Bedknobs & Broomsticks for Fest Theatre
World Premiere adaptation tours to Edinburgh in 2022
The new musical production of Bedknobs and Broomsticks is set to tour to Edinburgh’s Festival theatre in 2022, after visiting Glasgow’s King’s in November this year.
Jim Haynes
Traverse co-founder dies in Paris
Jim Haynes, who co-founded the Traverse Theatre in 1963, has died in hospital in Paris. He was 87.
Student Actors Wanted
Researcher investigates Covid-19 impact
Edinburgh student Daisy Penman is looking to interview students (of any discipline and at any establishment) who want to be professional actors in the future
White Christmas in 2021
Playhouse confirms Irving Berlin classic for 2021
The West End production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will now play the Edinburgh Playhouse for the Festival season 2021/2022, with tickets on sale, Monday 21 December 2020.
12Ks of Xmas for Sick Kids
Panto stars stage charity walk for Sick Kids
A dozen Edinburgh-based panto stars are swapping their spectacular walk downs for a 12K sponsored walk for the Sick Kids in this year of no live pantomimes.
A calendar to review
Calendar outing for #NothingToReviewHere
Æ editor Thom Dibdin and photographer Peter Dibdin are bringing back their #NothingToReviewHere project with a 13-page calendar for 2021.
Covid-19 impact research
Creative Scotland to asses financial impact on sector
Creative Scotland has created a new online survey to examine the impact and challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic on Scotland’s creative sectors.
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.
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
