On This Day: 20th June 2023 at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Titanic - The Musical Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston - Book by Peter Stone - Directed by Thom Southerland #theatre #musical #titanic #edinburgh #festivaltheatre #onthisday

Tonight at the Lyceum Edinburgh #edinburgh #royallyceum #theatre lyceum.org.uk/events/lyceu...

Olivia Colman backs campaign to save 250-year-old Dorset theatre #theatre edition.thestage.co.uk/olivia-colma...

Why your pint is getting weaker – and still not getting cheaper - The Independent. apple.news/AbHBB4SGKRVi...

On This Day at Edinburgh Castle - 19th June 1566 James VI of Scotland & 1st of England born - check out documentary on #BBC "Queen James" #scotland #gay #documentary

Mixed Reviews: "Glengarry Glen Ross review ⭐️⭐️ – Mamet’s gender-swapped motormouths fail to close the deal" www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

Many of Glasgow's Georgian and early Victorian buildings have fake windows. These have nothing to do with a windows tax, but instead they were purposefully added by to hide internal structures, such as chimney flues, while maintaining the symmetry of the facade. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture

The former Debenhams store in Gloucester city centre redeveloped as a new campus by the University of Gloucestershire. #redevelop #repurpose #reuse #architecture #Debenhams flic.kr/p/2pMdKcQ flic.kr/p/2pM6VvB

Yesterday was the anniversary of the re-opening of Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre - 18 June 1994 following a £28 million transformation of the former Empire Theatre. Behind its modern glass façade lies the restored 1928 auditorium. #theatre #architecture

🚨 Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election 🔴 LAB: 24,927 (+6,725) - 54.8% ➡️ REF: 15,696 (+2,893) - 34.5% 🟣 RES: 3,111 (NEW) - 6.8% 🔵 CON: 997 (-3,382) - 2.2% 🟢 GRN: 308 (-1,468) - 0.7% 🔶 LD: 163 (-2,572) - 0.4% Changes w/ 2024 58.75% turnout

The remains of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the RSC) after the disastrous fire of 1926 #Architecture #Theatres

The Art Deco style entrance to the Glasgow Film Theatre on Rose Street in Glasgow. Opening in 1939 as the Cosmo, it was the first Art House cinema outside of London. It was the final cinema designed prolific cinema designer James McKissack before his death. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture

The Cosmo became the Glasgow Film Theatre or GFT in 1974 and has been an important Glasgow institution ever since. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowcinema #artdeco

Buxton Opera House is one of Frank Matcham’s architectural gems. Opened in 1903, the theatre combines Edwardian elegance with a surprisingly intimate scale and remains at the heart of Buxton’s cultural life more than a century later. #frankmatcham #buxton #theatre #architecture

Theater RePhotographs Over the years, I’ve come across a number of vintage photographs while researching blog posts for After the Final Curtain. One resource is the Theatre Historical Society of America's American Theatre Architecture Archive. With their permission I was able to combine our…

"VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN CITY CLASSROOMS" @CMcCormack91.bsky.social for Edinburgh Evening News Teachers in #Edinburgh are suffering “life-changing injuries” after being assaulted by pupils in the classroom, the country’s largest teaching union has said. #EdinburghEveningNews #TomorrowsPapersToday

A "grim" day for BBC News, as: -World Tonight axed after 56 years -Money Box closed after 49 years -Amol Rajan won't be replaced on Today -BBC presenter and editor roles under review -BBC Breakfast on Sunday cancelled -Kuenssberg & Newsnight teams merged deadline.com/2026/06/bbc-...

I thought just the same Tom, when the BBC neutered #Newsnight and cut it's budget. Then they sacked all the researchers, most of the good journalists and finally cut the program from 45 mins to 30. Vandalism.

BBC Scotland at risk as swingeing cuts announced #BBC #Scotland www.thetimes.com/article/15a4...

Demolition of Scotland’s Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre moves a step closer edition.thestage.co.uk/demolition-o...

Stuart Cosgrove reacts as BBC Scotland confirms major cuts www.thenational.scot/news/2620432...

The musical adaptation of David Nicholls’ bestselling novel One Day will transfer to the West End, opening in November 👇

Nica Burns has highlighted the financial risk involved in taking work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with artists sometimes saddled with significant losses. Read more 👇

Lyceum director James Brining on Scotland's changing theatre landscape #edinburgh #scotland #lyceum #theatre www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Read Thread 🧵⤵️ re ‘Two Tier Policing’

Capital Theatres appoints Claire Swanson as creative development head #edinburgh #capitoltheatres edition.thestage.co.uk/capital-thea...

King’s Theatre Edinburgh Restoration #edinburgh #thetare #kingstheatre www.heraldscotland.com/news/2619930...

Martin Parr’s last work — a portrait of a very English village www.thetimes.com/article/2733...

Teen ban changes the internet for everyone www.thetimes.com/article/4f92...

Obituary: Owain Rhys Davies — Actor and talented gymnast whose theatre credits included Mamma Mia! in the West End and Twin Peaks: The Return on TV 👇

NEW: As the BBC was in crisis after bias claims last year, it was hit by another blow - the chair of the Commons culture committee wrote a piece condemning its “institutional bias”. There’s a problem, however - she now says she didn’t write it. A curious tale: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

NEW: For two days, the Mail ran stinging anti-Restore stories, urging readers to vote Reform in Makerfield. Some are asking - could Restore help push the Tory press towards Farage? How the right-leaning press is handling the fracturing of the right: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

NEW: BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight is to be closed after more than 50 years, as part of the first round of sweeping cuts that will see other shows shut and hundreds of staff depart.

Introducing the new UK Opera Association #opera #UK www.opera-now.com/content/feat...

"I want to see a network of opera companies doing different things, using the art form in different ways that celebrate each other" The UK Opera Association wants to become a collective voice for the art form. Its inaugural chief executive Thangam Debbonaire explains why it is needed 👇

"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."

Ten years of solitude: why it’s time to take our seat at the European table again

You wouldn't guess from the coverage that Makerfield is pretty much average for income and deprivation. It is Reform-leaning because it is old, white and less-educated, not because it is especially deprived

Brexiters’ claims that the UK would be able to aggressively deregulate and forge new trade alliances with the likes of the US have failed to bear fruit

Frank Matcham's His Majesty's Theatre has stood on Aberdeen's Rosemount Viaduct since 1906. Built of local granite and crowned by its distinctive dome, it remains the largest theatre in north-east Scotland and one of the city's architectural landmarks. #frankmatcham flic.kr/p/2ieDdHq

"Brilliant and terrifying and true" – Hugh Grant See the first public outing of Trojan Horses, a new play by @peterjukes.bsky.social about Brexit and the Great Information War. Featuring Dugin, Putin, Bannon, Trump, Farage – and Jeffrey Epstein. Tickets: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/trojan_...

Sir Laurence Olivier, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison photographed backstage at the London Palladium during the “Night of a Hundred Stars” charity event, 1964

I have never looked closely at Edith Cavell's memorial. Above the statue is a stone mother enfolding a child, with a cross below. Above and behind them is the globe on top of the London Coliseum supported by bent figures.

NEW: Whole programmes will have to close to meet the BBC’s cuts targets, its DG Matt Brittin has told staff today. Compulsory redundancies will happen - some divisions having job cut numbers revealed today. Story soon…

In a Reform candidate’s self-published novel, the main character’s greatest battles are with the English language itself

Pride: The Musical #nationaltheatre www.europesays.com/uk/1019724/

Savage, a play about Paul O’Grady’s rise to national treasure, to premiere in February | Theatre https://www.europesays.com/ie/537345/ Few showbusiness careers begin in a towering blond beehive in the gay pubs of Vauxhall and end with…

The British #MusicHall Society has announced a Call for Papers for its 3rd Conference, taking place November 21–22, 2026, at The Cinema Museum in #London. This year's theme is "Catering for People’s Desires and Needs in the Music Hall" britishmusichallsociety.com/event/3rd-br... #History