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Leith Customs

In Citadel Arts Group’s project LeithCustoms, the Leith-based company will develop a new, site-specific play based on the stories of a group of retired officials who worked in Leith Custom House through the 1970s. The group will use the interviews to create a lively drama portraying the life of this…

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Actors Gregor Davidson and Mairi Jayne Weir beside Leith Custom House looking out at the Water of Leith from the wharf.
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2.30pm - 3.30pm
7th August 2024 - 11th August 2024
65 - 67 Commercial Street Edinburgh EH6 6LH
£8 - tickets should be reserved by emailing lizhare@blueyonder.co.uk
Wheel chair access to ground floor level; accessible toilet

In Citadel Arts Group’s project LeithCustoms, the Leith-based company will develop a new, site-specific play based on the stories of a group of retired officials who worked in Leith Custom House through the 1970s. The group will use the interviews to create a lively drama portraying the life of this historical building.

Custom House has made a significant contribution to the life and heritage of the Edinburgh’s Port whose history Citadel Arts Group has celebrated for over 20 years. The play will be performed in and around Custom House where the events actually took place. 

Two people sitting at a desk smiling at something off camera, other people are sitting at desks around them at a Citadel event at Leith Dockers club
A group of school children at Cornbank Primary School discussing a show with older audience members
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Since 2014 Citadel has run a popular Youth Drama Group and we are committed to nurturing inspiration and promoting creative growth and the magic of live performance. We work to bring learning and joy to audiences in communities across Scotland.

Citadel Arts Group produces plays and nurtures new playwrights of all ages, especially mature writers. The company also brings together writers, actors and directors, costume makers, sound engineers, prop makers and theatre workers in a unique collaboration from a play’s start to its finish.

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