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Robin Wheelaghan: drawings, prints and bronzes

This fish sings Robin Wheelaghan: drawings, prints and bronzes Open: Friday 16 to Sunday 25 September 11am to 3pm Robin Wheelaghan’s first solo show includes drawings from a series of sketchbooks made over the past six years, new prints and palm-sized bronze fish and eels. Surfacing themes in these narrative works repeat and reform: theContinue reading “Robin Wheelaghan: drawings, prints and bronzes“

Orchestra Takes “Rivers” on the Road

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra opens its latest season by taking the vital, soul-stirring music from its latest, internationally acclaimed album, Where Rivers Meet on tour from Thursday 29th September to Saturday 1st October. Recorded in a single session at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Where Rivers Meet celebrates the music of four saxophonists whose work reflectedContinue reading “Orchestra Takes “Rivers” on the Road“

New Collaboration from Amy Duncan and Ben Harrison to Tour Scotland in October

Undertow Overflow is a brand new collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Amy Duncan and writer/director Ben Harrison. It combines their love of simple narratives with a strong emotional undertow. The title of the show comes from a joining of the title of Amy’s album Undercurrents with Ben’s short story collection Overflow. This special performance will be an openhearted explorationContinue reading “New Collaboration from Amy Duncan and Ben Harrison to Tour Scotland in October“

Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival Returns for Its 9th Edition in Person at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling

Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival Returns for Its 9th Edition in Person at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling 1st October to 5th November 2022 The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival welcomes film fans to its 9th Edition. The festival is delighted to be back in the cinema and offer audiences in-person screenings and events featuring a total of 22 films in Spanish overContinue reading “Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival Returns for Its 9th Edition in Person at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling“

New release from New Zealand Marries Jazz with Maori Language and Folklore

Singer Allana Goldsmith and pianist Mark Baynes release E Rere Rā, their first album together on the Meow Jazz label on Friday 2nd September. Now based in Auckland, Baynes grew up in Alton in Hampshire, where he played organ in the local church before going on to study with vibes virtuoso Gary Burton at BerkleeContinue reading “New release from New Zealand Marries Jazz with Maori Language and Folklore“

Electric Malady Edinburgh International Film Festival

Electrosensitivity, the subject of Swedish born, Scotland domiciled director Marie Liden’s documentary, is something that affects around 1.3% of the world’s population. And yet there is a reluctance among some medical professionals to accept that it is an illness in its own right. Liden, however, speaks from personal experience – her mother suffered from thisContinue reading “Electric Malady Edinburgh International Film Festival“

Call from Big Guns in Arts World to Save King’s Theatre After News of Funding Gap

As the Festival season approaches its end, the King’s Theatre that is due to close soon to make way for a major redevelopment, has learned of a funding gap that threatens its future. If this funding gap is not closed before December 2022 the King’s Theatre could close its doors forever, meaning that the EdinburghContinue reading “Call from Big Guns in Arts World to Save King’s Theatre After News of Funding Gap“

Leith Theatre Trust Announces New Chair of the Board

Bob Last, a widely known and highly respected creative leader and commercial consultant particularly in the fields of music and film, has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Leith Theatre Trust as of August 2022. In a career spanning over 40 years, that has spanned public policy, education, intellectual property and cultural service,Continue reading “Leith Theatre Trust Announces New Chair of the Board“

Major Exhibition of Glasgow Artist Norman Gilbert Set to Open at Tramway

Glasgow’s Southside art space, Tramway is set to present the first solo exhibition of the work of artist Norman Gilbert (1926-2019) who lived and worked in the area for over sixtyfive years. During that time, he painted intimate, domestic scenes of his wife Pat, their four children and an extended family of friends and neighboursContinue reading “Major Exhibition of Glasgow Artist Norman Gilbert Set to Open at Tramway“

Burry Man EIFF Short Animation Film

Set in Pictish times and created in a palette of soft, soothing colours that perfectly capture the singular light of a winter sun, this fairy tale shows the quiet desperation of a man and his daughter when Spring seems to have forgotten to arrive. Their hope lies in the Burry Man, a leaf clad creatureContinue reading “Burry Man EIFF Short Animation Film“