Letters to the Lyceum

Letters to the Lyceum

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Letters to the Lyceum episodes

  • Jaimini Jethwa

    Jaimini Jethwa reads her notes on life in lockdown in Dundee - with a wry look at family, identity, zoom parties, and her home city's struggle to keep the 'fun' in 'Fundee'.


    Music by Rachel Newton


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    6 min
  • Nicola Roy reads Jo Clifford's Letter to the Lyceum

    Jo Clifford, whose adaptation of Life is a Dream was set to come to life on the Lyceum stage this month, reflects on the salience of the play's message, and the vital role of theatre as a space for developing empathy.


    Music by Rachel Newton


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    6 min
  • Steven McNicoll reads Tom Pow's Letter to the Lyceum

    Poet Tom Pow writes to the Lycuem about the power of intimacy and the importance of ritual, while considering the big questions that theatres should ask about our experience of the current crisis.




    Music by Rachel Newton


    If you've been inspired by this letter, why not send us one too? [email protected]


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    8 min
  • Ishbel McFarlane

    Evoking past Edinburghs, Ishbel McFarlane introduces us to a lady who lived just up the road from the Lycuem, and would go on to experience years of crisis and disruption just as challenging as our own.


    Music by Rachel Newton


    If you've been inspired by this letter, why not send us one too? [email protected]


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    9 min
  • George Gunn

    George Gunn pens a missive from the far north of Scotland, where the wide open spaces and seabird colonies provoke thoughts of the intimate theatrical worlds created in Grindlay Street.



    Music by Rachel Newton


    If you've been inspired by this letter, why not send us one too? [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    9 min
  • Hannah Lavery

    Hannah Lavery writes to the Lycuem about the many different facets of adapting to life in lockdown, from the poignant to the mundane, and thinks back to family traditions of attending Christmas shows.


    Music by Rachel Newton


    If you've been inspired by this letter, why not send us one too? [email protected]


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    7 min

About Letters to the Lyceum

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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…