Category: city centre

Starting today: Summertime Streets in city centre

Between 28 July and 1 September 2019, temporary changes will be in place on streets in the Old Town. The changes will help to make our busy streets easier and safer to walk around. Continue reading Starting today: Summertime Streets in city centre

Scottish space firm Skyrora celebrates successful rocket engine testing

Scottish space company Skyrora has successfully carried out testing on a fully 3D-printed, commercial rocket engine for the first time ever in the UK. 

The Edinburgh-based firm used its base in Cornwall to carry out engine checks on its XL rocket, the firm’s main orbital launch vehicle. Continue reading Scottish space firm Skyrora celebrates successful rocket engine testing

CCTV appeal following serious assault in Victoria Street

Police have released CCTV images of a group of four men they are looking to trace following an incident in Victoria Street.

At around 3am hours on Friday 8th March 2019 in Victoria Street, a 26-year-old man was injured in an altercation and later attended hospital for treatment. The men pictured are of interest to this investigation and anyone with information is asked to come forward. Continue reading CCTV appeal following serious assault in Victoria Street

Thirty Years of The People’s Story

The People’s Story at 30: The Making of the Museum

Original publicity shot for opening of People's Story Museum. People gathered in costume

It’s been 30 years since The People’s Story Museum opened its doors for the first time, becoming one of the UK’s leading social history museums. Radical and ground breaking at the time, it was concerned with the lives and times of the ‘ordinary’ people of Edinburgh; the real people whose lives played out in this historical city.  Continue reading Thirty Years of The People’s Story

MIX UP Theatre: Fringe Festival Summer Camp

THE MIX UP THEATRE FRINGE FESTIVAL SUMMER CAMP 2019! Ages 5-16 

Monday 29th July – Friday 2nd August: 10am-4pm on The Pleasance.

Still a handful of spaces left so book in now at: www.mixuptheatre.com/fringefestival

Here’s the full programme for this year!

AGES 5-12 (Age 11+ will go to Seniors in afternoons):

MONDAY 29th July

AM – Puppetry Workshop with Ditto Theatre Company (Rocket Girl)
PM – Ceilidh Dancing with Ceilidhkids
PM – Stand-Up Comedy with Comedy Club 4 Kids

TUESDAY 30th July

AM – Bubble Making Workshop with The Highland Joker (The Bubble Show)
AM – Kafka for Kids Workshop with The Kafkateers (Beetlemania!)
PM – Mime Workshop with Bric à Brac Theatre (Mustard Doesn’t Go with Girls)
PM – Rap / Spoken Word with Mark Grist (Down with the Poetry King)

WEDNESDAY 31st July

AM – Electronic Music Movement Workshop with The New Victorians (Rave + Behave)
AM – THEATRE TRIP: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Rubbish Shakespeare Company
PM – Comedy Animal Acting Workshop with Goblin (Hey Diddle Diddle)
PM – Shakespeare Comedy Acting with the Rubbish Shakespeare Company

THURSDAY 1st August

AM – Word and Story Workshop with Dan Serridge Storyteller (Feast of Fools)
AM – THEATRE TRIP: Mustard Doesn’t Go wtih Girls by Bric a Brac Theatre
PM – Singing Workshop with Nonsenseroom Productions (Shark in the Park)
PM – Clowning Workshop with Stickyback Theatre (Sunshine)

FRIDAY 2nd August

AM – THEATRE TRIP: Games with James
PM – Storytelling Workshop with Flossy and Boo (Ned and the Whale)
PM – Circus Skills Workshop with Dummies Corp. (Splashtest Dummies)
PM – THEATRE TRIP + Meet & Greet with Cirque Berserk UK

AGES 11-16: AFTERNOONS (Seniors Class)

Monday 29th July + Tuesday 30th July

PM – Rehearsals

Wednesday 31st July

PM – Spy Comedy Acting Workshop with Paprichoo (Number, Please)

Thursday 1st August

PM – PERFORMANCE: Murder on the Dancefloor by Spies Like Us Theatre
PM – Physical Theatre Ensemble Workshop by Spies Like Us Theatre

FRIDAY 2nd August

PM – SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE – Royal Mile, Mercat Stage

The students will perform a short performance on the Mercat Stage of the Royal Mile as part of the Fringe Street Festival. This will take place at 3pm and will last approx 15-20 minutes.

Families will be invited along to meet us there (beside St Giles Cathedral).

Added to this our students will also be reviewing for Families Edinburgh Magazine as part of the Wee Reviewers team!

Don’t miss out! Book NOW!

www.mixuptheatre.com/fringefestival

Managing a Festival City

The Council is working on getting the balance right, says city council Leader Adam McVey:

Together the festivals create a season and a place like no other, with the cultural benefits giving us access to performers and shows that we’d otherwise have to travel the world to find. Continue reading Managing a Festival City

Edinburgh’s new UK Government Hub to be named Queen Elizabeth House

The new flagship UK Government Hub in Edinburgh will be called ‘Queen Elizabeth House’, Scottish Secretary David Mundell announced today. 

The new Hub, located near Waverley Station, is a seven story, 190,000 square feet, ultra-modern office space. It will bring together nearly 3,000 UK Government civil servants from a range of UK Government departments. Continue reading Edinburgh’s new UK Government Hub to be named Queen Elizabeth House

Calling the Curious: The RSE launches new Summer Events programme

Looking for something a bit different this summer? The RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh) is launching Curious, a month-long programme of talks, workshops, exhibitions and performances in the beautiful surroundings of its magnificent Victorian era building to explore some of the most pressing and interesting issues and ideas of the day. Continue reading Calling the Curious: The RSE launches new Summer Events programme