News
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30 April 2010: Fame, frocks and false eyelashes…
Fame, frocks and false eyelashes… Our packed summer season kicks off on Wednesday when ground-breaking theatre company Graeae’s new show Signs of a Star-Shaped Diva opens at the Brewery. What better way to get as far away from election fever as possible than with this escapist tale of undertaker Sue and her alias Tammy Frascati, a cabaret singer who wends… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Fri 30 April 2010 at 1:01 am in Weekly Update and tagged with Mayfest, shakespeare - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 3 March 2010
Midsummer madness! Last week we broke TF box office records as tickets flew out of the door for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The show has now sold out and continues to receive rave reviews from audience members and critics alike. You can read what all the critics thought in full via the Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory website. Here are… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 03 March 2010 at 1:01 am in Reviews, Weekly Update and tagged with Shakespeare - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 19 February 2010
There’s lots to tell you about this week, including a round-up of reviews for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Department of Smelling Pistakes, a sneak preview of what’s coming up in next week’s Prototype, and much, much more… REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Those of you who follow Twitter will have picked up on Lyn Gardner’s (The Guardian)… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Fri 19 February 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Reviews, Weekly Update and tagged with Dream, Edinburgh, Prototype, Shakespeare, SITE, Smelling Pistakes, theatre-makers - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 10 February 2010
This week there are brand new shows, opportunities for theatre-makers, Shakey season info and lots, lots more… Publick Transport’s brand new show The Department of Smelling Pistakes opens tonight at the Brewery. The show stars Angus Barr and Toby W Davies as a pair of Russian civil servants jostling for power, one a puffed up bureaucrat in search of a… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 10 February 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with Alice, Diva, Edinburgh, Lucy Porter, Prototype, Shakespeare, Smelling Pistakes - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 28 Jan 2010
The rather wonderful news this week is that we have managed to hit our target for our ventilation fundraising campaign. Over to our Development Director Caroline Green for the latest… In July 2009 we launched a fundraising campaign towards much-needed ventilation in the Tobacco Factory Theatre’s auditorium Having taken the plunge and secured an interest-free loan to enable the installation… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 27 January 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with fundraising, MR James, Richard Herring, Shakespeare, ventilation - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 18 Jan 2010
The snow’s all melted and the foyer and theatre have been stripped of their festive apparel… It can only mean one thing: Christmas is well and truly over and we’re looking forward to a spring season jam-packed with comedy, Shakespeare, mystery, poetry and more. To see everything that’s coming up in the next few months, click here. Shakespeare kicks off…… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Mon 18 January 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with Cultural Champions, John Bishop, MR James, Shakespeare, workshop - Permalink
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