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Letters to the Lyceum

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... Read more

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Ranked #1

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Karine Polwart reads her Letter to the Lyceum

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 ga... Read more

24 Dec 2020

11mins

Ranked #2

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Lesley Hart reads Philip Howard's Letter to the Lyceum

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. Hosted on Acast. ... Read more

17 Dec 2020

6mins

Ranked #3

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Sam Heughan reads his Letter to the Lyceum

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 th... Read more

10 Dec 2020

5mins

Ranked #4

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Lesley Hart reads Tony Cownie's Letter to the Lyceum

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. ... Read more

3 Dec 2020

3mins

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Saskia Ashdown reads Sara Shaarawi's Letter to the Lyceum

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... Read more

26 Nov 2020

5mins

Ranked #6

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Lesley Hart reads Val McDermid's Letter to the Lyceum

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 Lesle... Read more

19 Nov 2020

7mins

Ranked #7

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Saskia Ashdown reads Alec Finlay's Letter to the Lyceum

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 ... Read more

12 Nov 2020

7mins

Ranked #8

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Peter Forbes reads Neal Ascherson's Letter to the Lyceum

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 empt... Read more

5 Nov 2020

7mins

Ranked #9

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Peter Forbes reads Ricky Ross's Letter to the Lyceum

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 Scot... Read more

29 Oct 2020

9mins

Ranked #10

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Emma Frankland reads Harry Josephine Giles's Letter to the Lyceum

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 comm... Read more

22 Oct 2020

6mins

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