As part of this year’s Pomegranates Festival from the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland, Edinburgh’s Scottish Storytelling Centre (SSC) hosted the first dance adaptation of soldier-poet, scholar and folk revivalist Hamish Henderson’s poetry Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica (now Libya).The work was his first-hand account from the North African military campaign and considered as someContinue reading “Elegies at Pomegranates Festival Scottish Storytelling Centre”
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Wyllieum Museum in Greenock Shines Light on Work of Artist George Wyllie
Glasgow born George Wyllie, one of Scotland’s most beloved artists, has been celebrated in the town he made his home, Greenock, with the Wyllieum – a bright and airy new space dedicated to his work and legacy. Overlooking the surrounding hills and the spectacular Firth of Clyde at Customs Quay in Greenock, the submarine greyContinue reading “Wyllieum Museum in Greenock Shines Light on Work of Artist George Wyllie”
Edinburgh Science Festival Announces New Director after its 35th Anniversary
Following the 35th edition of Edinburgh Science Festival (ESF), the world’s first and still one of Europe’s biggest festival of its kind, not only were dates for the 2025 Festival announced, but so was the name of its new Director, Hassun El-Zafar. Hassun El-Zafar will lead the Edinburgh Science (ES) education charity, its education work inContinue reading “Edinburgh Science Festival Announces New Director after its 35th Anniversary”
Edinburgh International Book Festival Invites Stories of Former Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh locals and those with a connection to the city are invited to share stories and memories of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, now redeveloped as the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute (EFI), as part of a new participatory writing project, Words from the Wards, at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF). Alongside the publicContinue reading “Edinburgh International Book Festival Invites Stories of Former Royal Infirmary”
Scottish Ensemble Announces Concerts for a Summer’s Night this June
Scottish Ensemble (SE) have built a devoted following for their Concerts by Candlelight in the Midwinter, and they now present a series of concerts revelling in the long days and abundance of natural light around the Summer Solstice. Light-filled venues will resonate to the sounds of music, performed with SE’s characteristic style. Concerts for aContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble Announces Concerts for a Summer’s Night this June “
Solo Exhibition, Songs about Roses by Ibrahim Mahama, Comes to Fruitmarket
As part of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, the Fruitmarket Gallery will be hosting the first-ever solo exhibition in Scotland of the work of Ibrahim Mahama. Born in Tamale in 1987, Mahama is an artist critically acclaimed for his evocative large-scale, site-specific installations that speak to the cultural and social effects of post-colonialism and globalContinue reading “Solo Exhibition, Songs about Roses by Ibrahim Mahama, Comes to Fruitmarket”
Cathy Wilkes Exhibits in Glasgow This Spring
Glasgow’s Hunterian has announced a two-part exhibition of new sculpture and painting by artist Cathy Wilkes. The exhibition responds to issues of war and conflict and has been realised through the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund, a national partnership programme of artist commissions led by Imperial War Museums. The exhibition is influenced by Wilkes’ childhood inContinue reading “Cathy Wilkes Exhibits in Glasgow This Spring”
Scottish Theatre Company for Learning Disabled, Lung Ha, Celebrates Four Decades
April 2024 sees the 40th anniversary of Lung Ha, an Edinburgh-based theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism. It will be the start of 12 months of the Company’s celebrations where they will either take part in or present: The 25-strong Ensemble produces award-winning productions and works with a year-roundContinue reading “Scottish Theatre Company for Learning Disabled, Lung Ha, Celebrates Four Decades”
Edinburgh’s St Mary’s Music School Announces New Programmes
St Mary’s Music School, the established internationally recognised specialist music school based in Edinburgh’s West End, has announced an exciting new two-part expansion to their music education: the Changing Voices Programme and the Senior Vocal Programme. These programmes will create opportunities for young singers who are interested in developing classical solo voice to the next level and will officially begin in September 2024 The Vocal Programmes are designed to support youngContinue reading “Edinburgh’s St Mary’s Music School Announces New Programmes”
The Girls of Slender Means Royal Lyceum
It is London in the Summer of 1945. A group of five young women from a particular strata of society are living in a boarding house for such young women who are hard up because of the generic circumstances of the time rather than their place in society. In other words they are euphemistically calledContinue reading “The Girls of Slender Means Royal Lyceum”
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