THE Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has opened, and runs until June 3.
The festival, produced by the Edinburgh-based theatre company Imaginate, includes 14 productions from 12 countries.
More than 5000 school pupils are expected to take part over the week.
Noel Jordan, director, said: "In a year where Scottish children’s theatre has been under threat while being praised globally, the Festival is a great opportunity to celebrate our home grown talent.
"It is also a unique opportunity to welcome the best of what the world has to offer onto our Edinburgh stages for local audiences to enjoy."
There are still tickets for sale for most shows, especially over the final weekend (1-3 June).
www.imaginate.org.uk/festival
THE Macrobert Art Centre in Stirling has appointed Scotland's first BSL (British Sign Language) director trainee.
Peter Dobre is soon to graduate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and will be starting the end of May.
The post has been devised for an emerging director who uses BSL to help them pursue a career in performance.
He will be allocated time with actors from the BA Performance in BSL and English at the RCS and mentoring from Julie Ellen, director of the Macrobert.
The one year traineeship is a result of funding from Creative Scotland in the designated Year of Young People.
www.scottishtheatre.org
THE CITIZENS Theatre has released details of a Scotland-wide tour of The Macbeths: an "intimate and stripped down" version of Shakespeare’s play.
The Macbeths will tour to Dundee Rep, MacArts Theatre, Galashiels, Paisley Arts Centre, The Byre Theatre, St Andrews, MacRobert, Stirling, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Eden Court, Inverness, Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock.
Directed by Citizens Theatre Artistic Director Dominic Hill and adapted in collaboration with Frances Poet, the play lasts an hour.
The success of the 2017 production was recently underlined when Charlene Boyd, who played Lady Macbeth in last year’s production, was nominated for a Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland, in the Best Female Performance category.
www.citz.co.uk
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