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Creative Scotland has announced it will protect funding for arts organisations and absorb a £1.2 million cut to government funding itself. The
Scottish planning policy should incorporate the 'agent of change' principle and put culture at its heart, the Theatres Trust has claimed. The
Culture has been hit with a headline 9.5% cut in the Scottish government’s draft budget, published in Edinburgh on December 16. Overall,
It's a boogie wonderland at the Playhouse as Priscilla Queen of the Desert returns for a three week run " and proves to be in better shape than ever, with a few judicious tweaks and a brace …
Perth Theatre is seeking people who have worked at the venue to share their memories as part of a new heritage project.
There is a magical sense of discovery to White, the show for two to four year-olds which returns to the Traverse for the run up to Christmas.
It's a simple story, about Cotton and Wrinkle…
"Two winter's tales": Tracks of the Winter Bear, the Traverse's pre-Christmas show which plays up until Christmas Eve, is an odd beast.
The main house of Ayr's Gaiety Theatre is to go dark from February until October 2016 for a £2.4 million refurbishment and
The European premiere of Christopher Hampson's ballet, originally created for the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2007, is wonderfully crafted. Scottish Ballet sparkles throughout " and that's n…
The script, an off-the-shelf affair by Paul Reakes, has all of the necessary elements for a pantomime, which are attempted with relish and energy. Certainly pirates feature much more largely…
Professional pantomime is not the place to go for new theatrical techniques or stunning insights into the human condition.
Instead, what should be expected is a sequence of familiar routi…
Mull-based arts venue Comar has appointed Alasdair McCrone as acting chief executive, just four months after it emerged he was being made
There's a verve and vim to the latest production of Stick Man, the adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's picture storybook... This has not always been the case for the different…
This much-loved and cherished story by CS Lewis is cleverly brought to life by Theresa Heskins' adaptation. And yet, despite its best intentions, this production directed by Andrew Panton fa…
Explorative: There's something unnerving about Theatre Paradok's To Breathe at Summerhall.
The Riverside Trust, which runs the Riverside Studios in London, has won the contract to run Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms as a "digital
Mamma Mia! to return after a decade: The Abba jukebox musical, is to return to the Edinburgh Playhouse for a five week Christmas season in 2016.
The 2015 Gang Show at the King's provides more than its quota of fun and entertainment, being reassuringly familiar yet refreshingly original.
Director Andy Johnston and his team have obv…
Halloween may be but a memory, but the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group proves that there's still space for a little of the macabre in town.
They're creepy and they're kooky, myster…
There is an uneven grandeur to King Charles III at the Festival Theatre, which is certainly one of the most peculiar big-budget, ex-West End touring productions to hit Edinburgh recently.
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The Hidden Door pop-up arts festival is to return to this year's venue in 2016 and is calling for proposals for ten pieces of theatre to stage.
Edinburgh venues the Usher Hall and the Playhouse were lit up in the colours of the French tricolour on Saturday night.
They were acting in solidarity with the people of Paris following t…
"Intimate": The passion and brutality at the heart of Arthur Miller's The Crucible are brought out in an intense production which strives just a bit too hard for authenticity.
The Silent film era is the backdrop for a production of a musical that deserves to be shouted about.
Just why Mack & Mabel, running at Edinburgh Playhouse until 21 November, isn't be…
There is a confused and apologetic air to the touring production of The Importance of Being Earnest that the efforts of some distinguished performers cannot overcome.
