Archive for July, 2024

EdFringe 2024: Music, cabaret & dance

EdFringe 2024: Music, cabaret & dance

Edinburgh-made music, cabaret & dance at #EdFringe 2024

Beside all the theatre and musicals on offer here are 21 shows with a theatrical bent in the music, cabaret, and dance sections of the EdFringe portal.

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EdFringe 2024: Musicals & opera

EdFringe 2024: Musicals & opera

Edinburgh-made musical theatre & opera at #EdFringe 2024

Edinburgh companies are well represented in the Musicals section of the fringe programme, with 25 different productions. Thanks largely to the eight musicals being staged by Captivate.

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EdFringe 2024: Theatre for children & young people

EdFringe 2024: Theatre for children & young people

Edinburgh-made theatre for children & young people at #EdFringe 2024

There is a strong showing of theatre for children this year, with 18 shows in the listing, aimed at audiences ranging from babes in arms to early teens.

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EdFringe 2024: Professional & funded theatre

EdFringe 2024: Professional & funded theatre

Edinburgh-made theatre from professional and funded companies at #EdFringe 2024

Here are listings for the 12 theatre productions by Edinburgh-based professional and funded companies on in Edinburgh during the Fringe in 2024.

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EdFringe 2024: Youth & student theatre

EdFringe 2024: Youth & student theatre

Edinburgh-made youth and student theatre at #EdFringe 2024

There’s a big upswing in theatre from Edinburgh’s student and youth companies this year. Although the core remains the eight co-productions from the New Celts – a welcome initiative from Napier University to give their students a professional platform on the Fringe.

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EdFringe 2024: Grassroots theatre

EdFringe 2024: Grassroots theatre

Edinburgh-made theatre by grassroots companies at #EdFringe 2024

Grassroots companies of one kind or another make up the majority of theatre made in Edinburgh, with an amazing, although quite frankly unwieldy in listings terms, 68 different productions.

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EdFringe 2024: Amateur theatre

EdFringe 2024: Amateur theatre

Edinburgh-made theatre from amateur companies at #EdFringe 2024

Edinburgh’s amateur companies were at the first ever Fringe and they are still here, with an intriguing and hugely ambitious programme of theatre that spans the genres.

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EdFringe: Made in Edinburgh 2024

EdFringe: Made in Edinburgh 2024

All Edinburgh’s Theatre at the Fringe in 2024

Edinburgh is once again hosting the greatest cultural event on earth. People from all over the world who work in and love the performing arts, arrive here for three weeks of brilliant drama, dance, comedy and art. Here’s the guide to Æ’s coverage of everything #MadeInEdinbugh

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Edinburgh-based artists at the 2024 Festivals

Edinburgh-based artists at the 2024 Festivals

Professional Edinburgh-based theatre makers in the 2024 Festivals, collated with the support of EPAD

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Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Keith Watson

Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Keith Watson

Lung Ha at 40

To mark its 40th anniversary, Lung Ha theatre commissioned a series of portraits of the 25-strong company from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. We are publishing a new portrait every fortnight. Today our spotlight is on Lung Ha actor Keith Watson.

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