StagEHd

2024 update: unfortunately, there will be no StagEHd Festival in 2024.

We don't have the support needed to run the event this year. However, we hope to be back in future and in the meantime we have uploaded highlights from StagEHs-past.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for StagEHd 2023. To our supporters and funders, the artists and groups who shared their talent with us, and to you, our audience for coming to see the show!

We're love to hear your feedback on the event - this is invaluable for planning future years, learning what we did well and what we could do better.

Please take a minute to complete our audience feedback survey here: https://forms.gle/eLxr9J3AzAgBCW8E7

Photos by Jax MacKenzie Photography

What's On StagEHd Festival - Sunday 11 June!

1200 🔤 Our ABC Story (Mr Blue Productions)
1330 💃 KS Dance Academy (KS Dance)
1430 🎭 The Not-So-Rude Mechanicals (The Meadows Mummers)
1530 🍾 Waiting for Champagne (Resilience Theatre Movement)
1700 ✉️ Letters from Holloway (Kate Macsween)
1800 🎉 Moliere’s Garden Party (The Mirror of Stage | Lustro SCENY)

https://linktr.ee/stagehdfestival

What's On StagEHd Festival - Saturday 10 June!

1200 🎶 Musical Mania (Momentum Performing Arts)
1330 🌃 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Taster (The Forth Act)
1430 📚 The Book Club of Little Witterington (Edinburgh People's Theatre)
1530 🤡 Workshop: CLOWN & PHYSICAL COMEDY (Shifting Sands Theatre)
1630 👻 The Wheel of Misfortune (Frighthouse Productions)
1800 🎤 Sing in the City: Under the Castle (Sing in the City)

https://linktr.ee/stagehdfestival

StagEHd Festival 2023 opens tomorrow!! 🎪

A weekend of free entertainment at the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens, 12:00 - 19:30 Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 June.

Explore the full programme and join us for some fun.
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Edinburgh's English and Polish bi-lingual performance troupe The Mirror of Stage / Lustro SCENY close StagEHd2023 with Molière's Garden Party 🎉 Shame, financial ruin, and a scandalous love affair!

Moliere’s Garden Party gently satirizes the pretensions of Monsieur Jourdain – a social climber whose affectations are absurd to everyone but himself. Determined middle-class man is ready to sacrifice a lot to become a dream aristocrat. But are these desperate efforts only about changing his social status or maybe about looking for the way how to feel comfortable in own skin…?

⌚ 18:00
🗓️ Sunday 11 June
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Playwright and performer Kate Macsween presents Letters from Holloway ✉️ The power of words.

Jen is swept off her feet by a handsome stranger but is soon trapped in to a toxic relationship. He abuses her mentally and physically as soon as they marry. Jen tries hard to escape his cohesive and controlling behaviour and takes the most drastic measure to free herself. Will her justice prevail?

⌚ 17:00
🗓️ Sunday 11 June
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Emerging theatre company Resilience Theatre Movement bring us Waiting for Champagne 🥂 An LGBTQ+ drama for ages 12+

Former friends and roommates, Annie and Frances haven’t spoken to each other in more than a year. But sparks fly when Frances shows up at Annie’s door drunk and demanding to talk. Buried truths are dragged back up to the surface as the women navigate family expectations, sexuality, and their own ambitions.

⌚ 15:30
🗓️ Sunday 11 June
🎫 https://linktr.ee/stagehdfestival

We're delighted to announce that this year's StagEHd Festival will be hosted by Scottish actor and improvisor Paul Connolly - Actor + Improviser 🎙️ Paul will be entertaining audiences between performances as well as introducing all our incredible acts.

Come join us from 12pm Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June for StagEHd Festival 2023.
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We can’t wait to welcome you to the Ross Bandstand for another weekend of entertainment next week. To help you make the most of your visit, we’ve put together a checklist of top tips:

🌤️ Dress for the weather
StagEHd is an outdoor event and while we can plan for nearly everything, we can’t predict the weather. We recommend bringing a coat and sun cream just in case!

🥪 Pack a picnic
What’s better than a picnic in the park? A picnic with entertainment! Bring a blanket, some sandwiches and crisps, and enjoy the shows!

🎫 Remember your free e-ticket
Seating is limited and reserved for those who have pre-booked or with access needs. We recommend arriving early if you would like a chair, or bring your own!

🤹 Tip the artists
Like all street theatre, there will be a bucket collection after each performance to tip the artists. Donations will be split between everyone performing, so you need only tip once if watching multiple shows.

🎪 Enjoy the show!
With six shows each day, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Check out our full programme and spend the day with StagEHd!

https://stagehdfestival.com/

The Meadows Mummers re-enact The Not-So-Rude Mechanicals 🎭 A feminised pastiche of Shakespeare's play within a play.

From Scotland's premier all-female mumming troupe comes a reimagined pastiche of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Updated to modern times and language, proving Shakespeare is not something to be afraid of!

⌚ 14:30
🗓️ Sunday 11 June
🎫 https://stagehdfestival.com/

One of Edinburgh's most successful dance schools present a showcase performance with KS Dance Academy Showcase 💃 Feel the beat and move your feet.

Join KS Dance Academy, Edinburgh for an afternoon of pure entertainment and artistry. Let the rhythm move you and experience the magic of dance at its very best!

⌚ 13:30
🗓️ Sunday 11 June
🎫 https://stagehdfestival.com/

Mr Blue Productions return to StagEHd with Our ABC Story 🧸 Puppets, objects, pockets and lots of interactive fun for families aged 2-9 yrs.

Our ABC Story is a fun accessible interactive experience. The audience creates the story helped by Ralph the puppet, a basket of random objects and the alphabet. Discover what is needed to make a story, take turns posting the objects in the alphabet pockets and as tell your ‘Once upon a Time’ using some of the objects and lots of silliness.

⌚ 12:00
📅 Sunday 11 June
🎫 www.stagehdfestival.com/programme/

StagEHd 2023 is two weeks away!

Join us for a weekend of free entertainment at the Ross Bandstand from 12pm on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June.

🎫 https://stagehdfestival.com/programme/

Prepare to be blown away by the collective voices of Sing in the City - Under the Castle 🎤 A special outdoor performance.

Kirsty Baird BEM brings her 12 Sing in the City choirs together for a special outdoor performance at The Ross Bandstand - Underneath the Castle. Join over 300 members as they take you through a repertoire of popular songs from all the decades and they are sure to have you dancing in the gardens.

⌚ 18:00
🗓️ Saturday 10 June
🎫 https://stagehdfestival.com/programme/
(Standing room only)

Talesfromthefrighthouse presents The Wheel of Misfortune 👻 Three short tales of the surreal and spooky.

A family friendly horror anthology inspired by Goosebumps and The Twilight Zone. Three short tales of the surreal and spooky presented by a larger than life presenter. The Wheel of Misfortune will go on to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe, 04-19 Aug at theSpaceUK @ Surgeons Hall.

Catch this exclusive preview at StagEHd 2023
⌚ 16:30
🗓️ Saturday 10 June
🎫 https://stagehdfestival.com/programme/

Shifting Sands Theatre will be playing with audiences with their Workshop: Clown & Physical Comedy 🤡 Come and play and have some FUN! It's a serious business!

Suitable for ages 6yrs+

Play is spontaneous, enjoyable and full of surprises. It leads to enjoyment and shared laughter. When we play, we are full of energy, alert and spontaneous. We look for playfulness in others and listen to creative impulses in ourselves. When playing we tend not to judge ourselves. If we are enjoying a game, we are fully involved in it. There is a total belief and honesty. Come and PLAY!

⌚ 15:30
🗓️ Saturday 10 June
🎫 https://stagehdfestival.com/programme/

Applications to join the StagEHd Festival volunteer team close in one week!

If you have an interest in the arts, want to meet like-minded people and support community creativity then please apply before the deadline on Sunday 28 May.

Full details and online application form can be found on our website.
⏩ https://stagehdfestival.com/get-involved/

We're proud to present Edinburgh People's Theatre award-winning performance of The Book Club of Little Witterington 📚 A one-act comedy by Joan Greening.

The regular ladies of the Book Club, all friends since school, are wary of letting a newcomer to the village join. The newcomer is loud, brash and it seems an impossibility she can fit into their circle. But there's more to Paula than meets the eye, and she may even have what it takes to get around the appallingly snobbish Belle.

Winner at the Edinburgh District Scottish Community Drama Association SCDA One-Act Festival.

⌚ 14:30
📅 Saturday 10 June
🎫 www.stagehdfestival.com/programme/

We're delighted to welcome The Forth Act for a preview performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream: Taster. 🌇 A story of love, magic, and mistaken identities as the human and fairy worlds collide.

This new production, by The Forth Act, moves the action from ancient Athens to the modern-day Athens of the north - Edinburgh. However, some things never change. The rich are still the rich, the fairies are still enchanting, and the poor are still working on the streets, only now they are tour guides, scaffolders and fast-food delivery cyclists.

Following StagEHd The Forth Act will take A Midsummer Night's Dream to the Italian Garden in Saughton Park, Wed 21 - Sat 24 June. Catch their taster performance at StagEHd 2023.

⌚ 13:30
📅 Saturday 10 June
🎫 www.stagehdfestival.com/programme/

We're going to dive into this year's programme over the next few weeks - first up and back by popular demand, it's Musical Mania by Momentum Performing Arts! 🎶 A mash up of musicals, new and old!

Join Momentum Performing Arts as they indulge in their favourite Musicals, some new and some classics. Get ready to clap, dance and sing along with Musical Mania!

⌚ 12:00
📅 Saturday 10 June
🎫 www.stagehdfestival.com/programme/

We're looking for to join the festival team for ! We need enthusiastic people to help front of house and backstage.

If you're free Saturday 10 or Sunday 11 June and interested in getting involved, visit our website to find out more & apply!

https://stagehdfestival.com/get-involved/

📢‼️StagEHd Festival is back ‼️📢

We're returning to the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June for an exciting weekend jam-packed with dance, music, and more by 12 of Edinburghs emerging artists:

Saturday 10 June
1200 🎶 Musical Mania (Momentum Performing Arts)
1330 🌃 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Taster (The Forth Act)
1430 📚 The Book Club of Little Witterington (Edinburgh People's Theatre)
1530 🤡 Workshop: CLOWN & PHYSICAL COMEDY (Shifting Sands Theatre)
1630 👻 The Wheel of Misfortune (Frighthouse Productions)
1800 🎤 Sing in the City: Under the Castle (Sing in the City)

Sunday 11 June
1200 🔤 Our ABC Story (Mr Blue Productions)
1330 💃 KS Dance Academy (KS Dance)
1430 🎭 The Not-So-Rude Mechanicals (The Meadows Mummers)
1530 🍾 Waiting for Champagne (Resilience Theatre Movement)
1700 ✉️ Letters from Holloway (Kate Macsween)
1800 🎉 Moliere’s Garden Party (The Mirror of Stage | Lustro SCENY)

Book your free tickets here ⏩ https://stagehdfestival.com/programme/