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National Youth Choir of Scotland Performs Duruflé in Paris on its European Tour This Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2023
Widely acclaimed as one of the best choirs in the world, regardless of age, they are set to bring magical performances of Maurice Duruflé’s ethereal Requiem, Benjamin Britten’s ever popular Rejoice in the Lamb and American composer Stacy Garrop’s exploration of three types of love in Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy.
Pavilion Theatre and Tron Theatre Plan Re-Staging of CYPRUS AVENUE
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2023
Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre and Tron Theatre have announced plans to work together to bring popular and successful theatre to more people across the city.
TO THE BONE Premieres at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in August
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2023
Pitlochry Festival Theatre will present the world première of To the Bone (18 August – 29 September) by award-winning Scottish playwright Isla Cowan.
Pierre Novellie Returns to The Edinburgh Fringe With New Follow Up Show WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2023
Award-winning comedian and Fringe regular Pierre Novellie (World's Most Dangerous Roads, The Mash Report, The Frank Skinner Radio Show) is set to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He will follow up on his critically acclaimed hour from last year's festival with a brand new stand up show titled 'Why Are You Laughing?'.
ONE WAY OUT Comes to Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2023
75 years since the arrival of HMS Windrush into Britain, Montel Douglas's debut play explores young  British Caribbeans' experiences of the Windrush crisis through the story of four young friends on the cusp of adulthood leaving college.
LEAR ALONE Comes to Edinburgh in August
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2023
Using just King Lear's lines from Shakespeare's timeless tragedy to explore themes of loneliness, ageing and homelessness, Lear Alone is a study of one man's vulnerability as he confronts and negotiates a digital world.
FOUR Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2023
This Summer, innovative US playwright and composer Clé Holly brings her new play with music to Edinburgh for its European premiere. 
MYSTERY HOUSE Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
In 1884, following the death of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester purchased an unfinished farmhouse in Northern California. And then she started building: 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for 38 years. The resulting mansion is known as the Winchester Mystery House -- one of the most haunted houses in America and one of the state's most popular tourist attractions.
IT'S A MOTHERF*CKING PLEASURE Comes to Edinburgh in August
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
A scathing satire on identity politics, those that monetise it and those that get themselves into knots about it. Disability-led theatre company FlawBored ask 'what if disabled people were out to make as much money as possible from the guilt of non-disabled, anxious people (like you)?'
HOUSE OF LIFE Comes to Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
One-part sermon, one-part purge, three-parts party, House of Life is a travelling musical cult collective hosted by the camp and glitter clad RaveRend with one mission - to make the audience happy, at any cost.
Edinburgh Science Shares The Bill With Elton John as it Sets Off Into Space… Launching From Glastonbury!
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
Edinburgh Science, educational charity known for its climate work and producing the annual Edinburgh Science Festival, delivers on its commitment to always continue to reach new audiences as it packs its travelling science kit and makes its way down to the legendary Glastonbury music festival with Andrew Jenkins – Off to Space.
THE DEATH & LIFE OF ALL OF US By Victor Esses Sets Premiere Edinburgh Run
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
A charming, funny and moving multimedia story of intergenerational shame, family secrets & history is set for a full run at Summerhal for this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
HOME Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
Based in part on Artistic Director Finn Morrell's own experiences of returning to his home in East Anglia, it follows Eddie, a city worker who returns to his childhood home and is confronted by a series of extraordinary visions and nightmares where East Anglian folklore and locked shut memories overlap in this time twisting adventure of self-discovery.
Lammermuir Festival Reveals 2023 Programme
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
The Lammermuir Festival returns this September with a varied and bold programme of beautiful music in beautiful places. The festival runs from the 7 – 18 September, featuring 36 performances at 12 venues across the historic county of East Lothian, offering audiences the chance to explore and marvel at the splendour of Scotland's 'sunshine coast'.
Underbelly Reveals Edinburgh Fringe Circus Hub Programme
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2023
World renowned production company Underbelly are preparing to conquer the Edinburgh Fringe Festival once again this year as they gear up to return to Circus Hub on the Meadows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with 11 incredible shows spanning circus, cabaret, comedy, variety and more.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Presents Barrowland Ballet's FAMILY PORTRAIT At Zoo Dovecot Studios
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
Selected as part of the prestigious Made in Scotland Showcase, FAMILY PORTRAIT is an interactive video installation work, full of humour, candour, joy and love capturing Barrowland Ballet's Artistic Director, Natasha Gilmore, and her three children - Otis, Iggy and Frieda. It allows the audience an in-depth insight into what it is to be a mother and a single parent to three young children.
Leading Political Commentator Steve Richards Presents ROCK N ROLL POLITICS At Edinburgh Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
Leading political commentator, author and broadcaster, Steve Richards is back in Edinburgh this August, with the return of his legendary live show, Rock N Roll Politics.
THE BIG BITE-SIZE BREAKFAST SHOW to Celebrate 15th Birthday at Pleasance Beyond
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
Edinburgh's sell-out morning show returns to the Fringe to celebrate its 15th anniversary with three brand new rotating 'menus' of 10-15 minute plays.
DUGSI DAYZ Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
In a funny and authentic exploration of friendship between Somali girls, this twist on The Breakfast Club sees four students stuck in detention, forming bonds through their shared heritage despite their different outlooks on life and their place in it.
BAD PLAY Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
Death of a Salesman. Our Town. A Streetcar Named Desire. And now, Bad Play. American sketch comedy group Big Tobacco has set out to write the next great American drama, pulling all the best tricks of the trade from Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill, and William Inge, and throwing them in a Vitamix with a healthy dose of irreverence. The result is Bad Play, an off-the-wall hour of high tragedy and low parody.
CASTING THE RUNES Comes to Edinburgh Fringe in August
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
With puppets, set and props made using recycled materials, Fringe stalwarts Box Tale Soup bring M.R. James’ chilling supernatural thriller back to life with their signature style of puppet-based literary adaptation. 
Pitlochry Festival Theatre Hosts 'A Play, A Pie, and a Pint' With Uma Nada-Rajah's THE GREAT REPLACEMENT
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
For the very first time Pitlochry Festival Theatre will be playing host to the world famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) when it welcomes Uma Nada-Rajah’s (Exodus, National Theatre of Scotland) dark new comedy The Great Replacement from 3 to 8 July.
Lorna Rose Treen Will Make Edinburgh Festival Fringe Debut This Summer With SKIN PIGEON
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2023
Award-Winning Lorna Rose Treen is set to make her much anticipated Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this summer at The Pleasance Courtyard with her nonsensical escapist character show Skin Pigeon. 
Review: BLOODBANK, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 18, 2023
Priya and Caris have an arrangement, a somewhat risqué arrangement for a Tory MP and an NHS nurse to have. When picture-perfect, bottom-of-the-barrel Bonnie interrupts this unusual pair, Priya sinks her fangs into a tasty, new opportunity.
Martin Urbano to Play The Edinburgh Festival In His Debut Hour APOLOGY COMEBACK TOUR
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2023
Cancelled for being politically incorrect... and possibly for some hitherto unnamed illegal acts, Martin Urbano spent his long, lucky career talking, and saying anything he wanted until allegations surfaced, and he stepped out of the spotlight, promising to take a long time to listen. Now he's back!

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