Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for a chat with Poppy Burton-Morgan about her latest project What was the transition like from poetry pamphlet to full stage performance? Well, it’s been a gradual and joyously iterative process. The show really…
Reading Time: 3 minutesA captivating celebration of feminine history in Edinburgh Do you ever wonder about influential women in Scotland’s history who don’t get the recognition they deserve? Monumental by F-Bomb theatre takes the form of a walking tour, as…
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo young men play something that looks a lot like football as the crowd sits down in the circle of chairs surrounding the stage. The floor is marked to resemble a school gym, various circles and dotted lines laid out to vaguely resemble the courts of various sports.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf, after reading the programme, you're thinking “this show sounds a bit like a Scottish version of Brassed Off”, you’d be half right. It’s also about a brass band based in a historical mining town, and the community created around it, but with a very different tone and sensibility.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCelebrating the 75th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ beloved novel, this touring production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is nothing short of spellbinding.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInspired by the 1991 tribunal which determined the true identity of a Jaffa Cake, multi-award winning Gigglemug Theatre return to the Edinburgh Fringe and Bristol.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Edinburgh’s Rebellious Truth Lecture-recital series in its fifth year, in partnership with Edinburgh TradFest. The role of the lecture is to explore the role of traditional artists and the arts in addressing societal concerns, with presentation and performances.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvocative storytelling The tale of “Bog Standard” is anything but bog standard. Written and narrated by journalist and story-teller Rachel Pugh, and directed by Marion Kenny, it is the true story of how Rachel unwittingly uncovered one…
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Limited. Southern Light: Jesus Christ Superstar The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMay 5th saw the show at Edinburgh TradFest split in two halves - a set from avant folk vocalist and composer Fiona Soe Paing, followed by this year’s special commission “For The Love of Trees” created by harpist, singer and composer Mary Macmaster.