New Plays: Pantos with a Twist this December

This term writers from our Young Company have written new plays for our 5 youth theatre groups on which will be performed in December at the Scottish Storytelling Centre:-

For Beauty and the Beast, Brandshop www.brandshop.co.uk has lent us their huge Timberland boot to use as a prop, so many thanks to them! 

Christmas Performances

The Young Company will be performing Tinseltrash by Alan Gordon, Tim Primrose & Sam Siggs at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on Sun 18 and Mon 19 December at 7.30pm - call box office 0131 556 9579 to book your tickets to see the Christmas show for people who don't like Christmas....

Strange Town at the Traverse: March 2012

After the runaway success of HEX in the Edinburgh Fringe, Strange Town Young Company has been invited to perform HEX at the Traverse 8-10th March 2012.

Strange Town at Edinburgh Fringe 2011

Both the Young Company and the 14-18s youth theatre took shows to the Fringe this August:-

Strange Town at National Festival of Youth Theatre

Strange Town 14-18s took a new devised piece 'Truth Dare Kiss' to the National Festival of Youth Theatre at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, 15-17 July.  The performance was received by a wildly enthusiastic audience.

Strange Town Youth Theatre June performances

All four youth theatre groups performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre 24-26 June:-

Box office: 556 9579

Strange Town Young Company: Limited Editions

The Young Company performed six new short plays at the Scottish Storytelling Centre Tue 31 May & Wed 1 June, to critical acclaim (4  star review in The Scotsman):-

We performed and sold out FOUR new plays last month at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile.  All of the plays were written by members of our Young Company for the youth theatre:-

Strange Town Young Company at Roxy Art House Sept 21 & 22

Strange Town Young Company were in a co-production with ineffect:-

Previous Performances

Strange Town at the Edinburgh Fringe

Strange Town Young Company (18-25s) performed at Hill St Theatre during the Fringe.  'Chow Mein'  is an acutely perceived two hander by Strange Town Young Co writer Tim Primrose.  It premiered at the Roxy in June to critical acclaim by Joyce McMillan in The Scotsman, and was met with a great response from its Fringe audiences.

Summer 2010

Strange Town 14-18s stormed the stage at the Royal Lyceum Theatre and National Festival of Youth Theatre, Rothes Halls...

Strange Town 14-18s premiered Duncan Kidd's play 'Wearing Badges Is Not Enough' on Thurs 10th June at the Lyceum Connect Festival and again at Rothes Halls on Fri 2nd July as part of the National Festival of Youth Theatre.

Spring Festival 2010

The 11-14s and 8-10s had three sell-out shows at the Netherbow Theatre, Scottish Storytelling Centre...

December 09

And there were two sell out shows at the Netherbow Theatre, Scottish Storytelling Centre last Christmas...

and a premiere at Out of the Blue for our Friday groups...

June 09

Four Days by Neil Mackay




33 characters.  12 stories.  4 days.

In this new play by Neil Mackay, each of the 33 young people has four days in Edinburgh to tell their story.  Friends, enemies and couples depict what life is like for them in the city.  Funny, touching and relevant to anyone who’s ever been a teenager.

This show was performed most recently at the Leith Festival in June to good audiences and received very positive feedback.


Gone by Duncan Kidd

A school trip to the mountains.  The adults disappear.  Will the pupils have the time of their lives or fight for survival?

The junior youth theatre group premiered Duncan Kidd's superb play about a school group who are left to fend for themselves at an outward bounds course in the mountains.  The show was performed to critical acclaim in the drama studio at Leith Academy in June.