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Dear Lyceum,

A letter from playwright Jo Clifford

Dear Lyceum, I wrote this to you on Tuesday night when our play was due to open, and didn’t. And I didn’t know what to do with myself, so I thought I’d write to you and see if that helped me understand.

Jo Clifford on May 22, 2020

Strictly Ballroom Reschedules

New 2022 dates for Edinburgh Playhouse:

Strictly Ballroom the Musical, staring Kevin Clifton has rescheduled its planned tour putting its dates back a year to 2021/22, arriving at the Edinburgh Playhouse in March 2022.

Thom Dibdin on May 20, 2020

“Hibernation” for Lyceum

Lyceum goes dark for remainder of 2020
The Lyceum is to enter a period of “hibernation” as a building-based producing theatre with immediate effect, postponing all 2020 shows and entering into negotiations with all staff over redundancies.

Thom Dibdin on May 20, 2020

Hidden Door goes Live Online

Regular Thursday show for pop-up arts fest:

Edinburgh’s Hidden Door has announced a new web series, the Hidden Door Live Show, which will live stream on Thursday nights, alternating between Facebook and Instagram.

Thom Dibdin on May 17, 2020

New Ayckbourn gets audio stream

Alan Ayckbourn to star in and direct 84th play:

Anno Domino, a “very contemporary response to the current situation” by veteran playwright Alan Ayckbourn, is to get its world premiere on an exclusive audio stream on the Stephen Joseph Theatre website.

Thom Dibdin on May 17, 2020