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Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Mairi Picken

Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Mairi Picken

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 Mairi Picken.

Aug 13 2024 | By | Reply More
EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Nine

EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Nine

The #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview projects

In the eerily fallow Fringe of 2020 and weirdly hybrid event of the following year, The Dibdin Brothers, Thom & Peter, published a daily image from around Edinburgh. Today, we marked the opening day of the Book Festival…

Aug 11 2024 | By | Reply More
EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Eight

EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Eight

The #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview projects

In the eerily fallow Fringe of 2020 and weirdly hybrid event of the following year, The Dibdin Brothers, Thom & Peter, published a daily image from around Edinburgh. Here are the two days featuring the Assembly Roxy.

Aug 10 2024 | By | Reply More
EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Seven

EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Seven

The #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview projects

In the eerily fallow Fringe of 2020 and weirdly hybrid event of the following year, The Dibdin Brothers, Thom & Peter, published a daily image from around Edinburgh. Here’s Day 7 from 2020 and two venues for the price of one!

Aug 8 2024 | By | Reply More
Palette to take Summerhall lease

Palette to take Summerhall lease

Edinburgh Palette is set to take over the building and tenant management of Summerhall, from the current entity responsible, Summerhall Management, and is negotiating a three year lease with the current owners Oesselmann Estate Limited.

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EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Six

EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Six

The #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview projects

In the eerily fallow Fringe of 2020 and weirdly hybrid event of the following year, The Dibdin Brothers, Thom & Peter, published a daily image from around Edinburgh. Here’s day Six. The day of the random ice skater…

Aug 7 2024 | By | Reply More
EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Five

EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Five

The #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview projects

In the eerily fallow Fringe of 2020 and weirdly hybrid event of the following year, The Dibdin Brothers, Thom & Peter, published a daily image from around Edinburgh. Here’s day 5 – with THAT wee dog on photobombing duty!

Aug 6 2024 | By | Reply More
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

★★★★★ Dark

Bare Productions go hard on Into the Woods, James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s popular mashup of fairytales, to expose its utter cruelty and the callousness of many of the favourite pantomime heroes that people the musical.

Aug 5 2024 | By | Reply More
EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Four

EdFringe lockdown memories: Day Four

The #NothingToReviewHere and #SomethingToReview projects

In the eerily fallow Fringe of 2020 and weirdly hybrid event of the following year, The Dibdin Brothers, Thom & Peter, published a daily image from around Edinburgh. Day Four: The Pleasance.

Aug 5 2024 | By | Reply More
Shakespeare adjacent pairings

Shakespeare adjacent pairings

It’s the Bard, Bill, just not as you know him

Following Necessary Cat’s brilliant pairing of Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at the Fringe of 2023, the Edinburgh-based company is back with Macbeth and David Greig’s Dunsinane.

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