Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Kay Ann Jacobs
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 Kay Ann Jacobs
Edinburgh, Cream of the CATS
Edinburgh companies win half CATS 2024
Three Edinburgh companies shared half the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2024 (CATS), awarded in a ceremony at the Glasgow Theatre Royal today, Sunday 16 June.
Preview & Listings: Mon 10 – Sun 16 June 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
Its a week of big shows in small numbers, with the pick of the theatre coming from Sally Reid’s CATS-winning performance in Shirley Valentine at the Lyceum.
SIX not out
Sold out show to return in 2025
This week’s performances of SIX at the Edinburgh Playhouse, like nearly every performance of the show, sold out well in advance. The good news is that SIX is to return in October 2025, with tickets on sale now.
Tales from the Towpath
★★★★☆ Water-born histories
It’s not often that productions begin with a safety warning – and the reassurance that you are unlikely to drown if the venue sinks – but not many productions are staged on a barge on the Union Canal.
Harris’s Duchess goes West End
Dr Who star plays title role in Lyceum-created play
Jodie Whittaker is to play the title role in The Duchess, Zinnie Harris’s bloody indictment of misogyny, at the Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End, Oct 5 – Dec 20 2024.
Preview and Listings: Mon 3 – Sun 9 June 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s a big week for local youth company Strange Town with four shows on offer, the opening of Scottish Opera’s rather wonderful Traviata at the Fesital and the final week of Sunset Song at the Lyceum.
Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Kiki McLeod
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 Kiki McLeod.
Bookfest ends sponsorship deal
“Collective” agreement to end 20-year partnership with Baillie Gifford
The board and management of Edinburgh International Book Festival have announced that the Festival’s 20-year partnership with main sponsor Baillie Gifford has been ended by mutual consent.
Preview & Listings Mon 27 May – Sun 2 June 2024
What’s on Edinburgh’s stages this week?
It’s the big week for Edinburgh’s children’s theatre with the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival iin town, featuring no less than four Scottish productions among the 14 shows in venues around town.
