A blue skied Edinburgh, with all the optimism that brings, played a sunny host to the Lyceum Theatre’s new season’s announcement. Mirroring that optimism was Artistic Director David Greig who spoke with a quiet and modest enthusiasm for his upcoming programme that is pleasingly both literary and Scottish. He did this while acknowledging the impactContinue reading “Lyceum Announces Biggest in Years Season with Distinct Scottish Slant”
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King’s Theatre Honorary Patron Brian Cox Narrates Animation of Its Redevelopment
The current major development of Edinburgh’s belovèd King’s Theatre started earlier this year after a crisis campaign brought the project back from the brink. Capital Theatres, the charity that manages the Council owned King’s as well as the Festival Theatre, has released a fly through digital animation giving an artist’s impression of the redevelopment voicedContinue reading “King’s Theatre Honorary Patron Brian Cox Narrates Animation of Its Redevelopment”
Previously Unstaged Operas Given New Life with Feminist Project Out of Her Mouth
Dunedin Consort, Hera and Mahogany Opera have come together to breathe life into 300 year-old ‘operas’ that have never been staged in Britain before. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s biblical cantatas, Judith, Rachel & Susanne, each a tiny opera in all by name, are historical jewels written by a woman, about women, for women that tell bold, unflinching talesContinue reading “Previously Unstaged Operas Given New Life with Feminist Project Out of Her Mouth”
Lindsey Mendick to Open Large-Scale Show SH*TFACED at Jupiter Artland This Summer
Jupiter Artland, award-winning, contemporary sculpture park located just outside Edinburgh, will play host to artist Lindsey Mendick this Summer. Mendick is creating three monumental installations inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, presenting a contemporary view of duality and supposed binaries between good and evil, virtue andContinue reading “Lindsey Mendick to Open Large-Scale Show SH*TFACED at Jupiter Artland This Summer”
Winner of Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer Announced
Emily Barron, a 16-year-old Clarinettist from St. Columba’s School, Kilmacolm, has won Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year 2023 in a competition in Glasgow involving 31 of the best Young Musicians from across Scotland. Emily started playing clarinet when she was 8 years old. Since then has picked up saxophone, piano and bassContinue reading “Winner of Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer Announced”
Dear Billy – A Love Letter to the Big Yin from the People of Scotland Traverse
One of the beloved characters created by the late great Glasgow cartoonist, Bud Neill, was the GI Bride whose catchphrase was ‘Dae ye go as faur as Pairtick?’ Conversely, and ironically, Partick’s most famous son, Billy Connolly, did go very faur fae Pairtick to become one of the best known and best loved coupons inContinue reading “Dear Billy – A Love Letter to the Big Yin from the People of Scotland Traverse”
Citadel Arts Group Brings the Ghosts of North Leith to Leith Festival
Leith-based theatre company Citadel’s Arts Group makes its 12th foray into Leith Festival this year with an exploration of the atmospheric North Leith Burial Ground. Curious about what lies beneath Coburg Street, they found a number of interesting characters interred in this small cemetery leading to seven members of Citadel’s group of older writers to chooseContinue reading “Citadel Arts Group Brings the Ghosts of North Leith to Leith Festival”
Big Prizes for Final of Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year
The annual Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year competition gives opportunities to more young people across Scotland to compete. Each area has selected their best local soloist to compete at the National Final at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday 21st May 2023. Several big names in the world of Scottish musicContinue reading “Big Prizes for Final of Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year”
World of the Gods Unites East and West, Ancient and Modern
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra unites Orient with Occident and a 2000-year-old musical tradition with contemporary improvisation in World of the Gods, which tours to Greenock, Perth and Edinburgh in late May. Composed by SNJO artistic director Tommy Smith and incorporating traditional Japanese melodies, World of the Gods was first performed in 2010 and bringsContinue reading “World of the Gods Unites East and West, Ancient and Modern”
Who Killed My Father Traverse Theatre
After a sellout debut at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre in 2022, Edinburgh based theatre company, Surrogate, brings Who Killed My Father back to the stage for a Scottish tour. The play, that has been adapted and directed by the company’s founder and artistic director, Nora Wardell, is based on the 2018 autofiction book Qui a TuéContinue reading “Who Killed My Father Traverse Theatre”
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