Director Cesc Gay has been given the tag of “the Spanish Woody Allen” and his latest feature does indeed point up comparisons in their work. Five stories with, on the face of it, nothing to connect them bar the protagonists’ desire to tell their tales with a somewhat dubious honesty. That, and the fact thatContinue reading “Stories Not to Be Told (Historias Para No Contar) (12) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”
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Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival Push the Boat Out Returns for Third Year
Push the Boat Out (PTBO), Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival, returns for its third year with a line-up featuring over 50 events and with over 80 performers, artists and speakers within the eclectic programme. This year, the poetry of songwriting is celebrated through Hamish Hawk in solo performance and an evening of lyrical enchantment with support from Iona Zajac.Continue reading “Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival Push the Boat Out Returns for Third Year”
Prison 77 (Modelo 77) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
Set in Barcelona’s Modelo 77 – built in the 1800s and only closed a few years ago, Alberto Rodriguez’s film is inspired by real events from the late 1970s. The picture it paints comes across as so authentic that you could be watching a docudrama rather than a tale of fictional characters. It opens withContinue reading “Prison 77 (Modelo 77) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”
Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning Swoops Down on Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre
A new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic horror tale Draculaby acclaimed Scottish playwright Morna Pearson, is brought to stages across Scotland and England by the National Theatre of Scotland in a co-production with Aberdeen Performing Arts in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Director Sally Cookson’s atmospheric production of Morna Pearson’s bold new adaptation is relocated toContinue reading “Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning Swoops Down on Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre”
Scottish Artist Duo Beagles & Ramsay Reveal Radical Transformation of GoMA
Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), that was recently host to Banksy’s landmark Cut & Run exhibition, will become a flagship store as the artists Beagles & Ramsay three new ‘NHOTB & RAD’ fashion lines are unveiled, alongside numerous sculptures and videos. The title refers to the Scottish duo long-standing alter egos, New Heads onContinue reading “Scottish Artist Duo Beagles & Ramsay Reveal Radical Transformation of GoMA”
Love and Revolution (Te estoy amando locamente) Spanish Film Festival 2023
Post Franco Spain, and in particular the beautiful Andalusian city of Seville, is the setting for the directorial feature debut of Alejandro Marín. It is June 1977 and homosexuality is still illegal in Spain but a burgeoning movement to change that is the driver of this film. The opening scene is of a neighbourhood weddingContinue reading “Love and Revolution (Te estoy amando locamente) Spanish Film Festival 2023”
Scottish International Storytelling Festival Starts New Podcast Series This October
This year’s Scottish International Storytelling Festival, that runs from 13th to 29th, sees its first ever new podcast series Another Story. Opened by Storyteller Gauri Raje, it includes six insightful episodes featuring some of this year’s festival performers reading their favourite stories and discussing this year’s festival theme ‘Right to be Human’ chosen to celebrateContinue reading “Scottish International Storytelling Festival Starts New Podcast Series This October”
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Comes to Cinemas This October
Following its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2023, this film version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde will be shown at selected cinemas in Scotland and UK. Based on the original 19th century novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, this version has been reworked for contemporary audiencesContinue reading “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Comes to Cinemas This October”
Works from Iconic Book Publisher Café Royal Books to Go on Display for First Time
Stills, a centre for photography based in the heart of Edinburgh since 1977, will host a new exhibition celebrating the work of Café Royal Books, an independent publisher dedicated to post-war photography from Britain and Ireland with a particular interest in unseen or overlooked work. Since 2012, Café Royal Books have been producing weekly publicationsContinue reading “Works from Iconic Book Publisher Café Royal Books to Go on Display for First Time”
2:22 – A Ghost Story Festival Theatre
The evenings are getting cooler, the nights are getting longer and we just so happen to be knocking on the very month of October: it seems the perfect opportunity for The Festival Theatre to unleash its rather macabre fare upon the Edinburgh public! You know, I have to admit in all my life of goingContinue reading “2:22 – A Ghost Story Festival Theatre”
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