Letters to the Lyceum

By Lyceum Theatre

With The Lyceum auditorium sitting empty for the first time in decades during the current pandemic, Artistic Director David Greig is inviting artists and audiences alike to contribute their stories ab... more

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The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

Letters to the Lyceum episodes:

December 24, 2020 Karine Polwart reads her Letter to the Lyceum
Karine's letter takes us back from the Lyceum stage to former plague times, via the birds that visited her Midlothian garden during lockdown.
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12min
December 17, 2020 Lesley Hart reads Philip Howard's Letter to the Lyceum
Lesley Hart reads Philip Howard's letter, on a theatre populated with the ghosts of past productions.
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7min
December 10, 2020 Sam Heughan reads his Letter to the Lyceum
Sam's evocative letter takes us back to his first encounters with the Lyceum as an usher, and latterly as a member of the Lyceum Youth Theatre.
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6min
December 03, 2020 Lesley Hart reads Tony Cownie's Letter to the Lyceum
Tony Cownie's Letter to the Lyceum evokes the spirit of the theatre's resident ghost, Ellen Terry.

Read by Lesley Hart.

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4min
November 26, 2020 Saskia Ashdown reads Sara Shaarawi's Letter to the Lyceum
Playwright Sara Shaarawi pens a letter about the unexpected experience of swapping the big city for lockdown on the Isle of Colonsay.

Read by Saskia Ashdown.

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6min
November 19, 2020 Lesley Hart reads Val McDermid's Letter to the Lyceum
Starting out from her roots in the lang toun; Val McDermid reflects on the 'perpetual promise' of theatre.

Read by Lesley Hart.

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8min
November 12, 2020 Saskia Ashdown reads Alec Finlay's Letter to the Lyceum
From the surreal to the sensual, the profound to the practical, Alec Finlay's letter weaves a tapestry from memories of live performance in Scotland.

Read by Saskia Ashdown.

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8min
November 05, 2020 Peter Forbes reads Neal Ascherson's Letter to the Lyceum
Peter Forbes reads Neal Ascherson's Letter to the Lyceum on the sensuality, possibility and power represented by an empty theatre.

Music by Rachel Newton

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8min
October 29, 2020 Peter Forbes reads Ricky Ross's Letter to the Lyceum
Peter Forbes reads a letter penned by musician and broadcaster Ricky Ross: a heartfelt tribute to a true devotee of Scottish theatre.
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10min
October 22, 2020 Emma Frankland reads Harry Josephine Giles's Letter to the Lyceum
Emma Frankland reads Harry Josephine Giles's letter, which considers how the example of mutual aid within the trans community can inform wider attitudes to art and community in the post-Covid world.
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7min

FAQs about Letters to the Lyceum:

How many episodes does Letters to the Lyceum have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.