Strange Town
Strange Town actor for West End Macbeth
David Tennant’s hit Macbeth transfers to Harold Pinter theatre
Edinburgh’s Strange Town theatre company and young acting agency has another West End star in its books as Raffi Phillips joins his fellow cast members in the transfer of the Donmar Warehouse’s Macbeth to the Harold Pinter theatre.
Strange Town’s tidal trilogy
Youth company celebrates 15th year with trilogy at Traverse
Youth company Strange Town is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and will be staging a trilogy of new plays, in the theme of Tides, performed by its young companies at the Traverse in June.
And… And… And…
★★★★☆ Captures the essence
Strange Town Touring Company’s And… And… And… takes time out from its tour round Edinburgh’s schools, to play the Traverse for two nights only, proving that Isla Cowan’s script is worth a wider audience.
Gen Z goes live
Strange Town returns to live with multi-artform production
Leading Scottish youth company, Edinburgh’s Strange Town, is returning to live performance with Generation Z: The Future is Unwritten – a hybrid production featuring over 120 young people.
Dr Korczak’s Example
★★★★☆ Exemplary:
There is both bleakness and hope in Dr Korczak’s Example, Strange Town’s production which has made a return to the Fringe at the Storytelling Centre.
EdFringe Theatre – Professional Companies
Edinburgh’s Professional theatre companies at EdFringe:
As the fringe continues to grow, so does the input from Edinburgh-based companies. This year there are an unprecedented 93 different productions in the theatre section of the Fringe programme alone.
Wake up!
Strange Town looks to the future for its tenth anniversary:
Edinburgh youth company Strange Town is taking to the Traverse stage this week with a pair of new plays loosely inspired by the theme of The Future, but both going in very different directions.
Strange Town’s New Patron
Youth company marks tenth year:
Edinburgh’s Strange Town youth theatre is marking its tenth anniversary year with the announcement of actor Tallulah Greive as its Patron.
New Traverse Shows
Shows announced for May and June:
Work from Rona Munro, Strange Town, Annie George and Harry Josephine Giles will feature in productions in the Traverse’s May-June 2019 programme.
Dr. Korczak’s Example
★★★☆☆ Powerful:
Strange Town Theatre Company take us to a war-town Warsaw in Steve Small’s raw and powerful staging of David Greig’s Dr Korczak’s Example.
