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Mark Ravenhill as a baby in 1967 with his mother Angela and his father Ted

Angela

Mark Ravenhill

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Royal Lyceum Edinburgh

26 March–2 April 2021

News

Scottish Opera filmed and outdoor performances

14 April 2021

There will be a new outdoor production of Verdi’s Falstaff, five pop-up Gilbert & Sullivan shows, Roxana Haines directs the latest Scottish Opera: On Screen.

The full cast of MTFestUK 2021

Cast revealed for musical theatre online festival

14 April 2021

A “spectacular company of international stars” has been confirmed for Paul Taylor-Mills’ annual festival of new musical theatre, MTFestUK 2021.

Peter Andre as Teen Angel in Grease

New dates as Grease revs up for 2021 tour

8 April 2021

Producers of a new tour of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical Grease have rescheduled its 2021 dates which will start at Leicester’s Curve in July.

Artistic Director (Dundee Rep) and Joint-Chief Executive Andrew Panton and Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre Joan Clevillé launch Rep Studios.

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance launch Rep Studios

6 April 2021

New digital platform Rep Studios' first season includes Smile, Islander, two digital premières from Scottish Dance Theatre and a new mini-festival This Is For You Dundee.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society announces new chair

30 March 2021

Benny Higgins, formally of Tesco Bank and National Galleries of Scotland, takes the chair at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.

Capital Theatres

Recruitment opens at Capital Theatres

21 March 2021

Scotland's Capital Theatres is to recruit three new players to its key team.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Pitlochry celebrates its 70th outdoors

21 March 2021

Pitlochry Festival Theatre creates 80-seat outdoor amphitheatre for its 70th season.

Gifts to local communities: The Litten Trees

Lighting designers create sculptures where they live

5 March 2021

Eight lighting designers have been commissioned by Fuel Theatre to create temporary light sculptures to illuminate trees close to where they live in a project called The Litten Trees.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Phoebe Waller-Bridge for president

21 February 2021

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society creates role of president and names Phoebe Waller-Bridge its first incumbent.

Rhian Lois (Gretel) in Hansel and Gretel. Scottish Opera 2020

Scottish Opera screens Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel

30 January 2021

The latest Scottish Opera: On Screen, filmed at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal, is Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, a modern adaptation of the classic fairy tale.

Earwig sonic theatre podcast

Earwigs emerge from Tron Theatre

25 January 2021

Scotland's Tron Theatre presents a free podcast series of sonic theatre productions.

Features

Creative Scotland allocates first tranche of Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund

Scotland's Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund

8 November 2020

£11.75 million of Scotland's £15 million Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund has been allocated by Creative Scotland.