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New Film Project Paradise on the Climate Crisis Plays at Fruitmarket This Winter

This winter, Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Warehouse plays host to artist-filmmaker, Sarah Wood’s film Project Paradise. The work isinspired by the Black and White Oil Conference organised by Richard Demarco in Edinburgh in 1974 at which Joseph Beuys and Buckminster Fuller both spoke. The conference took place in the context of the imminent exploitation of oil and naturalContinue reading “New Film Project Paradise on the Climate Crisis Plays at Fruitmarket This Winter”

Two Tickets to Greece (Les Cyclades) (15) French Film Festival

In lesser hands, this might just have been another “odd couple go on a journey” movie that would have made for pleasant, but unremarkable, viewing. In this case, Director Marc Fitoussi presents us with a film that sets the standard for the genre. The odd couple here, estranged school friends Magalie (Laure Calamy) and BlandineContinue reading “Two Tickets to Greece (Les Cyclades) (15) French Film Festival”

Here (PG) French Film Festival

A quiet film, this. Sparse dialog, no sudden movement, you almost hesitate to breathe while you watch in case you might disturb what appears on screen. The latest offering from Bas Devos has won the Encounters section at Berlin 2023 and Best International Film at Galway Film Festival, and it has done it with theContinue reading “Here (PG) French Film Festival”

Christine Tobin Makes Overdue Return to Scotland

Award-winning Irish singer Christine Tobin pays her first visit to Scotland in almost ten years when she and her partner, guitarist Phil Robson play duo concerts in Greenock, Linlithgow and Perth from 30th November to 2nd December. One of the most distinctive voices on the European jazz scene and both a strikingly inventive composer and a notablyContinue reading “Christine Tobin Makes Overdue Return to Scotland”

Imaginate Announces Circus Show for Early Years as New Festival Commission

So Far So Good is an adventurous new contemporary circus show for 3-6 year olds exploring flying, falling, steep places, precipices and the sharp rocks you come across on the way up. Created in the Cairngorms with the children who live in wild places, and drawing on their lived experience of false summits, dangerous scrambles andContinue reading “Imaginate Announces Circus Show for Early Years as New Festival Commission”

St Mary’s Music School Announces New Director of Music and Artistic Director

During St Mary’s Music School’s 50th Anniversary Year, John Cameron acted as interim Director of Music and, following an outstanding year’s work, the Board has offered him the role on a permanent basis. Confirmed formally as Director of Music, John Cameron will hold responsibility for all music activities at the school, ensuring musical excellence isContinue reading “St Mary’s Music School Announces New Director of Music and Artistic Director”

Summerhall Arts Presents FORM: Exhibitions by Contemporary Female Sculptors

Summerhall Arts presents its first set of exhibitions to be held in the galleries of Summerhall arts village with the unveiling of FORM: A season of exhibitions by female contemporary sculptors. It will comprise works by the following five artists: Mella Shaw at Summerhall War Memorial and Sciennes Galleries Sounding Line is a large-scale ceramic installation addressingContinue reading “Summerhall Arts Presents FORM: Exhibitions by Contemporary Female Sculptors”

Outdoor Exhibition of Works by Alberta Whittle in Edinburgh This December

This December, artworks by Scottish Barbadian artist Alberta Whittle are to be exhibited across Edinburgh on a series of large scale billboards and advertising spaces as part of BUILDHOLLYWOOD’s UK-wide ‘All About Love’ commission curated by Zarina Rossheart. The public art project, made in collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), celebrates the legacyContinue reading “Outdoor Exhibition of Works by Alberta Whittle in Edinburgh This December”

Boris & Sergey’s Christmas Cabaret Comes to the Roxy!

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!”

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”