This year’s Manipulate Festival has included a 3 stranded programme of international shorts, a section of which is reviewed here. Seeing short films from other eras is a rare treat as it is a witnessing of the breadth of imagination that has been brought to their animated form. The opening film, To the Future (La Fantasmagorie),Continue reading “International Shorts at Manipulate Festival 2025”
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The Law of Gravity Manipulate Festival
Edinburgh’s annual Manipulate Festival is a celebration of animation, puppetry and physical theatre that has been a highlight of evenings in the last days of winter for the last 18 years, bringing international and home grown talent in these disciplines to brighten a dreich time of year. As part of this year’s programme, two companies,Continue reading “The Law of Gravity Manipulate Festival”
Live Music Now Scotland Announces Judith Anderson’s Appointment as New CEO
Live Music Now Scotland was founded in Edinburgh in 1984 and is one of the country’s leading music charities working in schools, hospitals, care homes and hospices across the nation while supporting outstanding emerging artists. Judith Anderson has been appointed as the new CEO and will lead the organisation into its next phase bringing herContinue reading “Live Music Now Scotland Announces Judith Anderson’s Appointment as New CEO “
New Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland Announced
Liam Sinclair, one of the UK’s most respected cultural leaders, has been announced as the new Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), and will be taking up the post in September 2025. Liam brings a wealth of experience to the role having been Executive Director and joint CEO of Dundee Rep TheatreContinue reading “New Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland Announced”
Leith Theatre’s Campaign Boost with Support from National Lottery Heritage Fund
Leith Theatre is well imbedded in the local community, and is an important local asset celebrating the heritage and civic pride of Leith. With this in mind, it is especially good news that, just days after being included on the Theatres Trust ‘Theatres at Risk’ Register for the ninth year, and shortly after securing aContinue reading “Leith Theatre’s Campaign Boost with Support from National Lottery Heritage Fund”
Fruitmarket Gallery’s Annual Bookmarket Hosts Rachel Hazell
Rachel Hazell, who is based between Edinburgh and the Hebridean Isle of Iona, and known as The Travelling Bookbinder, will be sharing all she has learnt about the power of creativity at her talk The Benefit of Booksat this year’s Artists’ Bookmarket at the Fruitmarket Gallery. Rachel has explored and taught this ancient craft of bookbinding allContinue reading “Fruitmarket Gallery’s Annual Bookmarket Hosts Rachel Hazell”
Scotland’s Silent Film Festival Hippfest Announces Programme for Its 15th Edition
This year, the Hippodrome Cinema in Bo’ness again plays host to Scotland’s silent film festival, HippFest, as it celebrates its 15th anniversary. The 2025 programme will celebrate over 100 years of filmmaking from cinematographers from across the globe, along with the customary programme from the Golden Age of Hollywood. All films are accompanied by a varietyContinue reading “Scotland’s Silent Film Festival Hippfest Announces Programme for Its 15th Edition”
Scottish Opera’s Primary Schools Tour Explores Burns in The Tale o’ Tam o’Shanter
In a show created to re-introduce young people to the works of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, Scottish Opera’s Primary Schools Tour visits Schools with the Bard’s classic, The Tale o’ Tam o’ Shanter. The fully booked tour heads to 120 schools in Glasgow, Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Stirling, the Highlands, Clackmannanshire, Aberdeen, Angus, Fife, Lanarkshire,Continue reading “Scottish Opera’s Primary Schools Tour Explores Burns in The Tale o’ Tam o’Shanter”
Saxophonist Revisits Golden Sands at the Queen’s Hall
Helena Kay returns to the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh on Thursday 13th February for the second in a series of four concerts that the saxophonist has been invited to curate by the venue. Promoted under the Jazz Thursdays banner, the concert features Kay’s quartet revisiting the saxophonist’s internationally acclaimed second album, Golden Sands, with support fromContinue reading “Saxophonist Revisits Golden Sands at the Queen’s Hall”
New Play from Scottish Theatre Maker Comes to Capital Theatres and Tron Theatre
Following a performance at Dublin’s Scene + Heard Festival in February 2025, emerging Scottish theatre maker Liam Rees brings his new playThe Land That Never Was, to Scottish audiences. The Land That Never Was tells the true story of Gregor MacGregor who, in 1820, announced that he was not only the son of a localContinue reading “New Play from Scottish Theatre Maker Comes to Capital Theatres and Tron Theatre”
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