St Stephen’s
Hamlet with Ian McKellen
★★★☆☆ Slightly underwhelming
With a performance concept by Peter Schaufuss and Ian McKellen there was a high level of expectation surrounding this world premiere of a new version of Hamlet.
New Edinburgh Ballet School
Schaufuss announces new ballet school:
Peter Schaufuss has revealed that he will be opening the full-time Edinburgh Festival Ballet School, from September 2019, with an initial masterclass session in March this year.
Spring Awakening
★★★☆☆ Echo chamber:
There is plenty of potential in Shoogly Peg’s production of the musical version of Spring Awakening, based on Frank Wedekind’s often censored play of 1891, at St Stephen’s to Saturday.
Shoogly adults callout
Adult roles in Spring Awakening up for grabs:
Local youth company Shoogly Peg Productions is staging the musical version of Spring Awakening in June and is looking for two adults to perform in the show.
St Stephen’s Sold
Peter Schaufuss to buy St Stephen’s
Danish choreographer Peter Schaufuss has reportedly agreed to buy long-time fringe venue St Stephen’s from its current owner, Leslie Benzies, the president of games company Rockstar North.
American Idiot
★★★☆☆ Energetic:
Full of sound but lacking in fury, Shoogly Peg Productions’ American Idiot is stuffed with talent and energy, but ultimately lacks focus.
St Stephen’s Returns
Landmark venue in market for fringe tenant:
The St Stephen’s Centre in Stockbridge has reopened and is actively looking for a tenant to run the building during the 2015 fringe.
Rockstar president Leslie Benzies buys St Stephen’s
Leslie Benzies, president of Rockstar North the company behind the internationally successful computer game Grand Theft Auto, has been confirmed as the purchaser of the St Stephen’s Centre in Stockbridge.
St Stephen’s out of fringe 2014
St Stephen’s has been all but ruled out as a venue for this year’s fringe as it emerges that the Church of Scotland and the prospective purchaser of the venue are still negotiating the legal side of the sale.
Media Mogul behind St Stephen’s bid
The St Stephens Playfair Trust which lost out in its bid to purchase the St Stephen’s Centre arts venue has said it knows the identity of the winning bidder.
