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Dundee Repertory Theatre, better known simply as the Dundee Rep, is a theatre and arts company in Dundee, Scotland.It operates as both a producing house with some shows co-produced by other theatres and a receiving house – hosting work from visiting companies throughout Scotland and the United Kingdom including drama, musicals, contemporary & classical dance, children's theatre, comedy, jazz ...
Scottish Dance Theatre is a Scotland's national contemporary dance company based at Dundee Rep Theatre in Dundee, Scotland. It was founded by Royston Maldoom in 1986 as the Dundee Rep Dance Company. [1]
Dundee has hosted the National Mod a number of times – 1902, 1913, 1937, 1959 and 1974. [203] Dundee also hosted BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend back in 2006 and was due to host for a second time in 2020 but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dundee hosted the event again on 26th-28 May 2023 at Camperdown Park in the north-west of the ...
Death of a Salesman (2016), by Arthur Miller for Dundee Repertory Theatre [12] The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (2014) by John McGrath for the Dundee Repertory Theatre [13] Dear Scotland (2014), co-directed with Catrin Evans for the National Theatre of Scotland [14] Bloody Trams (2014) by Joe Douglas at the Traverse Theatre [15]
The University of Dundee is located in this area and provides a focal point for some 20,000 students. The neighbourhood is also home to St Andrew’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Morgan Tower, an 18th-century tenement which is now a pharmacy – and Blackness Library located further west at the Sinderins: the area where Perth Road and the Hawkhill diverge once forming a major entry point to ...
Prior to the Traverse, he was Co-Artistic Director (with James Brining) at Dundee Rep Theatre, a post he held for 5 years from 2003. Before joining Dundee Rep, Dominic worked as a Freelance Director, associate director at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and assistant director at Perth Theatre.
The Beatles' 1963 concert in Dundee at the Caird Hall was where the term "Beatlemania" was coined by promotor Andi Lothian. [ 8 ] Throughout the 1970s, Deep Purple , David Bowie , Led Zeppelin , Elton John , Iron Maiden , The Who , Queen , The Clash and AC/DC were some of the notable acts that performed at the hall.
The DCA opened on 19 March 1999, [2] but the idea of establishing a visual arts centre in Dundee had been discussed by many concerned parties from the mid-1980s. In particular, there was a desire to both nurture the students and graduates of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (now a school of the University of Dundee and one of the leading art colleges in the UK) and to build upon ...