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EDGAS duo in birthday honours
David Lyle and Alan Borthwick awarded BEMs by King
Alan Borthwick and David Lyle, the Long-time Artistic and Musical Directors of the Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society, have been awarded the British Empire Medal “for services to music” in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025.
Cutler tribute, McDermid play at BookFest 25
Hamish Hawk, Vanessa Redgrave at Edinburgh Futures Institute
The 2025 Edinburgh Book Festival – in its second year at Edinburgh Futures Institute – will feature the normal mix of theatre-adjacent events and other enticing attractions in its two week programme from Sat 9 to Sun 24 August.
Dita teeses Edinburgh
Dita Von Teese sets Edinburgh date
Dita Von Teese is to bring her new Nocturnelle show to the Edinburgh Playhouse on Friday 13 Feb 2026 on the only Scottish date on an eight night tour of the UK.
The High Life hits the high notes
“U Fur Coffee?”
Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson’s The High Life is to get a musical makeover in 2026, after thirty years in the waiting lounge in a new production from the National Theatre of Scotland.
Children’s Fest programme
The Joy of Imaginate is back!
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival returns this weekend for a day of free family events at the Museum of Scotland on Saturday, followed by a full dozen shows for children, at venues across Edinburgh.
Brunton panto up for a CATS
Traverse, Lyceum & Grid Iron shows also nominated
The Brunton and Wonder Fools co-production of A Christmas Carol is one of four productions nominated in the new Outstanding Pantomime category in this year’s Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
CATS add panto to awards
Scottish theatre awards set June date at Trav
The annual CATS ceremony for the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland is to return to Edinburgh’s Traverse on June 8, with a new award celebrating Scotland’s pantomime productions.
Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Liza Gogoliuk
Lung Ha at 40
To mark its 40th anniversary, Lung Ha theatre commissioned a series of portraits of the 24-strong company from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. We are publishing a new portrait every fortnight. Today our spotlight is on Lung Ha actor Liza Gogoliuk.
Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Nicola Tuxworth
Lung Ha at 40
To mark its 40th anniversary, Lung Ha theatre commissioned a series of portraits of the 24-strong company from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. We are publishing a new portrait every fortnight. Today our spotlight is on Lung Ha actor Nicola Tuxworth.
Jodie Comer for Lyceum
Prima Facie sets Feb 2026 dates for Lyceum
Jodie Comer will return “one last time” to her award-winning performance as barrister Tessa in Suzie Miller’s one-hander Prima Facie, in a nine stop tour visiting the Lyceum in February 2026.
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