Kai Fischer News

Pitlochry Festival Theatre will stage LEAR, Finn den Hertog's adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, with Maureen Beattie in the title role and Forbes Masson as Gloucester.

Sweeney Todd arrives at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this December, where director Aaron Lee Lambert delivers a humorous, witty, magically ridiculous and thought-provoking take on Sondheim’s challenging musical. This production follows the infamous serial-killer barber of Fleet Street and his gleefully opportunistic partner-in-crime, Mrs Lovett, who bakes his victims into pies and sells them with alarming success. What did our critic think of SWEENEY TODD at New Athenaeum Theatre?

Theatre Channel has announced the digital release of Great Expectations, in partnership with Beckman Unicorn. This special launch marks a historic moment, coinciding with the very date the first chapter of Charles Dickens’ extraordinary novel was originally published in 1860.

The London premiere run of Matthew Zajac's internationally acclaimed The Tailor of Inverness opens at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday 14 May.

A playfully profane Alice in Wonderland-esque trip transforms into a profound psychological exploration in The Wonderful World of Dissocia at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this week. The play's two acts are polarisingly different, offering an insightful perspective on the 'treatment' of mentally ill patients.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) have released first look images for Wils Wilson’s production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which is currently in previews at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, with press night on Wednesday 30 August.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the full cast for Wils Wilson’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s gripping and brutal tragedy, Macbeth, which opens in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Saturday 19 August – Saturday 14 October 2023.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that Reuben Joseph and Valene Kane will make their RSC debut playing the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth respectively in Wils Wilson’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s gripping and brutal tragedy.

A new play from multi award-winning poet and playwright Caroline Bird, Red Ellen tells the remarkable story of Ellen Wilkinson, the revolutionary Labour MP who fought with an unstoppable, reckless energy for a better world.

With over 275 performances and seen by over 40,000 people in 12 countries since opening at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Tailor of Inverness has taken its place as one of the great Scottish theatre productions. 

Casting details are announced for Europeana, Peer Gynt and Blindness and Seeing, three productions that are part of PROJEKT EUROPA, a season of work at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, exploring, celebrating and interrogating our relationship with Europe.

A new theatrical version of The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff performed by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners, The Young'uns will open Northern Stage's 50th anniversary season (4-22 February). Directed by Lorne Campbell, The Young'uns, Northern Stage and Harbourfront Centre Toronto present a musical celebration of northern working class activism, following the smash-hit success of The Last Ship, with songs from the original album alongside new material and stunning animation.

Marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mateusz Zajac, The Tailor of Inverness, the universally acclaimed international hit play, written and performed by Matthew Zajac, is touring Scotland for the sixth time during April and May.

BWW speaks to Jo Clifford about bringing National Theatre of Scotland's Eve to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Last Dream (On Earth) makes fascinating use of digital technologies and exquisitely paralleled stories to create a unique and moving experience.   A tribute to the bravery of those who dare to take the first steps on a journey beyond our comprehension, it is an experience not to be missed.

The National Theatre of Scotland is celebrating 10 years of presenting acclaimed theatre at the Edinburgh Festivals. This year the Company brings the world premiere of ANYTHING THAT GIVES OFF LIGHT in a co-production with the Edinburgh International Festival and the TEAM, and two acclaimed music filled dramas about refugees and migration to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase, both at the Assembly Hall; GLASGOW GIRLS, in a co-production with Pachamama Productions, Regular Music and Theatre Royal Stratford East, and LAST DREAM (ON EARTH), presented by Kai Fischer.

Greenock's Beacon Arts Centre announces its June-October 2016 season.

Acclaimed Scottish theatre company Vanishing Point's latest production, The Destroyed Room, takes its inspiration from Jeff Wall's celebrated photograph, which was famously featured on the cover of Sonic Youth's album of the same name. It shows a ransacked room, every item of furniture torn up and destroyed, and posits the question - what happened?

Great Expectations closes at the Vaudeville Theatre today, 30 March 2013, two months earlier than its original run date.

Great Expectations will now run at the Vaudeville Theatre until 30 March 2013, closing two months earlier than its original run date.