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Saughtonhall Drama As part of Saughtonhall Drama Groups aim to improve their environmental footprint they took the opportunity of the new tram service to both publicise their show and encouraged audience members to attend by tram. The tram only started running at the end of May 2014, so this was the group’s first production since the trams commenced public service. The venue is in a residential area near Murrayfield stadium. Being just over a mile from the West End and about 2 miles from the centre of the fringe, passing foot traffic is non existent. However their venue at Saughtonhall Church is only about 300 meters from Balgreen Tram stop making travel from the city centre very easy. The photograph shows Saughtonhall Drama Group cast members and crew of the comedy ‘Beyond a Joke’ by Derek Benfield, getting off the tram at Balgreen on route to perform on 4-9 August as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The wheelbarrow, occupied by play Director Morag Simpson re-appeared on stage, playing an important part in the plot. The publicity shot and allied story were published in the Edinburgh Evening News to good effect. Several people commented that they had seen the article and came to the show by tram, something they had not thought of. With overall attendance at 96% the Group have qualified as achieving a fringe ‘sell out’ show allowing use of the sell out logo (a laurel) in the following year’s publicity.
Edinburgh District Let me say right away that we in Edinburgh District fancy ourselves as innovators and hip dudes (!) because over the years we have often been the first to try something new or accept a challenge. For example:- ●The SCDA script library began in a suitcase in Edinburgh in 1931; first of all for South Eastern Division then through various incarnations into the fabulous National Script Library of today. ● We were the first to try an adjudicating panel. (Only lasted for a couple of years and before my time). ● We were the first to circulate an electronic newsletter to a wide readership to help clubs publicise shows and to appeal for costumes, props and casts. ● We were one of the first, (if not the first), District to have s a website to compliment the national one. s a Facebook page and Twitter account. s all communication with clubs, and most individual members, by email . ● We made our one-act forms able to be completed online. This proved very popular with clubs and has saved such an immense amount of trees, time and stamps. At first they were ‘Heath Robinson-type’ Word docs with added text boxes, but later we created interactive PDFs. ● We have an active 3 member Emergency Panel of adjudicators who choose Best Moment In Theatre, (rather than one person held in reserve to pontificate but not actually participating.) ● We introduced online ticket booking a couple of years ago. Like in any District which includes a big city, our clubs face the extra challenge of competing with many professional shows, and we are proud that many productions could not be differentiated from them (in fact some are better – and no, that’s not me being biased –moi?!). Sadly, again as is the case with many Districts, only a few clubs take part in the One-Acts. In addition to city clubs, we have three clubs from the Lothians within our remit, and more recently ‘adopted’ all the Borders clubs. Consequently, we stretch from Leith to Kelso; North Berwick to Livingston. We have been described as “drama tarts” because many actors, techies and directors flit between groups, but we are very proud of the way our clubs interact and are so willing to help each other. I am intensely proud of our groups and here they introduce themselves with a wee bit info about their raison d’etre, longevity and achievements Arkle Theatre Company .. We are not a club, and have no members! We hold open auditions for each show and cast the very best in each show. Our actors past and present include many who have been professionally trained or have accumulated vast experience of acting. We are also proud that we have cast actors who have gone on to train professionally after appearing in one of our shows. Typically we produce 3 shows each year, with one towards the end of April each year and two in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Captivate Drama: Founded in 2009 with the aim of promoting affordable drama classes for children. Through weekly classes and courses, we provide opportunities for young people to develop their acting, movement, singing and musicality skills. However, we don’t just do drama classes - we also produce some of the best theatre in Edinburgh. Hailed as a theatre company you can trust to do things right, we are dedicated to creating theatre to the highest of standards. Since August 2011, Captivate Drama has put on no fewer than 70 performances - 52 of them featuring in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to huge critical acclaim. Captivate have not yet competed in the One-Acts but were pleased to guest at Eastern’s Youth Divisional final in 2013. Denholm Drama Group In existence for nearly 50 years, we tour local village and church halls in the Denholm/Jedburgh/Hawick area presenting one major performance annually and smaller productions on a less regular basis. We suffered a major setback when our base, Denholm Primary School, was razed to the ground by fire. The school has now been re-built, and the group has procured new equipment, props and costumes, thanks to generous donations, local and national grant awards and a lot of hard work by members. The lack of a base for performances for a couple of years led us to explore repertory work and we are now equipped to perform almost anywhere that has a suitable electricity supply! 11
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