Behind the scenes

Seems fitting that my final post comes to you from the wings during a performance of Macbeth (an undoing), and if you love theatre as much as everyone who works here at the Lyceum does, you will understand just how exciting this is for me.…

The run of Macbeth (an undoing) is under way and after one performance, Kerrie, from our Creative Learning team sat down with the wonderful Zinnie Harris, The Lyceum's associate artistic director but also of course the writer and director…

Getting an entire show on stage in just a week is no easy feat! From lighting to sound to set to costume, there is a lot that needs to come together but never underestimate how amazing the team are at the Lyceum! But the end of tech…

The stage is being transformed into the world of Macbeth (an undoing) and it’s all systems go. The theatre is now entering a busy couple weeks leading up to various Previews and Press night. It is full of setting up lighting, set and sound…

Lighting can completely change how an audience view a performance, it might not be the thing you are focusing on when watching a Lyceum show but it will definitely be the thing that influences how you feel during a scene. It can show you…

It’s a new week and we are back at the development workshops for Macbeth (an undoing). This time things are a little different, the workshops are taking place at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow and Zinnie has called upon a group of 3rd…

If you have been following this blog for a while you will notice that we haven’t spoken about one of the main departments in the theatre who contribute hugely to our main stage productions. Have no fear...our costume department post is…

It’s Friday, it’s busy, it’s rehearsals. The company are on to act 2 – they work fast this bunch and scenes are taking shape. This week they have welcomed the king, partied, argued, fought, drunk all the booze and seen blood, witches and…

It has started! This is when the exciting stuff happens, when every department who has been planning and re-planning since this production was announced, comes together to make theatre magic. Rehearsals for Macbeth (an undoing) started…

When did you first come across this as a job? How did you get into it?I learnt about dramaturgy and literary roles in my fourth year at the University of Edinburgh studying English Literature during an undergraduate module in playwriting…

Stage management, the backbone of any Lyceum production, hidden behind the stage. Our stage team are a busy bunch and always hard to pin down, they are either in rehearsals, setting up the stage or at our workshops in Roseburn hunting down…

We did it! We managed to get a second with Zinnie Harris, writer and director of Macbeth (an undoing); not an easy task when she only has 4 weeks to rehearse the production as well as everything else that goes alongside being the director…