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”
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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”
World Premiere of Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Taking the classic Smiths’ song Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me as their cue, director, writer and performer Ben Harrison and musician and composer David Paul Jones delve into the ‘80s with a new show. The show is a meld of David’s original music and covers of the ‘80s classics with Ben’s short stories, all set in the ‘80sContinue reading “World Premiere of Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me”
World Music Day Sees National Campaign for Musical Instruments in Public Libraries
Ahead of this year’s World Music Day on 21st June, Tinderbox Orchestra funded by PRS Foundation’s Beyond Borders programme, can announce that its ground-breaking 20-piece orchestra will undertake a tour of UK libraries to spread a national campaign to get musical instruments into public libraries, so people can borrow them for free. The tour will see rappers andContinue reading “World Music Day Sees National Campaign for Musical Instruments in Public Libraries”
Ken Cockburn Announces Edinburgh Poetry Walks 2024
Ken Cockburn is an Edinburgh based writer, translator and poet who has read his work at venues and events both across the UK and abroad and has worked collaboratively with artists across genres. For several years Ken, who established Edinburgh Poetry Tours, has been leading poetry walks in the Auld Toun and this year seesContinue reading “Ken Cockburn Announces Edinburgh Poetry Walks 2024”
The Last Pearl Traverse
No strangers to the Traverse stage, Sligo theatre company Blue Raincoat returned for three performances of their latest work, The Last Pearl, that is loosely based on the ideas of the scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock. The piece is the fourth in a series of devised works that include Shackleton, The School Days of ThaddeusContinue reading “The Last Pearl Traverse”
The Skinny, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland Announce New Awards – The Besties
The teams behind The Skinny and Fest magazines, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland have come together to create a new series of awards spanning all of Edinburgh’s August festivals with the quirky name of The Besties. Reflecting the broad and diverse coverage both magazines produce every summer and responding to the need for a pan-festivalsContinue reading “The Skinny, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland Announce New Awards – The Besties”
Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year 2024 Announced
Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year, the Scotland-wide competition run by The Music Education Partnership Group, has announced its 2024 winners. Compered by singer and broadcaster Jamie MacDougall, the third ever Solo Performer of the Year competition was held at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before a large appreciative audience on 26th May. 17-year-old Saxophonist EuanContinue reading “Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year 2024 Announced”
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