Edinburgh Playhouse
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| Address | 18-22 Greenside Ln, Edinburgh EH1 3AA, UK |
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| Capacity | 3,059 |
| Phone | +44 844 871 3014 |
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| ID | 903656 |
About Edinburgh Playhouse
Edinburgh Playhouse is a former cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland which now hosts touring musicals and music concerts. Its capacity is 3,059, making it the UK's largest working non-sporting theatre in terms of audience capacity. The theatre is owned by Ambassador Theatre Group.
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Authors call on Edinburgh book festival to cut ties with sponsor
... " Greta Thunberg had been due to speak at an event called It s Not Too Late To Change The World at the Edinburgh Playhouse but pulled out after accusing the sponsors of " greenwashing"...
Greta Thunberg pulls out of festival over 'greenwashing'
... " Ms Thunberg had been due to speak at an event called It s Not Too Late To Change The World at the Edinburgh Playhouse...
Omicron: Half of West End theatres hit by Covid cancellations at weekend
... There was no White Christmas at the Edinburgh Playhouse on Saturday or Sunday, while Newcastle Theatre Royal has been forced to call off its pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, on Monday and Tuesday...
Covid in Scotland: ScotRail cancels 118 services as virus spikes
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Greta Thunberg pulls out of festival over 'greenwashing'
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has pulled out of an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over its links to The Fossil fuel industry.
She had been due to attend an event at the annual festival on 13 August.
But She Said she would now not do so because The Festival receives sponsorship from the Baillie Gifford investment firm.
She claimed Baillie Gifford " invests heavily in The Fossil fuel industry".
Ms Thunberg accused the industry of " greenwashing" by sponsoring cultural events, and said she did not want to be associated with it.
Baillie Gifford said it was not a significant fossil fuel investor, with 2% of its clients' money invested in companies with some business related to fossil fuels, compared to a market average of 11%.
A spokesman for The Firm said: " Of those companies, some have already moved most of theirbusiness away from fossil fuels, and many are helping to drive the transition to Clean Energy . "
Ms Thunberg had been due to speak at an event called It's Not Too Late To Change The World at the Edinburgh Playhouse .
It would have been her first public appearance in Scotland since her visit to Glasgow during COP26 in 2021.
She had also been expected to discuss her activism and her book, The Climate Book, during The Event .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
