Lyceum petition – Management respond
A statement from the Theatre’s joint directors:
Following the launch of the petition to Save the Lyceum Workforce, All Edinburgh Theatre contacted the theatre’s management team for a comment on the petition, its wording and the ongoing negotiations over redundancies.
Petition to save Lyceum workforce
Brian Cox lends support to Lyceum “family”
Actor Brian Cox has put his support behind staff at the Lyceum, where he had his first acting job, calling for management to be “absolutely straight with their incredibly loyal staff exactly what is proposed for the theatre’s future.”
Kids wanted to Rock!
Online casting call for School of Rock Tour:
The producers of School of Rock have put out an open call for kids aged eight to twelve years old to submit online auditions for the upcoming UK tour, which plays Scotland in March 2021.
Playfulness Online
PlayfulFest goes online for second edition:
Edinburgh’s bi-annual PlayfulFest has gone online for 2020, with ten events scheduled to take place from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 June 2020.
Playhouse dark to Aug 2
All ATG theatres closed to Sunday 2 August:
Ambassador Theatre Group, owners of the Edinburgh Playhouse, has today, Wed 3 June, confirmed that all its UK theatres will be closed at least until Sunday August 2, 2020.
Weekend Wonders
Edinburgh folk on the Wild World Web…
There’s still plenty happening online for those still caught up in Lockdown shielding with some Edinburgh performance peeps who are involved in some very fine work over the weekend to take your minds of those allowed to socialise.
Gang Show Cancels
No Edinburgh Gang Show in 2020:
The Edinburgh Gang Show Management Team has announced that it has cancelled this year’s show because of ongoing concerns about Covid-19.
Scenes for Survival online
NTS launches crisis-response online project:
The first six pieces of the National Theatre of Scotland’s season of short digital artworks, Scenes for Survival, launches tonight, Wednesday 27 May 2020, and will remain online for two years.
Strictly Ballroom Reschedules
New 2022 dates for Edinburgh Playhouse:
Strictly Ballroom the Musical, staring Kevin Clifton has rescheduled its planned tour putting its dates back a year to 2021/22, arriving at the Edinburgh Playhouse in March 2022.
“Hibernation” for Lyceum
Lyceum goes dark for remainder of 2020:
The Lyceum is to enter a period of “hibernation” as a building-based producing theatre with immediate effect, postponing all 2020 shows and entering into negotiations with all staff over redundancies.
