As the title suggests, this focuses on a celebrated character from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nick Bottom, the weaver and super-keen amateur actor who wants to play every role in the ...

In David Harrower’s adaptation of Spark’s celebrated novel, Gayle Rankin plays Miss Jean Brodie, the charismatic teacher at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, whose individual approach to education ...

The Whaler’s Wife, the first in the new season of Òran Mór’s Play, A Pie and A Pint offerings at the Traverse, is a compelling if uneven historical drama blending myth, music and more modern elements.

Fiona Wood, Libby McArthur, Tony Roper, Mary McCusker, Steven McNicoll and Carmen Pieraccini. Photo: Neil Laidlaw Productions. The cast of the Steamie: Fiona Wood, Libby McArthur, Tony Roper, Mary ...

There’s a bit of a musical tip to this week’s theatre offerings, from Sarah Ruhl’s take on Eurodice, to Orkney songs in the first Play Pie & Pint of the season, Amber Davies giving her Elle Woods and ...

Here are the ten fully professional funded companies who have productions at this year’s Fringe. It is always a tricky balance here, so do check the 85 productions listed in the Grassroots section of ...

Edinburgh is home to a fantastic range of theatre artists and producers who live in the city and make work for audiences throughout the year. EPAD is proud to be working with All Edinburgh Theatre to ...

Scottish actor Mark Bonnar, recently seen on in Edinburgh-set dramas Department Q and Guilt, as well as Celebrity Traitors, has been made honorary president of local amateur company Leitheatre.

Scottish Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro kicks off a limited engagement at the Festival Theatre in style, delivering a revival of Sir Thomas Allen’s 2010 production full of flair, humour, and ...

Edinburgh’s amateur companies were at the first ever Fringe and they are still here, with an intriguing and hugely ambitious programme of theatre that spans the genres. One particular joy of this year ...

There is a slight reduction in the number of youth and student theatre companies this year, partly down to the reduced number of New Celts productions from the Napier University initiative. Still ...

Find Your Light have a shimmering summer holiday production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie up at the Church Hill Theatre this week, with a young cast who positively revel in the show.