1,523 stories by "Thom Dibdin"
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: Forthright and never sentimental, director Lu Kemp looks to the poetry of Sue Glover's play about six women working a Borders farm in 19th century Scotl…
Dundee Rep: Selma Dimitrijevic flaunts the deceptions of her artfully cruel production of Gogol's The Gamblers for Greyscale and Dundee Rep. Her all-female cast don their male attire on…
Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Angelina, Rossini's Cinderella figure, disappears into her own dream of faithful love in Sandrine Anglade's clever production of La Cenerentola, recast by S…
The St Stephen’s Centre in Edinburgh is to return as a venue for next year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe and is now looking for a tenant to take over the building in 2015. As previously …
Studio, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: Minimal in all its elements, Errol White's latest duet with Davina Givan explores the interdependency between two people as their relationship matur…
Delays have once again hit the construction of a new foyer for Scottish Opera’s Glasgow home, the Theatre Royal. The upgrade to the building was originally due to take 18 months and be…
SSE Hydro, Glasgow: Popular BBC Scotland sit-com Still Game takes a new step into a 12,000-seat arena theatre, seven years after the last of its six series. In fact, this is a return to the …
Theatre Royal, Glasgow: High-flying and lofty, Richard Burton's recording of Dylan Thomas poems - following a clear narrative from In My Craft and Sullen Art to And Death Shall Have No …
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: Scabrous humour bursts from DC Jackson's Glasgow gangster comedy like puss from a pricked boil, as the body count mounts along with popular culture refe…
Equity has claimed an independent Scotland would not impact on performers' abilities to work freely across the borders. Lorne Boswell, Scottish secretary for Equity, told The Stage that the …
Long running children’s entertainment group the Singing Kettle is to close after 32 years of touring and more than 6,500 live shows. The forthcoming Christmas tour will be the last …
The Edinburgh International Festival has posted ticket sales of more than £3 million for the first time, a 29% increase on 2013 income. More than 162,000 tickets were issued for produc…
Tony Reekie, director of Imaginate " the development company for young people’s theatre in Scotland " is to stand down after 20 years, just as the organisation is to be restructured. A…
Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly: Rough-hewn and powerful, the National Theatre of Scotland takes Joe Corrie's great cry of pain on behalf of working men and their families, and places it fi…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe issued more than two million tickets for the first time in its 67-year history during this year's event. Year on year, tickets increased at a faster rate th…
John Kearns has won the best show prize at this year’s Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Kearns, last year’s best newcomer winner, won the award for his show Shtick, whi…
John Byrne’s The Slab Boys is to be revived as the first production of the Citizens Theatre's 70th anniversary celebrations. The show will be designed by Byrne and sees him team up aga…
The University of St Andrews has signed a 25-year lease to manage and run the town’s Byre Theatre, with a formal reopening in late autumn. The building is owned by Fife Council, which …
A new £50,000 study has been launched to help Edinburgh’s 12 key festivals, including Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival, maintain their position as world leaders…
Rory Mullarkey has won the second James Tait Black Prize for Drama with his debut full-length script, Cannibals, which premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in 2013. The £…
An immersive interaction between live theatre and online gaming to be produced by National Theatre Wales has won the first £20,000 Space Prize for digital innovation in theatre. The new b…
A giant in the Scottish theatre world, David MacLennan was an inspiration to those around him and a passionate proponent for the cause of theatre, both popular and radical. He was highly reg…
Edinburgh fringe venue St Stephen's has been bought by a local businessman and will be run as a community and arts centre managed by a charitable trust. Leslie Benzies, president of computer…
Grounded by George Brant is one of three plays nominated for the £10,000 James Tait Black Prize for Drama, organised by the University of Edinburgh in partnership with the National Theatr…
The University of St Andrews is to take over the running of the town’s Byre Theatre from August 1, subject to ratification from Creative Scotland. A proposal to lease the theatre to th…
