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Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined February 2015
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It’s time for A Kick Up The Arts! Legend @BarbaraDickson & artist Fionna Carlisle join me @fruitmarket Edinburgh to reflect on #HollyDavey’s The Unforgetting, via 60s Edinburgh folk pubs; Top of the Pops with Strawberry Switchblade; partying with Basquiat: akickupthearts.org
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We bid a farewell to the cast of A Streetcar Named Desire and give them ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for their amazing performance @PITLOCHRYFT
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New series of Wolf Hall starts this Sunday.
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Can we get 5,000 people to reply with "I stand with Ukraine?"πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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What's on Edinburgh's stages this week to Sun 10 Nov 2024? alledinburghtheatre.com/prev… Blooming loads! Read all about it in our preview and listings...
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β€œAll shall be well. All shall be well. And all manner of things shall be well.” Keep going. Every step through every day is worthwhile. Julian and her cat know…
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So glad I caught @PITLOCHRYft's revival of A Streetcar Named Desire at @lyceumedinburgh this afternoon. It is a brilliantly acted, wonderfully atmospheric staging - and so timely, too, in light of the US election. Tennessee Williams knew...
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Journalists would like the US race to seem as close as possible - it suits their appetite for suspense and @afneil β€˜s desire to prod the establishment. But he is wrong. Kamala Harris will win. And by much more than β€œa couple of thousand votes”
"This election started as a dead heat and it's got even closer. You're talking about a couple of thousand votes," says @afneil to @MrHarryCole Watch #NeverMindTheBallots, in association with @BetfairExchange: youtu.be/0IrOdNUbdWo?si=3_l2…
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#REVIEW - A Streetcar Named Desire at @lyceumedinburgh "a stunning production of one of the best American plays of the twentieth century" northwestend.com/a-streetcar… @PITLOCHRYft @NewmanEJ
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mix Up Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ North West End UK ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Corr Blimey ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Herald ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lisa in the Theatre Don't miss Kirsty Stuart's "career-defining performance" in A Streetcar Named Desire - book today via ow.ly/SrAv50TWwHF 🎟️⏰
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mix Up Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ North West End UK ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Corr Blimey ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Herald ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lisa in the Theatre Don't miss Kirsty Stuart's "career-defining performance" in A Streetcar Named Desire - book today via ow.ly/SrAv50TWwHF 🎟️⏰
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Tennesee Williams' classic play A Streetcar Named Desire, revived by @PITLOCHRYft, is coming to @LyceumEdinburgh! From 24 October – 9 November you can experience this critically acclaimed revival of one of the 20th-century's most iconic texts 🌟 🎟️ lyceum.org.uk/events/a-stree…
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The Hills are alive with the sound of music AND desire! So excited to be rehearsing A Streetcar Named Desire @lyceumedinburgh @APAWhatsOn & The Sound of Music @PITLOCHRYft - these two ensembles are totally extraordinary - it is a great privilege to be with them 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌎πŸ”₯β˜„οΈβ€οΈ
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Farewell to our Summer Season 2024 Ensemble πŸ’› Saturday night marked the end of our Summer Season 2024. 8 shows, 3 stages, 18 weeks, 1 ensemble cast. A huge congratulations to everyone involved in making this Season such a memorable one.
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Actors Katy Murphy and Robbie Coltrane with writer John Byrne to publicise the televison series Tutti Frutti in 1987.
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And so it is done - 2024 Summer Season @PITLOCHRYft. Always a big and important moment to thank everyone onstage, back of house & front of house & the amazing audiences. And of course our partners. Love to everyone
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