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Selected as part of the prestigious Made in Scotland Showcase for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, Christine Thynne a...
03/10/2025

Selected as part of the prestigious Made in Scotland Showcase for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, Christine Thynne and Robbie Synge announce the upcoming Scottish tour of their critically acclaimed multidisciplinary show These Mechanisms - an inspirational and sensory exploration of life, physicality, and intergenerational friendship that treads the lines between dance, physical theatre, object manipulation, and contemporary circus. These Mechanisms…...

Selected as part of the prestigious Made in Scotland Showcase for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, Christine Thynne and Robbie Synge announce the upcoming Scottish tour of their critically accla…

You Live You LearnAntje Schupp(Switzerland)25 October 2025 | 4.30pm — 6.00pmTramway How do you perform when you can’t? H...
28/09/2025

You Live You LearnAntje Schupp(Switzerland)25 October 2025 | 4.30pm — 6.00pmTramway How do you perform when you can’t? How do you work when you shouldn’t? Whom do you ask for help? Your doctor? Your colleagues? Your boss? It begins with a dilemma: how can we speak when we’re out of words? When we want to move forward, but feel not able to do so?...

You Live You LearnAntje Schupp(Switzerland)25 October 2025 | 4.30pm — 6.00pmTramway How do you perform when you can’t? How do you work when you shouldn’t? Whom do you ask for help? Your doctor? You…

Lukas AvendañoRequiem para un Alcaraván(Mexico)18 October 2025 | 12.00pm — 1.00pmThe Boardwalk Requiem for an Alcaraván ...
28/09/2025

Lukas AvendañoRequiem para un Alcaraván(Mexico)18 October 2025 | 12.00pm — 1.00pmThe Boardwalk Requiem for an Alcaraván is a performative dance rooted in the figure of the muxhe, or man-woman, a term that carries specific cultural meaning within Zapotec tradition. Through the concept of muxheidad, Zapotec culture holds space for gender expressions and same-sex relationships that both coexist with and disrupt patriarchal and binary structures, though not without contradiction....

Lukas AvendañoRequiem para un Alcaraván(Mexico)18 October 2025 | 12.00pm — 1.00pmThe Boardwalk Requiem for an Alcaraván is a performative dance rooted in the figure of the muxhe, or man-woman, a te…

asses.massesPatrick Blenkarn + Milton Lim(Canada) 26 October 2025 | 12.00pm — 7.00pm The unemployed donkeys have one dem...
28/09/2025

asses.massesPatrick Blenkarn + Milton Lim(Canada) 26 October 2025 | 12.00pm — 7.00pm The unemployed donkeys have one demand: the humans must surrender their machines and give all donkeys their jobs back. But revolution is never easy! asses.masses is a custom-made video game about labour, technophobia and sharing the load of revolution, designed to be played from beginning to end in a live theatre....

asses.massesPatrick Blenkarn + Milton Lim(Canada) 26 October 2025 | 12.00pm — 7.00pm The unemployed donkeys have one demand: the humans must surrender their machines and give all donkeys their jobs…

SELKIE: THE WET & WILD SHOW!Craig Manson 17 October 2025 | 7.00pm — 8.00pm18 October 2025 | 5.45pm — 6.45pm Craig Manson...
28/09/2025

SELKIE: THE WET & WILD SHOW!Craig Manson 17 October 2025 | 7.00pm — 8.00pm18 October 2025 | 5.45pm — 6.45pm Craig Manson’s thrilling reimagining of the Selkie myth is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal with the magical, shimmering beast! Selkies are legendary creatures who are part seal, part human. Shedding their sealskins to take human form on land, selkies are traditionally described in stories where their skins are stolen, preventing them from ever returning to their true home under the sea....

SELKIE: THE WET & WILD SHOW!Craig Manson 17 October 2025 | 7.00pm — 8.00pm18 October 2025 | 5.45pm — 6.45pm Craig Manson’s thrilling reimagining of the Selkie myth is a once in a lifetime oppor…

THU 23 OCTThe War of the Birds6pm (1hr) | £14 (£12) £10The old stories tell us there is one place on Earth where the bir...
28/09/2025

THU 23 OCTThe War of the Birds6pm (1hr) | £14 (£12) £10The old stories tell us there is one place on Earth where the birds laid down their wings in peace - yet the real battle rages on, the endless war against forgetting. Storyteller Mark Borthwick weaves traditional and electronic music together with full-blooded stories of the old world to transport us to the shores of a new one, where stories are currency, and memory is home....

THU 23 OCTThe War of the Birds6pm (1hr) | £14 (£12) £10The old stories tell us there is one place on Earth where the birds laid down their wings in peace – yet the real battle rages on, the e…

The Cut Review (Wm. Watt) Macronutrient groups, caloric surpluses, progressive overload and the unmentionedsweetened spo...
28/09/2025

The Cut Review (Wm. Watt) Macronutrient groups, caloric surpluses, progressive overload and the unmentionedsweetened spoon of pharmacological assistance; the story of how actors achieve theirphysiques preparing for rolls is a now an expected part of film promotion. Considering this context it’s interesting to see Orlando Bloom as a nameless boxer in The Cut (2025), a film about extreme training regimens and rapid weight loss, where he attempts to lose over 10kg of bodyweight within a week to make the weight limit for a title shot....

The Cut Review (Wm. Watt) Macronutrient groups, caloric surpluses, progressive overload and the unmentionedsweetened spoon of pharmacological assistance; the story of how actors achieve theirphysiq…

Gruesome and Grimm Tales WorkshopSaturday 25 October, 10.30am, Storytelling Centre, £20 (150mins) A lot of classic fairy...
18/09/2025

Gruesome and Grimm Tales WorkshopSaturday 25 October, 10.30am, Storytelling Centre, £20 (150mins) A lot of classic fairy tales, especially well-known ones by the Brothers Grimm, have been heavily edited over the years by removing the grisliest details to make them more palatable. Join storyteller Anna Lehr to rediscover the original tales, explore the forgotten ones and work on your very own gruesome tale that will send shivers down your audience’s spine!...

Gruesome and Grimm Tales WorkshopSaturday 25 October, 10.30am, Storytelling Centre, £20 (150mins) A lot of classic fairy tales, especially well-known ones by the Brothers Grimm, have been heavily e…

Scotland's First ESEA Festival 'Liquid Identities' to Showcase Creative Talent Across Arts Disciplines One-day celebrati...
13/09/2025

Scotland's First ESEA Festival 'Liquid Identities' to Showcase Creative Talent Across Arts Disciplines One-day celebration of East & Southeast Asian creativity takes place during UK ESEA Heritage Month Date: Sunday 28 September 2025 Time: 1pm – 11pm Venue: Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh Tickets: Free with donation option Booking: Eventbrite - Ages: All ages welcome ESEA Creatives announces Liquid Identities, Scotland's first festival dedicated to showcasing Scotland-based East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) talent across creative industries....

Scotland’s First ESEA Festival ‘Liquid Identities’ to Showcase Creative Talent Across Arts Disciplines One-day celebration of East & Southeast Asian creativity takes place dur…

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL LIGHTS OF THE NORTH - PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED 22 October to 1 November 2025 ● ...
13/09/2025

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL LIGHTS OF THE NORTH - PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED 22 October to 1 November 2025 ● International Guest Storytellers from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Germany ● Tales by Scotland’s Travelling Community ● Over 60 Go Local Events ● Dark Tales for Halloween and the Brothers Grimm The Scottish International Storytelling Festival (22 October to 1 November 2025)...

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL LIGHTS OF THE NORTH – PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED  22 October to 1 November 2025 ●    International Guest Storytellers from Norw…

Big Little Sister covers both the funny moments and the challenges of having a disabled sibling. Through a comedic outlo...
13/09/2025

Big Little Sister covers both the funny moments and the challenges of having a disabled sibling. Through a comedic outlook, the solo performer takes the audience on a journey into her life and her difficulties with her older disabled sibling. It traces a wild and unexpected range of personal experiences , but also another, deeper narrative. As a whole, it connected ranges across multiple emotions: the personal perspectives leave tear in one eye and a laughing smile....

Big Little Sister covers both the funny moments and the challenges of having a disabled sibling. Through a comedic outlook, the solo performer takes the audience on a journey into her life and her …

Although Geraint D'Arcy is interested in applying the theory of mise en scène to the comic book, his Mise en scène, Acti...
12/09/2025

Although Geraint D'Arcy is interested in applying the theory of mise en scène to the comic book, his Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics, he provides a solid history of the idea, even going back to Diderot's invention of the Fourth Wall and arguing that it represents both a creative strategy in cinema and a way to analyse performance and film....

Although Geraint D’Arcy is interested in applying the theory of mise en scène to the comic book, his Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics, he provides a solid history of the idea, even …

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