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In 1965, the building was purchased by the Edinburgh Corporation from Meyer Oppenheim to house the newly formed Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, who are now the permanent residents, leasing it from the City of Edinburgh Council. [9] The Royal Lyceum has been one of the principal venues for the Edinburgh International Festival since the festival's ...
Summerhall arts hub, 2013. Summerhall is an arts complex and events venue in Edinburgh, Scotland.Formerly home to the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies of the University of Edinburgh, it is now a major Edinburgh Festival Fringe visual and performing arts venue.
Meyer Oppenheim (December 28, 1905 – May 24, 1982) [1] was a financier and philanthropist in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was chairman of James Grant & Co and Argyle Securities. The family lived in The White House in Barnton which was later owned by David Murray and then the writer J.K. Rowling. [2] Oppenheim bought the Royal Lyceum Theatre in ...
In 1986, the Commonwealth Games was hosted by Edinburgh, with the Usher Hall providing the venue for the boxing tournament. The Hall is flanked by The Royal Lyceum Theatre to the south and The Traverse Theatre to the north. Historic Environment Scotland has registered the Hall with Category A listed building status.
Original cast of Local Hero. The play received its world premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in March 2019. [5] A co-production with The Old Vic, [6] the show has a book by the film's original screenwriter and director, Bill Forsyth, which has been adapted by Lyceum artistic director David Greig, [7] with direction by John Crowley, [8] movement direction by Lucy Hind, [9] set and ...
View of King's Buildings from the Braid Hills. The King's Buildings (colloquially known as just King's or KB) is a campus of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.Located in the suburb of Blackford, the site contains most of the schools within the College of Science and Engineering, excepting only the School of Informatics and part of the School of Geosciences, which are located at the ...
Almost all performances took place at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, The Assembly Hall, and the former Gateway Theatre. More than 15 companies appeared during the decade, of which the most prolific were the London-based Old Vic Company and English Stage Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company from Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Edinburgh Gateway Company.
The centre is part of the masterplanned Exchange District in the west end of the city, and was designed by the architect Sir Terry Farrell who ran the project from his Edinburgh office with his team, opened to manage this project and other work in the Exchange. Construction on the EICC began in March 1993 and the centre opened in 1995.