Archive for January, 2017
Paradok Casting Call
Scottish debut for The Nether:
Edinburgh amateur company Paradok has issued an open casting call for its Scottish premiere of Jennifer Haley’s “provocative” play, The Nether.
Captivate want more
2017 Fringe Experience auditions:
Captivate Theatre has put out an open audition call for young participants in the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Experience summer school productions of Annie and Oliver!.
Wicked Flies Back
2018 Playhouse dates for smash musical:
Wicked, the musical telling the back-stories of the witches of Oz, has announced a 2018 UK tour, including a five week run at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Stott swaps studio for stage
Forth One DJ plans new #EdFringe show
Radio Forth DJ and King’s panto villain, Grant Stott, is planning to bring a new two-man show to this summer’s Edinburgh fringe with fellow panto pal Andy Gray.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
★★★☆☆ Uneasy:
Picnic at Hanging Rock, presented at the Lyceum by the Australian companies Malthouse and Black Swan, is a well-crafted production that is never quite as frightening as it wants to be.
Sweeney Casting Call
Men wanted for #EdFringe 2017 production:
Captivate Theatre has put out details of its auditions for “older” (20-60 year-olds) for its Edinburgh Fringe production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.
LYAMC Auditions 2017
LYAMC Annual auditions on Jan 15:
The Lothian Youth Arts and Musicals Company has announced its annual auditions for Sunday 15 January 2017.
Running Wild Tour
Morpurgo tale set for King’s:
A play based on Running Wild, Michael Morpurgo’s version of the true story of how a child escaped the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami on the back of an elephant, is coming to the King’s Theatre in May.
Welsh adopts Leith Theatre
Irvine Welsh to be Leith Theatre patron
Leith Theatre Trust has increased the heat in its attempts to save Leith’s only major theatre, a year after signing a five year lease to run the venue.
