news & features
How You See Our Future and Other Stories
The results from our recent public survey are in! Read on for some of our findings…
Leaky Buckets & Big Leaps: an update from our Chief Exec.
Fresh off zoom after being invited to be part of today’s panel session with Theatres Trust, I am sitting back with a cup of tea on what is my first working from home day since the start of the new year…
What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? Aye, it’s cold!
Leith is feeling the love from far and wide.
Leith Theatre’s Big Radiator Generator
Leith Theatre launch Winter Warmer Crowdfunder on Bonfire Night to Radiate Warmth Inside and Out!
Doors Open Day Goes Digital for 2020
Here’s Anna, a member of our senior management team, to take you round our incredible space…
COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) STATEMENT - LEITH THEATRE
Read the latest update from Leith Theatre
FROM LOS ANGELES TO LEITH - A POUND® STORY
Susan qualified as a POUND® instructor in 2017 and has been teaching classes in the Thomas Morton Hall at Leith Theatre for over a year.
B2 ARE GETTING BIGGER!
Following their sell-out production of Rent in October, B2 Theatre Company returned to the Main Auditorium at the beginning of January for a cabaret spectacular!
OOR WEE CINEMA TAKES THE BISCUIT!
Innovation is at the heart of many a definition of community cinema and rightly so. A horse box can be a cinema. A minivan. A town hall. There are many fine examples across the country of cinephiles doing it well.
LEITH-BUILT SHIPS, LEITH THEATRE LAUNCHES!
Ahoy! We are so thrilled to be hosting the book launch for the first instalment of three books; Ron Neish's 'Leith-Built Ships, They Once Were Shipbuilders' in association with Whittles Publishing.
The Big Reveal!
In November, we were delighted to host a fabulous party for the special unveiling of a portrait of Leith legend, Mary Moriarty, and to share the reveal alongside the Queen of Leith herself! We’re still celebrating the fact that Leith Theatre is the permanent home for this amazing piece of art.
WE ARE LEITH THEATRE. YOU ARE LEITH THEATRE.
Enjoy this video, and please think of donating to this beautiful and culturally significant venue in need of support this festive season.
NO SLOWING DOWN! A THRILLING SEPTEMBER IN IMAGES!
While most folk were taking a break after August, Leith Theatre decided to double down on the fun! SEPTEMBER SAW CINETOPIA BRING US 2 FANTASTIC CINEMA NIGHTS AS PART OF SCALARAMA AND THE MONTH FINISHED OFF WITH A BRILLIANT DOORS OPEN DAY! FIRST UP WAS BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM.
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2019 - HOLY SMOKES!
Over the past month, Leith Theatre has had the privilege of hosting a series of awe-inspiring performances, giving us a tantalising wee glimpse into a future that once felt so far away but is now beginning to seem like a tangible reality.
