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NECESSARY CAT Ltd Presents….

NECESSARY CAT Ltd present their outstanding Shakespeare theatre production ‘Hamlet’ at Dunbar Battery on Sat 29th and Sun 30th July. Performances will commence at 2pm and 4pm. ‘Compelled by the ghost of his dead father to seek revenge for an untimely death, Hamlet finds the line between what is truth and what is feigned begins […]

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Interpreting the history

NECESSARY CAT Ltd Presents…

NECESSARY CAT Ltd present their outstanding Shakespeare theatre production ‘Hamlet’ at Dunbar Battery on Sat 29th and Sun 30th July. Performances will commence at 2pm and 4pm. ‘Compelled by the ghost of his dead father to seek revenge for an untimely death, Hamlet finds the line between what is truth and what is feigned begins […]

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Double Bill Theatre Production!

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare adapted by Angela Harkness Robertson            2.00pm What would you trade to preserve a special relationship? Bassanio has squandered his wealth, but plans to regain it by wooing wealthy Portia of Belmont, whose late father has imposed some creative restrictions on potential suitors. Bassanio asks Antonio for financial help, […]

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Cancelled: The John Muir Way, Battery Theatre Co. Production

The Battery Theatre Company return to perform at Dunbar Battery this summer, bringing yet another fabulous performance to this unique venue on Sat 9th and Sun 10th July. The John Muir Way by Rebekah King John Muir was born in Scotland, but is renowned in the USA for his campaign to preserve wilderness for wilderness’ sake which led […]

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Interpreting the history

Double Bill Theatre Production!

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare adapted by Angela Harkness Robertson            2.00pm What would you trade to preserve a special relationship? Bassanio has squandered his wealth, but plans to regain it by wooing wealthy Portia of Belmont, whose late father has imposed some creative restrictions on potential suitors. Bassanio asks Antonio for financial help, […]

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Interpreting the history

Cancelled: The John Muir Way, Battery Theatre Co. Production

The Battery Theatre Company return to perform at Dunbar Battery this summer, bringing yet another fabulous performance to this unique venue on Sat 9th and Sun 10th July. The John Muir Way by Rebekah King John Muir was born in Scotland, but is renowned in the USA for his campaign to preserve wilderness for wilderness’ sake which led […]

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The Three Craws An The Mysterious Licht At Sunny Dunbar

NOW.MOVED TO GIBB ROOM, BLEACHINGFIELD AT 2.30PM DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER! The Three Craws discuss light and the strange things that can happen with it. They fly from their roost on Edinburgh Castle wall to Dunbar to investigate why it is called Sunny Dunny. They are fascinated by the town, they find out amazing stories […]

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Civic Week – Puppet show and workshop

Come to the Battery to discover the story of the little mermaid being retold in a magical puppet show that will make us fall in love with the sea again!  Our heroine will save the day by rescuing her friends aboard the Rainbow Warrior! A tale about environment, mystery and the little fish that we […]

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Battery Theatre Group – “Homecoming”

Stories and songs in extract from Battery’s first planned production of ‘Homecoming’ which draws inspiration from the Dunbar Battery’s history as a World War 1 hospital and its location close to the former Dunbar Barracks through which thousands of men passed on their way to the Front. The script is currently in production, but initial […]

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The Three Craws

On this Summer Solstice, there will be a performance of ‘The Three Craws An The Mysterious Licht At Sunny Dunbar’. The play was first performed by the troupe ‘The Three Craws’ as a rehearsed reading during Dunbar’s Coastword Festival in May 2015. The script is the eleventh in a series of plays inspired by the characters […]

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