To the Festival Theatre stage this winter comes pantomime, Adventures of Peter Pan (25 Nov–31 Dec)
Continue reading Peter Pan is Flying HighChristmas at Conifox

A Trio of Tales
Five Sisters Zoo Illuminated

“Approaching the Five Sisters Zoo was amazing – out of the darkness, the night sky was then lit up with the Zoo illuminations ahead”.
Continue reading Five Sisters Zoo IlluminatedBook Week Scotland

Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books and reading that takes place across the country. During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life come together to share the joy of reading.
Continue reading Book Week ScotlandChristmas at the Botanics
A Play, A Pie & A Pint
Halloween at Conifox
Women Writers: Words of Wisdom
Bonnie Garmus, Tessa Hadley and Eleanor Catton speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Continue reading Women Writers: Words of WisdomWill BF: The Last Gun [Underbelly Dexter]

If you’ve ever rented terrible films on VHS, The Last Gun will give you instant nostalgia.
Continue reading Will BF: The Last Gun [Underbelly Dexter]A History of the World According to Cats

I went time travelling with cats at the Edinburgh International Book festival. The theme of Kimberlie Hamilton’s colourful new children’s book is ‘A History of the World According to Cats.’
Continue reading A History of the World According to CatsIn Everglade Studio [Assembly Box]
In 1974, four musicians lock themselves in an underground recording studio to make a hit album, unaware of a toxic substance in the walls driving them to madness.
Continue reading In Everglade Studio [Assembly Box]Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story [Pleasance King Dome]

The ‘Princess of Hearts’ makes an exclusive appearance at the Pleasance to set the record straight in an hour of drag, video, puppetry and audience participation.
Continue reading Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story [Pleasance King Dome]Bonnie Garmus: Good Chemistry
Is there anybody out there who hasn’t read Lessons in Chemistry? Who hasn’t heard of Lessons in Chemistry? To say that Bonnie Garmus has had phenomenal success with her first novel is an understatement.
Continue reading Bonnie Garmus: Good ChemistryFlickering Seasons
A woman’s journey as she navigates life: strength, hope and triumph.
A drama with music from Wild Rose Productions, St Johns Church DRT Room.
Continue reading Flickering SeasonsLand Under Wave [Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27 Aug]

Young Edinburgh Storytellers weave music and Scottish legends in the bowels of the Netherbow Theatre transformed into the mythical Otherworld.
Continue reading Land Under Wave [Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27 Aug]Woven [Greenside @ Infirmary Street]

Seven women meet at the funeral of a prominent politician who they all loved, and discover what they really meant to the ‘golden boy’.
Continue reading Woven [Greenside @ Infirmary Street]1953: The Race for the Summit & Pitch
‘Hillary and I may not share the same blood, but we share the same spirit.’
Continue reading 1953: The Race for the Summit & PitchKate Crawford: the AI Revolution
Artificial Intelligence is about to explode as the number one problem of our age. In fact our age, and species, may well be about to morph unrecognisably because of it.
Continue reading Kate Crawford: the AI RevolutionWriters’ Block & Dead-End Jobs

Now in its second year, Brain Hemingway is Erin Murray Quinlan’s exploration of writer’s block, self esteem and believing in your craft.
Continue reading Writers’ Block & Dead-End JobsBeano Editors Make Mega-Mischief

With a title like that who could resist going along to hear Craig Graham and Mike Stirling talk about their jobs (jobs? – more like malarkey!) as editors of the Beano comic.
Continue reading Beano Editors Make Mega-Mischief