EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: PLANET OF THE GRAPES, ZOO TV
The Victorian era’s toy theater movement collides with digital theater in this critically acclaimed, epic, table-top, sci-fi adventure.
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EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: AFLOAT, Summerhall Online
The climate apocalypse has hit.
BWW Review: THIRTEEN FRAGMENTS, National Theatre of Scotland
Rooted in the experience of the last year as a woman of colour, this intimate digital artwork brings spoken word, poetry, movement and soundscape artforms together to explore the meaning of female resilience in Scotland today.
EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: AS BRITISH AS A WATERMELON, Summerhall Online
‘My name is mandla.
EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: THE ENTERTAINMENT, Summerhall Online
“I wish Justine would leave me alone, so I could imagine being with her.
EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: PUSH, Pleasance Online
A hell of a lot can happen in the time you await the results of a pregnancy test.
EDINBURGH 2021: GASH THEATRE GETS GHOSTED, Assembly Showcatcher
A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that's been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities.
EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: MARRYING JAKE GYLLENHAAL, Online @ The Space
Melissa Center is.
EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: WHAT ARE WE WATCHING, Fringe Player
A comedy about four working-class friends, Nick, Dan, Michelle and Lucy.
BWW Review: BLACK DIAMONDS AND THE BLUE BRAZIL, Sound Stage
The fifth play in our Sound Stage season, Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil is freely adapted from the books of Ron Ferguson – Coal, Cowdenbeath and Football dreams of glory come together in a story about a father a daughter and what it means to succeed.
BWW Review: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Take a jaunt down to the riverbank and join the adventure, as Mole, Rat and Badger try to instil just a little common sense and protect the impulsive Mr.
BWW Review: THE MOTHER LOAD, Sound Stage
The Fourth of our Sound Stage series, The Mother Load.
BWW Review: ADVENTURES WITH THE PAINTED PEOPLE, Pitlochry Theatre
Directed by Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director, Elizabeth Newman, Adventures with the Painted People is a compelling love story, exploring the value of history and the power of writing.
BWW Review: THE MACBETHS, Citizens Theatre
Returning from battle, Macbeth hears a prophesy emboldening him to murder and betray.
BWW Review: GHOSTS, National Theatre of Scotland
Download the app, plug in your headphones, and lose yourself in this poetic storytelling experience, exploring the myth of Scotland's collective amnesia of slavery and racialised wealth, of empire and identity.
BWW Review: DISTANCE REMAINING
From the producer and writer behind smash-hit Islander The Musical comes Distance Remaining - a collection of three soaring theatrical stories made for the screen starring Karen Dubar, Reuben Joseph and Dolina MacLennan.
BWW Review: MEET JAN BLACK, Gaiety Theatre
A new comedy that takes Year of the Rona and replaces it with Year of the Jan.
BWW Review: FIRST PIANO ON THE MOON, Online @ Perth Theatre
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet Mozart? Fans of the prodigy and those vaguely familiar with one or two of his pieces are sure to enjoy the adventures of pianist and storyteller Will Pickvance in his show, First Piano on the Moon.
BWW Review: RAPUNZEL, National Theatre of Scotland
“You all know the story of Rapunzel, right? That lassie with the long hair who’s been trapped in her lockdown tower for what feels like forever.
BWW Review: A GAMBLERS GUIDE TO DYING, Traverse Theatre
Having played to sell-out audiences when it premiered at the Traverse Festival – winning a Fringe First and the Holden Street Theatre Award – A Gambler’s Guide to Dying has since been performed around the world.
BWW Review: ALI THE MAGIC ELF, Tron Theatre
This Christmas, Tron Theatre Company is delighted to bring back the much loved, Ali the Magic Elf – as a live show captured on film for viewing at home.
BWW Review: OH YES WE ARE!, Perth Theatre
Perth Theatre sadly can’t have audiences along to its annual pantomime this year but they have come up with a fun alternative show via Zoom.
BWW Review: THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Macrobert Arts Centre have collaborated to bring audiences a fun Christmas show to enjoy at home called The Magic of Christmas.
BWW Review: HIGH MAN PEN MEANDER, Tron Theatre
High Man Pen Meander is a thrilling virtual promenade show around and about the Tron Theatre, where the walls will echo with the voices and sounds of Glasgow’s most famous bard, Edwin Morgan.
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Elvis in Chaos Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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Suitcase Show Assembly Roxy (8/05-8/30) |
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Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit Venue 13 (8/07-8/21) |
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Target Audience Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30) |
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The List Festival Awards W Edinburgh (8/28-8/28) |
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The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre) (8/06-8/31) |
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Friendliest Gilded Balloon (The Nook) (8/08-8/31) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Lemon Tree (9/24-9/24) |
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One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/08-8/28) |
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Glass Child Summerhall (Old Lab) (8/06-8/16) |