Caitlin Skinner
Skinner for the Quines
Caitlin Skinner gets Stellar Quines’ AD & CEO role
Stellar Quines has announced that “rising star in Scottish theatre” Caitlin Skinner will be the new Artistic Director and CEO of the Edinburgh-based company.
NTS Stream for Lyceum
Lament for Sheku Bayoh gets November dates:
A new play about the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody in Kirkcaldy in 2015, performed at the Lyceum, is at the heart of the National Theatre of Scotland’s latest activities.
Five from Inside
★★★☆☆ Zippy:
A series of enigmatic, eclectic discoveries, Five From Inside’s guerrilla-portraits of isolation expose some of the tensions facing theatre-makers staring down a digital ‘new normal.’
Five from Inside
Traverse responds to Donny’s Brain cancellation
Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre is releasing a quintet of video monologues to coincide with what would have been the world premiere run of Rona Munro’s Donny’s Brain.
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego
★★★★☆ Thought-provoking:
Young Critics Scheme review
The idea of the differences between the male and the female ego is a controversial topic, especially nowadays where two-thirds of the total number of suicides are committed by males.
Listings Mon 8 – Sun 14 April
What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week…
Edinburgh schools have broken up for the Easter Holidays, and there is plenty for them to see over the next couple of weeks, as well as some strong material for an adult audience.
New Traverse Shows
Shows announced for May and June:
Work from Rona Munro, Strange Town, Annie George and Harry Josephine Giles will feature in productions in the Traverse’s May-June 2019 programme.
Theatrical Frontiers at Science Fest
Spotlight on Theatre at the Edinburgh Science Festival:
Edinburgh Science Festival is taking its cue from the moon landings of 50 years ago for its 2019 edition, with a series of themes which focus on frontiers of different kinds.
Stretching out
Revival for physical theatre hit:
At A Stretch, the EdFringe 2017 hit from Edinburgh-based visual theatre company Jordan & Skinner, is being revived for a mini tour, kicking off with a one-day stand at the Assembly Roxy over half term.
VPT goes full-length
Village Pub Theatre to stage full-length immersive production:
Leith’s Village Pub Theatre, the playwright collective specialising in script-in-hand performances of new work, is to stage a full length production The Sunnyside Centre, at the Hibs Supporters Club.
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