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North Leith Limbo
Slavery “central issue” in play inspired by Leith graves
The Ghosts of North Leith, at North Leith Parish Church for three nights only this week, sees the Citadel Arts Group weave together scripts based on stories behind graves in the Coburg Street Burial Ground.
Mormons return…
The Book of Mormon is returning to the Edinburgh Playhouse for a three week run, from Tue 15 Oct to Sat 2 Nov, 2024, with tickets now on general sale.
Culture still in middle of “perfect storm”
Culture Committee’s damning report on Scot Gov’s culture policy.
The ‘perfect storm’ of financial pressures facing Scotland’s culture sector “has not abated” over the last year, according to a new report from Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee.
The Trotters are coming!
And not just the Trotters, Abba, Flatley and the Pink Ladies too…
New shows at the Edinburgh Playhouse have been announced, with tickets now on sale (here) for the tour of Only Fools and Horses – The Musical arriving in November 2024.
101 Dalmatians musical for Edinburgh
Zinnie Harris adaptation for Playhouse in 2024
Zinnie Harris’s adaptation of 101 Dalmatians, Dodie Smith’s children’s classic, with a book by Johnny McKnight and music by Douglas Hodge, will play Edinburgh Playhouse in November 2024 as part of a UK tour.
Les Mis for Glasgow Hydro
Oct 2024 dates for Les Misérables arena spectacular
Tickets have gone on sale for the Glasgow leg of the Les Misérables Arena Spectacular world tour, which will be playing the SSE Hydro Arena, Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October 2024.
Still Waiting…
Sequel to Waiting in the Wings for Church Hill
Still Waiting in the Wings, a charity concert to raise funds for brain tumour research, is taking place at the Church Hill Theatre this weekend, with an evening performance on Friday 13 and Saturday matinee on 14 October 2023.
Inclusivity award for Cap Theatres
Capital Theatres heads Scottish winners at UK Theatre Awards
Capital Theatres’ “pioneering and ambitious” dementia-friendly programme, started in 2015, has won the Excellence in Inclusivity award at this year’s UK Theatre awards, held in London’s Guildhall on Sunday, 8 October 2023.
Jude for the West End
Edinburgh Oscar winner in Enfield Haunting
Edinburgh school student Jude Coward Nicoll has been cast alongside Catherine Tate and David Threlfall in The Enfield Haunting, playing in London’s West End at the Ambassadors Theatre for a limited season.
Xmas Carol Casting Call
The Forth Act gets Dickensian for Christmas
Edinburgh amateur theatre company The Forth Act, is set to stage an adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at St Salvador’s Church in Stenhouse in the second week of December 2023.
