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BWW Review: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 10, 2021
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. Toad from harming himself in his impulsive antics and reckless motoring!
Katie Bonna's THE ENTERTAINMENT Announced as Part of the Summerhall Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2021
Fringe First and OFFIE winner Katie Bonna today announced her return to Edinburgh with The Entertainment, a darkly comic, queer audio love story about the power and pain of imagination. The Entertainment will appear as part of the Summerhall Digital Fringe this year and will be included in the wider Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme. 
Culture Minister Jenny Gilruth Helps Put Arts In STEM To Create STEAM At This Year's Edinburgh Science Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2021
Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development Jenny Gilruth visited Elemental, a new interactive multimedia art installation at Summerhall as part of 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival.
Assembly Festival Has A New Online Venue, Assembly Showcatcher
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2021
Assembly Festival will welcome back international performance to Edinburgh with a hand-picked selection of curated seasons to be streamed on its new online venue, Assembly Showcatcher. 
WECAMETODANCE Will Debut at the 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2021
WeCameToDance is a musical which tells the story of extra-terrestrial life arriving on Earth to warn its inhabitants of a climate crisis that their own planet has experienced. While guiding audiences in a fully immersed experience through rhythms, dance, and song, the characters relay a call to action and convey the tragedy of a changing climate, yet a sense of hope percolates through each and every motion, movement, and note.
Dundee Rep and Eden Court Theatre Present A Filmed Reimagining of ISLANDER
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2021
Dundee Rep in collaboration with Eden Court Highlands presents the filmed reimagining of Islander, the award-winning two-hander folk theatre musical conceived and directed by Amy Draper with music and lyrics by St Andrews-born writer and composer Finn Anderson and book by Stewart Melton.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre Will Premiere A NIGHT BY THE RIVER TAY Beginning This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2021
Inspired by the River Tay and its surrounding landscape - including Scotland's multi-award-winning, world-renowned outdoor extravaganza, The Enchanted Forest, with whom these commissions were in partnership - the nine works were originally performed last year as audio dramas, podcasts, short films.
SHADE Will Be Performed as Part of Oldham Pride This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2021
Seven unique characters come together in search of their true selves for a dance-theatre spectacular. Full of cool moves, classic grooves and sassy shapes, this is a performance for anyone longing to get lost in the music again. Join ThickSkin at the party, step out of the shade and onto the dance floor.
Tickets For OVER LUNAN, A Major Live Commission in the Dunes Of Lunan Bay, Are Available Today
by BWW News Desk - June 30, 2021
As darkness falls, audience members become immersed in one of Scotland's most stunning coastal locations; in an unusual work that draws on the fragility of the natural world and ancient flood mythologies.
Programme Announced For Made In Scotland Showcase 2021
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2021
The curated showcase features a range of work showcasing the quality and resilience of Scotland's amazing artists from site specific work on Silverknowes Beach to a digital world premiere from Scotland's leading cellist collaborating with a world-renowned Indian violinist.
The British Ecological Society Present a Virtual Gallery Of Future Green Spaces in Edinburgh as Part of the Edinburgh Science Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2021
Exhibition artworks include a vision of Leith, successfully defending against sea level rises and extreme rain events (now 'Leith-on-Sea'), to a resilient and renovated tree covered Nicolson St, known to the most polluted street in Edinburgh and second-most polluted in Scotland.
Scottish Theatre Company Bunbury Banter Announces Immersive Interactive Thriller, THE SILENCED
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2021
The Silenced is an immersive, interactive thriller set in Dumfries and Galloway that whisks you away from your everyday life and plunges you into a thrilling, real time, four-week long story full of exciting twists and turns.
Luke Jerram's New Touring Artwork Commemorates Lives Lost In The Pandemic
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2021
Luke Jerram is a world-renowned artist whose multidisciplinary practice involves the creation of sculptures, installations and live arts projects. Luke is now known globally for his innovative large-scale public artworks, including the famous Museum of Moon, experienced by more than 10 million people worldwide. 
Edinburgh Science Festival Is Bursting With Excitement To Kick Off Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2021
33rd Edinburgh Science Festival – the world's first science festival and still Europe's biggest – kicks off its hybrid 2021 edition tomorrow, Saturday 26 June with a theme of One World: Science Connects Us and Cirrus Logic as its Headline Sponsor.
All Or Nothing Bring the Joy of Giant Swings to Post-Covid Scotland
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2021
Edinburgh's All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre, one of the UK's leading aerial dance companies, has announced the Scottish tour of their new outdoor, interactive and family focused production, The Swings. 
Raw Material and Capital Theatres Present JAMES IV – QUEEN OF THE FIGHT in Association With National Theatre of Scotland
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2021
Today Raw Material and Capital Theatres in association with the National Theatre of Scotland announce a new large-scale production James IV – Queen of the Fight that will come to stages across Scotland in autumn 2022.
Gilded Balloon and Padlox Escape Rooms Launch Brand New Search Party Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2021
Gilded Balloon and Padlox Escape Rooms are extremely excited to announce the latest edition of Search Party Edinburgh, their addictively popular treasure hunt.
More Shows Announced At Assembly Festival Garden
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2021
The programme at Assembly Festival Garden for Coventry City of Culture grows bigger and better, as more shows are announced for the Queen of Flanders and Piccolo spiegeltents in July.  
New Stage Adaptation Of Dostoevsky's WHITE NIGHTS: A SENTIMENTAL STORY to be Presented at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2021
From 7-10 July, Pitlochry Festival Theatre's open-air amphitheatre will première a new stage adaptation by the theatre's Artistic Director, Elizabeth Newman, of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1848 short story, White Nights: A Sentimental Story from The Diary of a Dreamer.
SHEDINBURGH Fringe Festival and Fundraiser Returns In August
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2021
SHEDINBURGH Fringe Festival, the global shed-sation of 2020 is back for another packed edition of the best Fringe theatre, comedy, music, spoken word plus exciting new strands including a brand new Originals script series and SHEDx talks from famous faces, renowned writers and experts from the world of culture.
Dumfries And Galloway Arts Festival Return This Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2021
Scotland's largest rural performing arts festival returns with an outdoor and online performance programme celebrating the people and creativity of Dumfries and Galloway from 16 - 25 July.
BWW Review: THE MOTHER LOAD, Sound Stage
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 23, 2021
The Fourth of our Sound Stage series, The Mother Load. Three first-time mothers meet at an ante natal class. Together they must confront their expectations of pregnancy in this funny and moving play about unlikely friendship and the messy realities of parenthood.
28 DAYS GREATER by Carolyn Defrin to be Presented by Camden People's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2021
The series expresses strengths identified in artist Carolyn Defrin's own experiences and related conversations with a diverse group of 28 contributors. 28 Days Greater will premiere online with films released one day at a time throughout July as part of Camden People's Theatre's annual Calm Down Dear festival.
BAT OUT OF HELL Will Make Scottish Premiere in Glasgow in October
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2021
Find out more about the full upcoming tour, as well as how to purchase tickets for the Scotland dates!
The Paper Birds Theatre Company Presents THE SCHOOL OF HOPE
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2021
The Paper Birds is a multi-award winning devising theatre company with a political and social agenda and a vision to provoke change, one encounter at a time. Following the successful tour of Ask Me Anything in 2020 – cut short by the global pandemic – The Paper Birds continue to engage with young people through The School of Hope (TSoH), a digital arts and global citizenship project for young creatives, aged 13-25.

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