1,523 stories by "Thom Dibdin"
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: Tony Cownie's new production for the Royal Lyceum Theatre of Shelagh Delaney's late 50s hit is strangely evocative, amidst a shrillness of tone. Tr…
Creative Scotland has confirmed its commitment to holding consultative meetings across the art forms in Scotland, as it restructures its way of working ahead of the publication of a new corp…
Edinburgh Festival Fringe is to reduce the commission it charges companies and producers on ticket sales from 6% to 4%, starting at this summer’s event. Commission on ticket sales has …
The National Theatre of Scotland is to consolidate its headquarters in a new £5.5 million home for its rehearsal, administration, technical and storage departments in the north of Glasgow…
The new Beacon Arts Centre building has opened in Greenock to replace the old Arts Guild Theatre, a 500-seat space which was deemed no longer fit for purpose. The new £9.5 million buildin…
Pat Lovett, the Edinburgh-based theatre agent who started Lovett Logan Associates " formerly Pat Lovett Associates " died on Christmas Eve. Pat Lovett started working as an agent in 1981 whe…
Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh: There is no need for overarching narrative in this Christmas Gift - the Moscow State Circus's thrilling aerial acts speak for themselves.
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Creative Scotland’s senior director of creative development, Venu Dhupa, who was behind the arts quango’s controversial restructuring, is to leave her post in February. Dhupa is …
Alhambra, Dunfermline: Writer and director Liam Rudden has moved into the large space of the Alhambra with all guns blazing. Even before the main curtain has risen his excited dance troupe a…
Edinburgh’s Traverse theatre has announced the first half of its 50th anniversary season, starting with a reading of the winning scripts from the Traverse Fifty project. The season als…
The Gaiety Theatre in Ayr has reopened with the announcement that it will remain active throughout 2013 before closing for further refurbishment after next year’s pantomime season. The…
Vicky Featherstone, outgoing artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland, has praised under-fire Scottish arts quango Creative Scotland for “listening to the artists”. …
Macrobert, Stirling: Eilidh MacAskill and Fiona Manson let their audience provide the vocabulary in this delightful new piece from Fish and Game, aimed at under-sixes. They play a pair of ad…
Theatre Royal, Glasgow: There is dark ambivalence to Ashley Page's Nutcracker in its examination of taboo, bound up with the coming of age of Marie (Sophie Martin) and her relationship …
Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy: Paris provides a happy hunting ground for Alan McHugh's script in Sleeping Beauty at the Adam Smith Kirkcaldy. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Phantom and Mo…
Creative Scotland is to abandon strategic commissioning, offer long-term funding to organisations and slow down the pace of change, as part of wide-ranging changes to its ways of working ann…
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh: Comedy, pratfalls and deep philosophical investigation abound in the Traverse's hilarious hook-up with Peepolykus. Director Orla O'Loughlin's ligh…
King's Theatre, Edinburgh: It's all about the boys at the Edinburgh King's family show this year, with the return of the dream team of Allan Stewart as the dame (Mother Goose), And…
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow: Dominic Hill has got just the right level of scary in this dark and lush production of Rufus Norris' take on the Sleeping Beauty story. Parents might be frigh…
MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling: A sparkling script and ebullient plot from Johnny McKnight are the galvanising forces of the MacRobert's Cinderella, directed by Julie Brown. He returns…
Cumbernauld Theatre, Cumbernauld: Storytelling is the key to Ed Robson's portmanteau Christmas show, combining ten different tales into one extended story session as five clown figures …
Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh: Tim Licata keeps it local, current and very much on traditional Scottish lines as he takes over the director's chair at the Brunton for his pantomime debut…
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline: Jonathan Stone puts the story first in a vaguely Bavarian-set Hansel and Gretel which has plenty of fun but smacks of inhibition, as if it were itching to release…
Creative Scotland has announced that Andrew Dixon will step down as chief executive with effect from January 2013. Dixon has been under intense scrutiny since May this year, following a seri…
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: There's no breaking of the fourth wall in Johnny McKnight's dark but hilarious new take on Cinderella. His script relocates the musical play - not …
