Archive for June, 2017
Footloose Auditions Afoot
Bohemians boot camp and casting call for Footloose:
The Bohemians’ boot camp for putative performers in the March 2018 production of Footloose the Musical is this weekend, 10-11 June 2017, ahead of open auditions the following weekend.
Shackleton
★★★☆☆ Committed
There is an undeniable poetic charm to Blue Raincoat’s Shackleton, at the Traverse to Friday and touring to the Tron next week.
VPT’s Traverse Dates
Four nights for Village Pub Theatre
Village Pub Theatre, the script-in hand new writing collective, is staging As You Make It, four nights of new work at the Traverse over the next fortnight.
Boaby pulls the CATS
Gavin Mitchell to compere Scottish theatre awards:
Gavin Mitchell, known to millions as Boabby the constantly sneering barman of the Clansman pub in Still Game has been announced as presenter for the 15th Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, to be held on Sunday 11 June 2017.
Hello, Creatives!
Southern Light reveal Hello, Dolly! creative team:
The creative team behind Southern Light’s March 2018 production of Hello, Dolly! at the Edinburgh King’s has been revealed with Crawford Moyes taking over as Musical Director.
The Diary of Anne Frank
★★★★☆ Necessary:
Combining delicacy, steel and emotional truth, Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank is both timely and accomplished.
Sasquatch Casting Call
Faith No More founder looking for #EdFringe singers:
Roddy Bottum, the film composer and founding member of Faith No More, has put out a casting call for his new experimental work, Sasquatch The Opera, at Edinburgh Fringe 2017.
Bring On the Clowns
Clown Cabaret Scratch Night on the up
Edinburgh-based Clown Cabaret Scratch Night, which has had six successful riotous assemblies of clown acts and innovative ideas, has been awarded Creative Scotland Open Project funding.
