Posts Tagged ‘theatre’
2-for-1 ticket offer at leading Scottish theatres
Scottish theatres have joined more than 100 theatres UK wide for the new campaign, for which The National Lottery is providing up to £2 million to subsidise over 150,000 tickets across the UK. Throughout March, National Lottery players can get 2-for-1 theatre tickets for performances, including Hairspray, which is coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse from…
Read MoreMòd 2021’s £1.2m boost to Inverness and the Highlands
The Royal National Mòd 2021 generated £1.2m for the economy in Inverness and the Highland Council area, as well as providing a huge social and cultural boost. The 129-year-old event, which took place at Eden Court Theatre from October 8 to 16, celebrated Gaelic language and culture, featuring a variety of incredible competitions, performances and…
Read MoreStudents set to bring their biggest production to life
The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group returns to live theatre after two years tonight, presenting their biggest production ever: Legally Blonde the Musical. It runs at the Church Hill Theatre, in Morningside, Edinburgh, from January 25 to January 29. In Legally Blonde the Musical, Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned…
Read MoreCharity looks to enhance cultural life in the Borders
A former Sotheby’s Scotland head has become a cultural charity’s first managing director. The Marchmont Makers Foundation, set up in 2021 by the team which runs Marchmont House, near Greenlaw, has just taken a significant step forward by appointing Lucy Brown to lead its development and growth. The foundation aims to become a major supporter…
Read MoreX by Glenmorangie is added to the mix
Glenmorangie has launched a new ‘made to mix’ whisky. X by Glenmorangie has been highlighted at a striking terrace in Edinburgh, with a Made to Mix jukebox taking centre stage for the launch. X by Glenmorangie’s Made to Mix jukebox places the new single malt, which is specially made for mixing, as a star attraction…
Read MoreHigh spirits as The Alchemist opens first Scots restaurant
The Alchemist officially opens the doors to its first-ever Scottish site today. October 22. Based in the heart of Edinburgh’s St James Quarter – and it’s offering locals the chance to get in touch with their spiritual side. Teaming up with world renowned centre for spirituality, The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, The Alchemist will…
Read MoreAll-female The Tempest will re-open The Tron Theatre
Drama is returning to Glasgow’s Tron Theatre later this month. The last, exclusively Tron Theatre Company production to grace the main auditorium stage was the 2019 pantomime, Cinderfella, and they have announced their re-opening production, The Tempest will run from 29 October–13 November – and will also be one with an all-female cast. Artistic director,…
Read MoreEco play Who Are You? ready to receive its premiere
An environmentally-themed play is set to take to the stage – and online – in the capital this month. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, in association with Naked Productions, are staging the Sound Stage premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s (Our Country’s Good) new environmentally themed play Who Are You?. Sound Stage is…
Read MoreA unique night time promenade performance
Dunes by the sea are coming to life each night until September 19. Commissioned by Hospitalfield and Arbroath 2020+1, Over Lunan is an extraordinary promenade performance in the dunes of Lunan Bay near Arbroath in Angus. Created by Angus Farquhar, creative director of social action and arts organisation Aproxima Arts with dramaturg and former Artistic…
Read MoreReviews: Madhouse
This play, Madhouse, was like being in a student house, chaotic and disruptive. The setting is a kitchen table and the themes explored include the usual travails of student life, pregnancy, sexual orientation confusion, debt, self harm and the ultimate crime of student communal living, sleeping with a fellow flat mate. At times amusing with…
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