TER November 2022

NOVEMBER EVENTS...

CANCER CARD

CHRISTMAS FAIR

6 November at Charwood,

Fairmilehead

From 11am - 4pm

Charity founded by,

Jen Hardy.

http://www.cancercard.org.uk

MARIE CURIE

CHRISTMAS EVENT

7 - 11 November at

Swanston Brasserie

From 10 am - 2 pm

Each day Marie Curie

fundraisers selling

Christmas Cards will be

joined by a different small

business.

CHRISTMAS

SHOPPING NIGHT

17 November at

Breakout Currie at Currie

Chieftains Rugby Club,

Malleny Park, Balerno

The event starts at

7.30pm and will

conclude at 10pm.

Café bar will also be open.

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CULTURE • LITERATURE • EVENTS • MUSIC • MUSEUMS...

LOCAL EDINBURGH theatre group, Blackout

Productions, is bringing the UK’s fastest selling

play, Calendar Girls, to Morningside’s Church

Hill Theatre, from 9 – 12 November.

The director James Dickson has worked with

an outstanding female cast to deliver a joyous

experience that takes the audience on a journey

of loss, laughs and losing your inhibitions.

He said: “This isn’t a play about nudity.

This is a play the showcases female friendships

in the face of the everyday and human

loss. This is about testing friendships and

triumphing through adversity.”

Scott Anderson, founder of Blackout

Productions, said:"The arts are available all year

round in Edinburgh, we don’t have to rely on

the festivals We really hope the public come out

to support these ladies, local theatre and our

fantastic charities.”

Calendar Girls will run from 9 to 12 November at

the Church Hill Theatre, Morningside. For more

information and tickets, please vist:

http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/blackout-productions

By STAFF REPORTER

FORTH CHILDREN’S Theatre (FCT) is back

in rehearsals and spreading magic over a

cast full of fairytale characters in their brand

new, musical production of Beauty and The

Beast – The Panto.

Written and produced by Lewis C Baird

and choreographed by Taylor Doig - the

talented team who made FCT’s last

production of Oliver! a massive success. They

will be joined by vocal coach Erin Munro.

The theatre was established in 1979 to

encourage interest and active participation

in theatre and drama among young people.

They normally stage two shows a year, Easter

and Fringe shows, and regularly play to sell

out houses.

FCT have won a host of Capital Awards

and ENDAs. Like many theatre companies,

they had to close their doors during

Covid- 19 so they have decided to make the

next 12 months a bumper year, starting with

the panto (closely followed by Cole Porter’s

Anything Goes in February).

For their panto, they have taken up

residence in the new community hub within

the old Debenhams store at Ocean Terminal.

They have a team of magicians creating a set

as far removed from a department store as

humanly possible.

By December, the hub will be transformed

in to a Scottish castle fit for Belle and of

course the beast.

This traditional family pantomime follows

Belle as she travels in to the unknown to

save her father, who has been held captive

by a hideous beast in the mysterious

Dalkeith Castle. Is the beast as evil as he

appears? Oh aye he is ...oh no he’s no! You

will have to decide for yourselves.

This promises to be a fun-filled evening

out full of song, dance and lots and lots of

festive laughs.

Date: 8-10 December 2022 • Time: 7:30pm

with an additional matinee on Saturday 10

December at 2:30pm • Location: The Wee

Hub Old Debenhams, Ocean Terminal, Ocean

Drive, Leith, EH6 6JJ

Laid bare

Calendar Girls taking off in Morningside

Sprinkling stardust