ORAN Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2024
Òran, written by Owen Sutcliffe, with music by VanIves, runs 31st July - 25th August (not 5th,12th,19th) at Baby Grand, Pleasance Courtyard @15:15.
Review: SAME TEAM, Traverse Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Dec 17, 2023
Five women have come together with one goal, one dream. Coming from very different backgrounds in life they have to work together as a team if they want to do what no one from Scotland has ever done before. To win the Homeless World Cup, and bring the trophy home.
Recruitment Opens For Headlong Origins Directors 2023
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2023
Headlong has begun recruitment for the next wave of Headlong Origins Directors. The programme, which forms part of the company's commitment to supporting the next generation of theatre makers, looks to celebrate and nurture early career directors from throughout the UK, outside of London.
Review: 549: SCOTS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Oct 9, 2022
In a small pub in Prestonpans, East Lothian, four millennials are told a story. The true story of four local miners who, 86 years ago, travelled from the streets of Prestonpans to the valleys of Spain. They gave up everything that was familiar: for a land that was not; for a people they had never met; and for a cause they believed was right.
Wonder Fools Will Visit The Brunton Theatre First On New Mainstage and Rural Scottish Theatre Tour
by Stephi Wild - Aug 26, 2022
Wonder Fools - one of Scotland's most impressive and community-centred modern theatre companies - is bringing their nationally-acclaimed hit show - 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War - on a Scottish mainstage tour for the first time ever, including new music from BBC Scottish Artist of the Year finalist 'VanIves' and new design from award-winning Becky Minto.
Headlong Origins Artists Announced For 2022
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2022
Today, Anna Berentzen, Callum Berridge, Sam Hardie, Mandeep Kaur Glover and Emily Ling Williams have been announced as the Headlong Origins Artists for 2022. Now entering its third year, the programme aims to celebrate and nurture early career theatre makers from across the UK, outside London.
Almeida Theatre Announces Cast for THE KEY WORKERS CYCLE
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 3, 2022
The Almeida Theatre has announced the professional cast joining the previously announced eighty strong community company for The Key Workers Cycle, a cycle of nine new plays celebrating the stories of those who keep our daily lives running.
BWW Review: MEET JAN BLACK, Gaiety Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Apr 3, 2021
A new comedy that takes Year of the Rona and replaces it with Year of the Jan. It’s a show for anyone who wanted to run down the street screaming NO every time we had another zoom call to make; for those who saw the families on Gogglebox more than their own; and for all us who want to put that last year behind them and get back in the theatre, to return to that sense of being together as a community. A hilarious show guaranteed to make us feel closer to each other than we have all of last year.
Traverse Theatre Launches Traverse 3 and Extension of Traverse Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2020
The Traverse Theatre was founded with the hope of carrying the spirit of Edinburgh's Festivals throughout the year- and in 2020 they have been inspired by their past to create a new future as they announce the launch of Traverse 3, their new online venue, and the extension of its Traverse Festival programme throughout the rest of the year.