Archive for November, 2020
Fibres
★★★★☆ Emotive
Fibres, the online filmed version of the 2019 Citizens and Stellar Quines co-production, offers humour, emotion and political impact.
Beauty and Beast’s Edinburgh Date
Playhouse tickets for 2021 tour on sale Thurs 26 Nov.
Tickets for Edinburgh’s October 2021 dates of the new, “reimagined” production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the Playhouse in go on sale at 12 noon today, Thursday 26 November 2020.
Lament for Sheku Bayoh
★★★★★ Essential
Lament for Sheku Bayoh, the Lyceum’s online co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland and the Edinburgh International Festival, is a work of huge impact on many levels.
shrapnel
★★★☆☆ Timely
There is a timeliness and emotional truth to Shrapnel, Production Lines’s online play by CMFWood, that is enhanced by being presented live.
Brunton puts panto on screen
Rapunzel hangs out on Brunton’s Silver Screen
The Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh is determined to put on panto this year, so has created a film version of Rapunzel The Pantomime, screening in its cinema over Christmas – and available to stream online
Roxy Creative Labs
Week-long creative labs – first deadline looming
Assembly Roxy is inviting artists, makers and freelancers into the building to take part in three Creative Labs, each for one week only, with applications for the first lab due this Monday, 16 November 2020.
Musicals Hub for Studio
Cap Theatres to develop new Scottish musicals
Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre have set up a new joint venture, the Musical Commissioning Hub, to work with Scottish musicians and writers to develop new musicals.
The CATS 2020 in full
All the nominees and winners for #CATS20
The eighteenth Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland have been announced with 24 different plays nominated for the 41 place short list.
Edinburgh’s CATS credits
Half noms; majority of wins have Edinburgh credits
This year’s delayed Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland have been announced, with Edinburgh associations for 20 of the 41 nominations and winners in seven of the ten categories.
Being Viable
#ThouArtViable launch fundraising Xmas Cards
A group of Scotland-based theatre professionals have pooled resources under the name of Thou Art Viable to release a limited run of charity festive cards and are inviting other artists to take part.
