Mark Ravenhill’s “Angela” on The Sound Stage
Does a subjective theatre piece encourage a subjective critical response? I think it might,...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Apr 2021 | Review, Scotland, Theatre and Age, Transmedia, United Kingdom
Does a subjective theatre piece encourage a subjective critical response? I think it might,...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 18th Aug 2019 | Dramaturgy, Edinburgh 2019, Essay, Scotland, United Kingdom
The official stats have it that in its 73rd year of existence, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Oct 2018 | LGBTQ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, Scotland, United Kingdom
English-born and Scottish-based playwright Jo Clifford has been an astonishingly energetic and...
Read MorePosted by Ian Marland | 20th Jun 2018 | Festivals, Jordan, News, Scotland, Syria, Transcultural Collaborations
A 2,400-year-old Greek tragedy is to be staged in one of Scotland’s most deprived communities to...
Read MorePosted by Charlie Swinbourne | 24th Oct 2017 | Scotland, Theatre and Disability
A couple of weeks ago, I moderated an inclusion panel at the Edinburgh Film Festival where I...
Read MorePosted by Sylvia Morgan | 24th Aug 2017 | LGBTQ Theatre, Scotland, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
The struggle for transgender people is a leading theme at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe thanks to two shows from the National Theatre of Scotland, Adam and Eve. The shows begin in different times and places, but both are about...
Read MorePosted by Sam Abdulla | 16th Aug 2017 | Scotland, Theatre and Disability
Mia: Daughters of Fortune is a play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe about a young woman who falls...
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Monks | 30th Jul 2017 | Festivals, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the best place to see comedy heavyweights perform alongside up...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 25th Jun 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Scotland, United Kingdom
A conversation about dramaturgy and New Writing with Rosie Kellagher, Literary Manager for the...
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Monks | 25th May 2017 | Festivals, Scotland, Theatre and Art, United Kingdom
For 28 years, Edinburgh’s Leith Theatre was left derelict and decaying. Now, it’s being brought...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 27th Apr 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Scotland, Theatre for Young Audiences, United Kingdom
A conversation about dramaturgy, storytelling and outside eyes with Shilpa T-Hyland, co-artistic...
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Monks | 2nd Apr 2017 | Festivals, Scotland, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
In 1947 Edinburgh was still in a post-war haze. The city was craving colour, culture, and above...
Read MorePosted by Aida Rocci | 22nd Mar 2017 | Festivals, Scotland
If you are a performer, comedian, musician, or artist of any kind, presenting your work at the Edinburgh festival can be quite an enterprise that might only pay off in terms of experience and, if lucky, reputation.
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 28th Feb 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Scotland, Theatre and Dance, Transcultural Collaborations
An interview with Edinburgh-based theatre-maker Flavia D’Avilia about dramaturgy and...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 19th Jan 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Scotland
Dosed up on caffeine on another rainy day in Glasgow. Ideal conditions to talk about dramaturgy...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 2nd Jan 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Scotland
An interview with Edinburgh-based improviser Will Naameh about dramaturgy and improvisation....
Read MorePosted by Gillian McDonald | 20th Nov 2016 | News, Scotland, United Kingdom
Thanks to its famous annual Fringe festival, Edinburgh is well known as a place to discover new...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 17th Nov 2016 | Europe, News, Scotland, United Kingdom
David Greig’s artistic directorship at the Royal Lyceum Theatre brings a new Variety Night for Sunday nights in Edinburgh
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 16th Nov 2016 | News, Scotland, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company prove that somewhere between Glasgow and Hong Kong, Shakespeare lives
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 21st Sep 2016 | News, Scotland, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Scotland’s five centrally funded performing companies make formal pledge to achieve a 50/50 gender balance across their boardrooms by 2020.
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