David MacLennan, co-founder of the Wildcat and 7:84 theatre companies, has revealed that he has motor neurone disease. MacLennan has been making theatrical waves over the last ten years with…
Edinburgh venue St Stephen’s could be open as a fringe venue this August, if a community trust succeeds in its bid to purchase the historic building from current owner, the Church of S…
The 48-seat Swallow Theatre, Scotland’s smallest and most southerly theatre just south of Wigtown in Galloway, has been put up for sale for offers over £320,000. Built in an old byr…
A celebration of emancipation and a world congress of fringe directors and organisers are among a further 42 projects added to the existing cultural programme for the Glasgow 2014 Commonweal…
Aberdeen’s Victorian Music Hall, the Glasgow Citizens and a new development space for physical performance at Glasgow’s Briggait are among the main beneficiaries of the latest ro…
Creative Scotland has published a draft of its 10-year strategic plan online, opening it up to public consultation and clarifying its approach to its three areas or responsibility: the arts,…
Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Director Renaud Doucet and designer Andre Barbe update their Don Pasquale to Italy in 1963, where the old curmudgeon is keeping a run-down pensione with his nephew Er…
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night gets a big, emotionally exhilarating telling at the theatre where it made its British premiere …
The National Theatre of Scotland has announced the remainder of its 2014 programme under the title of Dear Scotland. The programme adds to projects previously announced up until June and cov…
The national theatres of Scotland and Great Britain are to collaborate for the first time, with a major trilogy of history plays to premiere at this August’s Edinburgh International Fe…
Scottish Ballet is to premiere a ballet version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible by Canadian choreographer Helen Picket next autumn. The world premiere forms part of the company’s…
Motherwell Theatre: Ian 'Sheepie' Smith owns the Motherwell stage as Hickery/Scarecrow in this energetic production of John F Spillers' self-indulgently music-heavy adaptation…
The Glasgow Citizens and Untitled Projects are offering a two-year residency to a mid-career director, to study and stage large-scale classic plays. The paid position will be mentored by art…
Macrobert, Stirling: Specially adapted for the zero to three age group for Macrobert, Fleur Darkin's Innocence is a fully interactive and immersive dance experience for a young audience…
Creative Scotland has announced the appointments of four new directors but has yet to fill the position of director of film and media. The shake-up at the top of CS, announced in October, is…
Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Sweet as sugar but stinging like salt, Christopher Hampsen's scrumptious new ballet is set in 1950s austerity Britain. Constant Vigier and Sophie Martin's b…
Macrobert, Stirling: Santa Claus is a rumble-tummied, forgetful old man known as Mr McGregor in Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Nicholls' delightful play for three to six year-olds at Macrobe…
Ivor Cutler, the iconic Scottish comedian, is commemorated in the National Theatre of Scotland’s spring-summer season 2014, announced today. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler, a coll…
Cumbernauld Theatre, Cumbernauld: Storytelling lies at the heart of Cumbernauld's adaptation of Andersen at the Cumbernauld Theatre, as the five-strong ensemble cast draw their audience…
Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy: Alan McHugh keeps the big themes intact in his adaptation of the Little Mermaid into pantomime form. Here is a love story with an environmental twist, which st…
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: Stage-wide chorus lines, 10-minute tap routines and a cheesy Christmas plot line are all present, correct and impeccably performed in the Theatre Royal Plymouth&…
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline: Alan McHugh has kept the plot relatively straight in his adaptation of Collodi to pantomime form, although he doesn't squash Suzi Budd's excitable and p…
The Scottish premiere of Stephen Jeffreys’ The Libertine provides the centrepiece for the Glasgow Citizens’ spring season. The production, to be directed by artistic director Dom…
Creative Scotland chief executive Janet Archer has committed the arts quango to publish a fully revised organisational plan and details of its new funding system by April 1, 2014. Answering …
Manipulate, the Scottish festival of visual theatre, has launched its 2014 programme with two world premieres in the week of events taking place next February. Now in its seventh year, the P…