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”
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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”
East Lothian Council Sends Call-out for Artists to Help Create Covid Memorial
East Lothian Council (ELC), in partnership with greenspace Scotland, has launched a call-out to commission an artist or artists to contribute to the region’s Covid community memorial, that is part of the Scotland-wide Remembering Together project. Remembering Together East Lothian is managed by the Council Arts Service and is being developed by artists Barbara Gardner-Rowell and Sophie Ferguson. InContinue reading “East Lothian Council Sends Call-out for Artists to Help Create Covid Memorial”
Grant Stott Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the King’s Theatre Redevelopment
The major project that is the redevelopment of the King’s Theatre is almost 50% complete and in a new film released by Capital Theatres, actor and broadcaster Grant Stott leads a walking tour of the theatre, giving an exclusive look at the progress of the renovation. Viewers can follow the popular King’s pantomime star asContinue reading “Grant Stott Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the King’s Theatre Redevelopment”
New Short Story Competition Launched by Calibre Audio in Celebration of 50 Years
Established in 1974, Calibre Audio is a pioneering audiobook charity that aims to use the full range of technology to make books accessible to everyone. From cassette tapes through to Alexa, Calibre has made books audible for 50 years and gives its members the power to read their way through a choice of audiobook platforms.Continue reading “New Short Story Competition Launched by Calibre Audio in Celebration of 50 Years”
Sir David Mcvicar’s La traviata by Verdi Tours Major Scottish Venues This Summer
To mark the closure of this 61st season of Scottish Opera (SO), audiences in Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh have the chance to experience a revival of world-renowned director Sir David McVicar’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata. Opening at Theatre Royal Glasgow on 8th May, this staging began life at SO in 2008 and has since been seen inContinue reading “Sir David Mcvicar’s La traviata by Verdi Tours Major Scottish Venues This Summer”
Pomegranates Festival Presents Dance Adaptation of Hamish Henderson Poem
As part of this year’s Pomegranates Festival, Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland presents the first dance adaptation of Scotland’s own Hamish Henderson’s award-winning poetry Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica,considered among the finest poetic writing to come out of the Second World War. The show, entitled Elegies, was originally commissioned for the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023, thenContinue reading “Pomegranates Festival Presents Dance Adaptation of Hamish Henderson Poem”
Chris Ofili’s Tapestry The Caged Bird’s Song Returns to Dovecot This Autumn
The Caged Bird’s Song is a triptych tapestry designed by Chris Ofili and created by Dovecot over a period of three years and was commissioned by The Clothworkers’ Company in 2014 to support the work of Britain’s oldest tapestry studio. The exhibition will bring to life the process by which Dovecot’s master weavers transformed the colours,Continue reading “Chris Ofili’s Tapestry The Caged Bird’s Song Returns to Dovecot This Autumn”
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