23 2016 | By | Reply More