Media Releases
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6 March 2025
Citizens Theatre unveils first stage productions and homecoming celebrations as countdown to August reopening begins
The Citizens Theatre will invite its Gorbals neighbours and the wider Glasgow community to get involved in its opening celebrations as one of the city’s most treasured cultural venues prepares to reopen its doors later this year. Today, audiences are given a first glimpse of the activity that will welcome them back. Tickets to the first stage productions will go on sale at the end of March.
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25 February 2025
Francesca Moody Productions in association with Milke and Underbelly GARRY STARR: CLASSIC PENGUINS
Garry Starr is back! Following sell-out seasons in 2018, 2022 and 2024, the multi-award-winning, sartorially shy comic wunderkind returns with his acclaimed anarchic masterclass: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins which transfers to Soho Theatre from the 14th to the 26th July before heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Underbelly’s Udderbelly from the 30th July to the 25th August.
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19 February 2025
105 years young! The Famous Spiegeltent celebrates her ‘centenary plus’ this summer by returning to St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
The trailblazing original travelling venue invites you to celebrate over a century of spellbinding entertainment and the 21st birthday of her notorious, multi-award-winning house show, La Clique!
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27 January 2025
Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre Announces 2025 season of work
Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre are proud to unveil their 2025 season – a programme that celebrates creativity, connection, and community. Today, they launch a new trailer that places participants at the heart of announcing this exciting new season of work.
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18 December 2024
Small Acts of Love Citizens Theatre announces first stage production for its reopening in 2025
Today, Wednesday 18 December 2024, the Citizens Theatre announces Small Acts of Love as the show which will reopen the theatre in 2025.
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10 October 2024
Adelayo Adedayo, Will Poulter and Tanya Reynolds join cast of performers in new films showcasing the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
For the fifth time in three years, the Booker Prizes have partnered with Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman Television on a series of short films featuring well-known performers reading extracts from the shortlisted books.
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7 October 2024
Leeds International Film Festival announces opening, closing and central films alongside UK Premiere films in its competition strands
Monday 7 October, Leeds, UK: Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) has today announced the opening, closing and central films for its 2024 edition alongside the UK premiere titles that will play in its Constellation and Fanomenon competitions. LIFF is supported by BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Award. -
4 October 2024
Magic of Christmas set to make Edinburgh sparkle this Winter
Organisers of Edinburgh’s Christmas today unwrapped the first attractions from a bumper programme of events in the capital, bringing the gift of joy and sparkle to the city’s many residents and visitors this winter.
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20 September 2024
NORDIC MUSIC DAYS: Final programme details revealed for one of the world’s longest running contemporary classical music festivals
From working with lung cancer patients on exploring breath as a source of sound, a computer game opera combining Greek mythology, internet culture and AI generated material, to a musical exploration of the intersection point between Shetland and Greenland at 60°N and connections between folk traditions, Nordic Music Days delves deep into the cultural and musical resonances between Scotland and the Nordic countries.
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13 September 2024
Bill Douglas My Best Friend a Film by Jack Archer || Narrated by Brian Cox. Media are Invited to a Premiere Screening of the Film
Bill grew up and shot his films in and around Newcraighall. In attendance and available for interview and photos are filmmaker Jack Archer, sculptor Kenny Munro and actor Alex Norton (Comrades, Two Doors Down, Taggart, Comfort & Joy).