A citywide ban on ‘A’ boards and other temporary on-street advertising in Edinburgh has been deemed a success, one year on from its introduction.
Continue reading Equalities groups welcome accessible streets in Edinburgh
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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!
NHS Lothian: urgent action needed to address ‘bullying and harassment’
An independent investigation into NHS Lothian has found a culture of “bullying and harassment”. The review, produced by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, for the Scottish Government, investigated the circumstances surrounding NHS Lothian’s reporting of A&E waiting times – and concludes that said the situation requires “urgent action”. Continue reading NHS Lothian: urgent action needed to address ‘bullying and harassment’
At last, the truth: Independent review of policing during Miners’ Strike announced
‘To investigate and report on the impact of policing on affected communities in Scotland during the period of the miners’ strike from March 1984 – March 1985’.
Scotland will lead the way in the UK in ensuring the experiences of those affected by the Miners’ Strike in the 1980s are properly understood, the Justice Secretary said yesterday. Michael Matheson has ordered an independent review into the impact of policing on communities during the Miners’ Strike, from March 1984 to March 1985. Continue reading At last, the truth: Independent review of policing during Miners’ Strike announced
The year in pictures: August
Las Ramblas terror attack in Barcelona
Cash for Kids support for Pilton Youth & Children’s Project
Actor Robert Hardy dies
Hearts sack first team coach Ian Cathro
Yes, it’s Festival time again in Edinburgh
Botanics’ smelly plant makes annual reappearance
Twentieth anniversary of Princess Diana’s death
Community is outraged when a ten year old boy is mown down by a hit and run motorcyclist near Drylaw Police Station
Free football at West Pilton Park
North Korea and USA engage in another bout of sabre-rattling … but on a nuclear scale
Fortieth anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death
Edinburgh Mela’s back!
Racial tensions run high during white supremacist march, Charlotttesville
Dementia awareness event at The Botanics
Bruce Forsyth dies
Craig Levein lands Hearts job
Sierra Leone mudslide kills hundreds and leaves tens of thousands homeless
Mayweather stops Conor McGregor in tenth round of multi-million dollar ‘Fight of the Century’
Kezia Dugdale resigns as Scottish Labour leader
Trinity Community Gala
World of Football opens on Marine Drive
2016 in pictures: November
SuperMoon (but not that super in Edinburgh!)
Scotland humbled at Wembley
Singer songwriter Leonard Cohen dies
Botanics Lights run ends
Andy Murray becomes world tennis number one
Rebuild begins in Haiti following Hurrican Mathhew
Cyber attack on Tesco Bank accounts
Edinburgh School of Music Open Day
Justin Bieber wins three prizes at MTV Awards
Scotland captain Scott Brown visits Cramond Primary School
Health Project AGM
Rugby Union: Ireland defeat All Blacks for the first time
Attenborough’s back: Planet Earth II
Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations
Government about turn: no inquiry into Orgreave
Festival of Light
AND THE STORY OF THE YEAR (unless you’re a Hibs supporter!) …
USA goes to the polls
The world waits: In Kenya, these Masai tribesmen listen to radio coverage of the US election
Trump and Farage are ‘besties’
Cuba’s Fidel Castro dies
Hair today?
New Zealand earthquake
Great news for Lorne Street residents
Men into childcare taster session
FIFA gets tough over poppies on armbands
Fatal tram derailment near Croydon.
I’m A Celebrity lineup revealed … spot the celebrity?
BBC Children in Need … the first without Terry Wogan
Former DJ Sir Jimmy Young dies
Brexit hits another obstacle
Two hundred bird houses created in Muirhouse
Leonardo DiCaprio visits Edinburgh
Marks & Spencer announces store closures
MIND THE GAP: Toblerone criticised for widening the space between peaks
2016 in pictures: October
50th anniversary of Aberfan disaster Continue reading 2016 in pictures: October
2016 in pictures: September
Morrisons local derby raises cash for charities Continue reading 2016 in pictures: September
2016 in pictures: February
Flying Scotsman is back on track Continue reading 2016 in pictures: February
2015: The year in pictures
From the Nepal earthquake, Charlie Hebdo and extreme weather to austerity, the refugee crisis and the November attacks in Paris, 2015 was an unforgettable year – but all too often for the wrong reasons. How many of these events do you remember? Continue reading 2015: The year in pictures