Even before St Andrew’s Day has had a chance to be marked, Scotland’s Capital is already gearing to full traditional (in the real sense of trees and Santas and in the modern sense of sideshows and markets) festive mode. But this December a different part of the festive shenanigans awaits in the Auld Toun’s RoxburghContinue reading “Boris & Sergey’s Christmas Cabaret Comes to the Roxy!”
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Exhibition Offers Peek into the Creative Culture of 1980s Glasgow with Instant Whip
Instant Whip: Revisiting the Textiles and Papers of Fraser Taylor 1977–1987, is an exhibition revealing the previously unseen archive of Scottish artist Fraser Taylor for the first time, alongside newly commissioned work at Glasgow School of Art for Spring 2024. It will showcase Taylor’s creative output as a founding member of 1980s collective The Cloth,Continue reading “Exhibition Offers Peek into the Creative Culture of 1980s Glasgow with Instant Whip”
Summerhall Arts to Create New Arts Opportunities in Scotland and Beyond
Summerhall Arts is a new charitable arts organisation in Scotland that will deliver vital support and opportunities to local and national creative arts practitioners, while making a lasting contribution to the cultural fabric of Edinburgh and beyond. The team behind the charity believe this action is now urgent and necessary at a time of drasticContinue reading “Summerhall Arts to Create New Arts Opportunities in Scotland and Beyond”
Driving Madeleine (Une Belle Course) (15) French Film Festival
When the torrent of water that floods the screen in the opening shot of Driving Madeleine (Une Belle Course) starts to clear, we see the world weary face of Charles Hoffman (Dany Boon) in the driving seat of his Taxi Parisien as it leaves a car wash. This is a man who has driven enoughContinue reading “Driving Madeleine (Une Belle Course) (15) French Film Festival”
John Donegan The Irish Sextet: Light Streams
Jayde Records (Jayde 008) Released 27th October 2023 Light Streams is the follow-up to the enthusiastically received debut album by Cork-born, Hertfordshire-based pianist John Donegan’s Irish Sextet, Shadows Linger. A musician of huge experience – he has played with jazz luminaries Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Barney Kessel and Greg Abate as well as the world class Irish guitaristContinue reading “John Donegan The Irish Sextet: Light Streams”
The 31st French Film Festival UK Programme Is Now Live!
The Festival, the only francophone film event in the UK, always aims to provide audiences with a glittering, stimulating, and at times challenging array of films. There is also an opportunity to view some select titles online (on a special offer) via Curzon’s streaming platform, Curzon at Home, and this year including Krzysztof Kieślowski’s famedContinue reading “The 31st French Film Festival UK Programme Is Now Live!”
Edinburgh Science Collaborate with Getty on Largest Ever Arts Project in the US
Edinburgh Science, founded in 1989, is an educational charity that aims to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the world around them. The organisation is best known for organising Edinburgh’s annual Science Festival: the world’s first festival of science and technology and still one of Europe’s largest. This year, Edinburgh Science isContinue reading “Edinburgh Science Collaborate with Getty on Largest Ever Arts Project in the US”
One Man Performance of Jekyll & Hyde Comes to Lyceum This January
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh presents the Reading Rep Theatre production as the Scottish Premiere of Jekyll & Hyde written by Gary McNair and starring Forbes Masson, who returns to the Lyceum stage for the first time in twenty years, in this one man show. Prolific stage actor Masson is an associate artist with the RSC and National Theatre of Scotland and comesContinue reading “One Man Performance of Jekyll & Hyde Comes to Lyceum This January”
Fruitmarket’s Festival of New Music, Deep Time, Announced
This November, Edinburgh Fruitmarket Gallery presents their first festival of new music featuring commissions and performances from some of the leading radical and experimental composers, musicians and improvisors working today. They are brought together in the context of deep time to explore ideas of time and temporality; stasis and movement; provocation and play; ritual andContinue reading “Fruitmarket’s Festival of New Music, Deep Time, Announced”
New Gallery Dedicated to the Legacy of George Wyllie to Open in Greenock in 2024
The Wyllieum, a new space dedicated to the work and legacy of one of Scotland’s most beloved and well-known artists, George Wyllie, announces its inaugural exhibition and an opening date for the new gallery. Situated in Greenock, on the mouth of the River Clyde, The Wyllieum is close to both Wyllie’s home in Gourock andContinue reading “New Gallery Dedicated to the Legacy of George Wyllie to Open in Greenock in 2024”
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