The city council has received more than 8,000 consultation responses to the consultation on major changes proposed for Edinburgh’s city centre. The capital’s population is now aroung half a million people.
The Council went out to consultation on three different proposals over the summer: Edinburgh City Centre Transformation, Meadows to George Street and Low Emission Zones during May, June and July. Continue reading “Tremendous response” to three council consultations
Extra street cleaners have been drafted in to help keep the Capital – well, the city centre – clean during this year’s Festival.
Forty additional staff will join the core team of 37 city centre street cleansing operatives in August, to help manage extra demand over the busy summer period. Continue reading No laughing matter: council recruits extra cleaners for city centre
Police Scotland has been working with staff across all of the Edinburgh Festivals, to encourage them to be extra eyes and ears and help keep the event safe and secure. Continue reading Project Servator: Police prepared for Edinburgh’s festivals
The City of Edinburgh Council’s Transport and Environment Convener has welcomed a significant funding boost towards a major project to transform George Street. Continue reading £20 million boost for George Street plans
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 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
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
The People’s Story at 30: The Making of the Museum
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
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!
Academy Award, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning artist, DJ and producer, Mark Ronson will host a massive party to bring in 2020 in Scotland’s capital, marking the first time a DJ is headlining Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. Continue reading Mark Ronson to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
