Archive for June, 2017
Shakedown’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★☆ Shaken & stirred
Shaking down Shakespeare is a well-worn pastime, but Pab Roberts has taken it to a new level with his Shakedown version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged at the King’s for two performances only.
Cox for King’s
Brian Cox made honorary patron for King’s campaign:
Scottish actor Brian Cox is to become honorary patron of the £25m campaign to transform the King’s Theatre for future generations.
Horror Casting Call
Horror fest seeks spooked up performers:
The Edinburgh Horror Festival is looking for actors of all ages over 18 and genders to take part in its 2017 festival to be held at the end of October.
The Hard Man
Rehearsed reading:
Opening up the scope of the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s retrospective on noted Scottish polymath Tom McGrath, the staged script reading of his 1977 play The Hard Man sits perfectly with McGrath’s “explorer” image.
Ka-BLOOM!
Details of Bloom, EIF 2017 opening event:
St Andrew Square will burst into Bloom on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 of August 2017 to herald the opening of the 70th anniversary Edinburgh International Festival
Electric Contact – A Jazz Tribute to Tom McGrath
★★★★★ Explored:
Three Thomases – Tom, Tommie and Tam – got the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s retrospective tribute to the late, great Tom McGrath off to a belter of a start on Friday night.
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
★★★☆☆ Charming:
Varied and constantly intriguing, A Night at the Cinema in 1914 provides both historical perspective and live entertainment.
#EdFringe Casting Call
Theatre Alba seek cast for family season:
Theatre Alba has put out an urgent casting call for its family season of shows at Duddingston Kirk during the 2017 Edinburgh fringe which will be staged on a profit-share basis.
This Story of Yours
Rehearsed reading:
The theatre element of the Edinburgh International Film Festival got off to a cracking start on Thursday, with This Story of Yours the first of three one-off rehearsed script readings in Traverse 1.
New Culture Cttee for Council
Former provost appointed culture convenor:
The City of Edinburgh Council has created a new Culture Committee in the restructuring of its committee system agreed at the first full meeting of the new administration today, Thursday 22 June 2017.
