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In The Company of Women Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival

Catalan director Silvia Munt has set her latest film, Las Buenas Compañías (In the Company of Women), in Errenteria in the Basque country in 1976, a time just after Franco’s rule when abortion is illegal in Spain. Bea, played by Alicia Falcó who beautifully captures the quietly angry rebel, is an androgynous 16 year oldContinue reading “In The Company of Women Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

Vasil/Wasyl Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 2023

An after dark phone conversation where Alfredo (Karra Elejalde) is telling his daughter Luisa (Alexandra Jiménez) that he has a homeless Bulgarian man sleeping on his couch, opens Avelina Prat’s awarding winning 2022 film, Vasil/Wasyl. Vasil (Ivan Barnev) is a champion chess, bridge and backgammon player, thanks to his Soviet style education in Bulgaria. HeContinue reading “Vasil/Wasyl Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 2023”

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet Festival Theatre

Matthew Bourne has taken Shakespeare’s play and made it into something very much his own, without losing the heart of the story. Set in the (not too distant?) future in the Verona Institute, which appears to be an asylum/young offenders place of incarceration for youths deemed to be wayward and so may prove to beContinue reading “Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet Festival Theatre”

Open Letter in Support of Lammermuir Festival Funding Sent to Creative Scotland

The Lammermuir Festival, whose programme was met with great acclaim and was cited as one of its most successful, was met with the shock news of finding out just days before its opening that Creative Scotland was not supporting its 14th festival, having invested in the event for thirteen years. Losing the cultural funder’s supportContinue reading “Open Letter in Support of Lammermuir Festival Funding Sent to Creative Scotland”

Packed House Kafe Kweer

A compelling journey of inspiring spoken word that beautifully represents the LGBTQ+ community. We live in a time when the LGBTQ+ community receives mass media attention, but the majority of this attention is high-level news stories, that oftentimes fail to deliver valuable insight or information about the LGBTQ+ community. Ignorance is certainly not bliss inContinue reading “Packed House Kafe Kweer”

Tron Theatre in Association with National Theatre of Scotland Bring Moorcroft on Tour

Following a sell-out run, Tron Theatre Company’s acclaimed production Moorcroft is touring to venues across Scotland in Autumn 2023 in association with the National Theatre of Scotland. Moorcroft is written and directed by award-winning actor and writer Eilidh Loan whose debut play is inspired by true stories of football and friendships from her father’s youth. Continue reading “Tron Theatre in Association with National Theatre of Scotland Bring Moorcroft on Tour”

Scottish Tour Dates Announced for Elizabeth Schilling’s Hear Eyes Move

Following a series of highly-acclaimed European performances across 2021-2023, award-winning dance artist and choreographer Elisabeth Schilling includes two Scottish dates as the only dates in the UK tour of her work HEAR EYES MOVE – Dances with Ligeti this October. The Scottish venues are The Byre Theatre St. Andrews on 17th October at 6:30pm andContinue reading “Scottish Tour Dates Announced for Elizabeth Schilling’s Hear Eyes Move”

Traverse Hosts World Premiere of Same Team – A Street Soccer Story This December

Following a public reading during TravFest23 and as the final production of the Traverse’s 60th anniversary year, the Traverse is delighted to announce the upcoming production of Same Team – A Street Soccer Story – a tale of five women’s experiences of homelessness, as they come together and set-out to win the Homeless Football World Cup inContinue reading “Traverse Hosts World Premiere of Same Team – A Street Soccer Story This December”

Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023 13 – 29 October 2023

Programme Announced The 2023 programme for this year’s Scottish International Storytelling Festival (SISF) explores our Right To Be Human, and celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Just as Scotland’s consultation on a new Human Rights Bill draws to a close, storytellers, musicians and artists will join together in venues across the countryContinue reading “Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023 13 – 29 October 2023”

Fifth Instalment of James Plays Set to Premiere in Edinburgh in 2024

In Spring 2024 Rona Munro’s renowned James Plays continue, with a fifth standalone production set to tour across Scotland. A Raw Material and Capital Theatres co-production, James V: Katherine continues the theatrical series with the vivid historical storytelling of the previous instalments, set during the reigns of Scotland’s generations of Stewart kings. James V: KatherineContinue reading “Fifth Instalment of James Plays Set to Premiere in Edinburgh in 2024”