Do you love creating your own stories and tales? Would you like to make a play in one day on the Edinburgh Playhouse stage?
You will get the chance to work with their two professional theatre artists and learn skills in storytelling and acting. Get the chance to have fun and make new friends. At the end of the day, they will do a mini performance to friends and family on the main stage.
GENNA ALLAN
Genna is Edinburgh Playhouse’s Associate Artist for our Young Ambassador programme. Genna is a 2022 graduate of BA Honours Acting with Creative Enterprises from Queen Margaret University. Genna is an actor, assistant director, movement director and workshop facilitator, working in a mixture of professional and community contexts. She is part of the Wonder Fools Youth Board Cohort 2024-2025 and is currently writing her own play in collaboration with the Citizens Theatre. Genna primarily works in a creative learning context where she delivers a wide range of workshops to young people. Genna started working in theatre through a Care Experienced Training Bursary with Perth Theatre and Concert hall and from there she has developed a wide range of skills to deliver workshops.
FIONA LINTON
Fiona is a professional theatre maker and drama artist based in Edinburgh. Prior to working at the Playhouse, Fiona was a Creative Learning intern at The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh where she worked on main stage productions and their youth theatre. Since then she has gone on to work with Cutting Edge Theatre, Scotland’s leading theatre company for young people and adults with additional support needs. Fiona regularly works with Edinburgh Playhouse’s Young Ambassador programme and loves championing young people in theatre.
Fri 31 July 2026, 10.30am – 4pm (show will start at 3.30pm)
Cost: £55 (bursaries are available)
This is a ATG INSPIRE event. Tickets for ATG INSPIRE events are non-transferable and non-refundable. Please note, there is no wheelchair or lift access to these workshops. Please get in touch if you have any access requirements: edinburghcreative@atgentertainment.com
This programme is in extremely high demand. Places will be operated on a first-come-first-served basis. They will also operate a waiting list should any spaces come available.
For further information, please contact edinburghinspire@atgentertainment.com (Katie Mitchell), call 0131 524 3302 or visit https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/play-in-a-day-8-13s/edinburgh-playhouse/.
