Allan Wilson

I've got a theatre double-bill tomorrow, starting with Sally Cookson's adaptation of Cinderella: A Fairy Tale @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social, then the 4PLAY scratch @traversetheatre.bsky.social, with four new, short plays by Ruaraidh Murray, Andrea McKenzie, Sean Langtree and Geraldine Lang.

Sorry to hear your on the receiving end, but keep up the good work!

dark background with headshots and joint photos of the 12 recipients. The text '2025 Scottish Emerging Theatre Awards' is below. 

SETA 2025: THE RECIPIENTS ✨

We are absolutely delighted to announce the 12 artists/duos/companies who are our 2025 SETA recipients!

🔗 www.frameworktheatre.com/seta-25

Massive congratulations to everyone who was nominated - what an amazing year for Scottish Theatre 🎭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Autopsy Award - Summerhall Arts The Autopsy Award aims to help artists working in Scotland who make boundary-pushing performance work to undertake an Edinburgh Fringe run.

Applications now open for @summerhallarts.bsky.social's Autopsy Award, which I have been funding since 2019 (and for Mary Dick and Meadows Awards). Looking forward to entries from boundary-pushing artists based in Scotland hoping to bring work to Fringe 26.
www.summerhallarts.co.uk/summerhall-a...

a brief history of resistance, with @markthomasinfo.bsky.social 🔥

I'll be heading through to Glasgow today to see the last @playpiepint.bsky.social production of 2025, @muirofodd.bsky.social's Strangers in the Night, directed by Cora Bissett. I'm really looking forward to this tale of two elderly residents in a care home meeting to reminisce.

Wee reminder about our recent callout! 👇

⏰ Deadline: Friday 21st November @ 5pm.

I enjoyed @kevinpgilday.bsky.social's Gravity at Òran Mór, today. I particularly liked the strong performances from Paul Gorman as a young man who refuses to leave his flat in a condemned tower block, and Elaine Stirrat as the social worker tasked with encouraging him to move to a new home.

Going across to Glasgow today to meet a producer/friend & take in this week's @playpiepint.bsky.social production, Gravity by @kevinpgilday.bsky.social, described as 'A heartfelt and authentic Glaswegian drama about living with the ghosts of the past and the redemptive power of unlikely connections'

I'll be @cabaretvoltaire.bsky.social this evening to see Scottish singer / musician, Siobhan Wilson.

I enjoyed Shotput Theatre's production of Enda Walsh's Arlington @traversetheatre.bsky.social last night. It is a fascinating piece of theatre with an absorbing script, an intriguing set design and great performances from two actors and a dancer, but I'm still not sure what it was all about???

I'll be @traversetheatre.bsky.social this evening to see Enda Walsh's Arlington, described as 'a dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination'. I'm not familiar with this writer's work, but I'm looking forward to it!

There was a lot to like in @dundeerep.bsky.social's Production of Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie' @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social yesterday, particularly the excellent performances from the cast, the set design and the poetic language, but for some reason it didn't quite hit home for me.

Oops - I forgot to mention it is on @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social.

I'll be heading through to Edinburgh this afternoon for @dundeerep.bsky.social's production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, directed by Andrew Panton.

I was sorry to hear this morning of the passing of Scottish folk music legend, Archie Fisher. I met him a few times in the late 1980s/early 1990s when he was Director of the Edinburgh Folk Festival and I was a voluntary steward. He was always courteous and respectful towards to everybody he met.

I really enjoyed Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey @traversetheatre.bsky.social last night. A fascinating and moving tale of some of the thousands of Scots wo emigrated to Canada by boat in the 1920s, performed through music, spoken word and visuals by seven acclaimed musicians and singers.

I'll be @traversetheatre.bsky.social this evening to see Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey by Liza Mulholland and Donald S Murray, looking at the lives of some of the Scots who migrated to Canada in the 1920s. This has resonances for me as my parents left Scotland for Canada just after World War 2.

I loved Float when I saw it at the Edinburgh Fringe in August and now want to give Londoners an opportunity to see this witty, and moving play in December.
Help get FLOAT to London! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-get-f...

There were mythical elements, but they could have been developed further. Enjoy The Seagull - I saw it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was excellent.

Hi Lynda, I enjoyed it, but it wouldn’t be my favourite from the current season. The first half was a bit slow, but on the positive side, it was good to see the use of Gaelic, with a mixture of Gaelic and English in individual sentences, so it was easy to follow

I'll be back @traversetheatre.bsky.social today for the last of their current @playpiepint.bsky.social season, Righ Iasgair: The Fisher King, written by @kennyboyleofficial.bsky.social and directed by @lanapheutan.bsky.social. I'm looking forward to a spooky story, grounded in the Hebrides.

Loved Kathryn Tickell, accompanied by The Darkening @traversetheatre.bsky.social this evening. I haven't seen her perform for around 30 years so I bought her 40th Anniversary CD to help me catch up! I'll try not to wait another 30 years to see her again!

Such a great opportunity for an artist based in Scotland!

I'm @traversetheatre.bsky.social this evening to see Kathryn Tickell for the first time In about 30 years. I saw her many times in the 1980s/90s and always appreciated her brilliance on the Northumbrian pipes, before my arts focus switched from folk music to theatre in the 1990s.

Ron Ferguson’s football book Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil adapted for stage

A stage adaptation of Ron Ferguson’s cult classic football book Black Diamonds and The Blue Brazil will run at Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre next year, with music by Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross 👇

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Does anyone have any idea how ticket sales are currently doing for events across the country? Are people struggling to sell event tickets? Is it the time of year? Is it cost of living?

Really enjoyed 'The Seagull' @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social this afternoon. Great to see a large cast, with so many great stalwarts of Scottish theatre, e.g. John Bett, Forbes Masson, Steven McNicoll, Irene Allan, combining comedy and tragedy. Particularly liked Colin Richmond's set design.

I'll be @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social this afternoon to see their new production of Anton Chekhov's 'The Seagull', directed by their new artistic director, James Brining. It will be good to see Caroline Quentin leading a large cast for this play.