John Sampson is a weel-kent man aboot the toon as well as being a multi-talented musician about whom it a pleasure to say that once heard he is not forgotten! No stranger to the stage, and certainly no stranger to Edinburgh’s annual festival period, John is again taking part in several shows across the CapitalContinue reading “Multiple Treats Courtesy of Multi-Instrumentalist John Sampson This August”
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Citadel Arts Announce This Year’s Fringe Productions
Citadel Arts are returning to their Leith roots this August with Leith Customs, a new play based on memories and stories of retired officials who worked in Leith Custom House when it still functioned for the busy port of Leith. Custom House was used by a range of workers from sailors, betting shop managers, watchmen fromContinue reading “Citadel Arts Announce This Year’s Fringe Productions”
British Artist Tania Kovats’ Seamark Tapestry Unveiled at Dovecot Studios
Tania Kovats is a UK artist with a strong connection to Scotland, having her works permanently installed at the Fruitmarket Gallery and Jupiter Artland. She was the Guest Curator at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2018 and is currently Professor of Drawing and Making at DJCAD, University of Dundee. SEAMARK, that will be unveiledContinue reading “British Artist Tania Kovats’ Seamark Tapestry Unveiled at Dovecot Studios”
Analogue Gaming Festival Tabletop Scotland Comes to Royal Highland Centre
Best known for large, long running events such as the Royal Highland Show, the Royal Highland Centre is turning to a new tradition this September with Tabletop Scotland, one of the UK’s premier festivals of analogue gaming. With over 120 different exhibitors, gamers will be spoilt for choice as they unplug from technology and enjoyContinue reading “Analogue Gaming Festival Tabletop Scotland Comes to Royal Highland Centre”
New Funding Partnership Marks New Era in Participatory Arts at Citizens Theatre
Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre is celebrating a significant new funding partnership with The William Syson Foundation that is donating £45,000 per year over three years to the pioneering Participate programme. The Foundation has introduced a new strategic programme of Core Support Grants for selected Scottish arts and cultural organisations and this award to the Citizens TheatreContinue reading “New Funding Partnership Marks New Era in Participatory Arts at Citizens Theatre”
Ian Rankin’s New Rebus Story, A Game Called Malice, Brought to the Stage
Award winning writer Ian Rankin, creator of maverick Edinburgh polisman, John Rebus, who was recently been brought to life by Richard Madden in the recent BBC television adaptation, will see his beloved character on stage this autumn. Rankin’s thirty plus novels have been translated into thirty-six languages and adapted for radio, the stage and theContinue reading “Ian Rankin’s New Rebus Story, A Game Called Malice, Brought to the Stage”
Marginalised Artists Supported by Summerhall’s Bursary Awards for Fringe
Upcoming performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have been given awards supporting artists to partake in a Summerhall Fringe run – The Mary Dick Award, The Autopsy Award, and The Meadows Awards and the Edinburgh Touring Award. With a host of engaging, boundary-pushing work hitting on the biggest themes of the time, Summerhall is proudContinue reading “Marginalised Artists Supported by Summerhall’s Bursary Awards for Fringe”
Scottish Ensemble Announces Next Season’s Events
Scottish Ensemble (SE), a pioneering collective of musicians who champion music for strings, announces its 2024-25 season of events. Exploring the power and breadth of musical experience, SE’s 2024-25 season will take audiences on a bold adventure with new ideas and collaborations and the return of the ever-popular Concerts by Candlelight and Concerts for aContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble Announces Next Season’s Events”
Glasgow Architects Appointed to Save The George – Portobello’s Art Deco Cinema
Glasgow-based, award-winning architecture firm Loader Monteith has been appointed to lead a design team undertaking detailed feasibility work on a community cinema project in Portobello. The commission, by The Friends of George (FoTG) group, is supported by the award of a grant from The Architectural Heritage Fund. The design team’s work will dovetail into anContinue reading “Glasgow Architects Appointed to Save The George – Portobello’s Art Deco Cinema”
Shirley Valentine Lyceum
Shirley Valentine has become embedded in our language and culture thanks to Liverpudlian writer Willy Russell’s 1986 one woman play having been so successfully adapted to film, musical and radio over the years. Sally Reid, who received Outstanding Performance Award for her version of the eponymous character in 2022, has reprised her role in thisContinue reading “Shirley Valentine Lyceum”
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