In the run-up to International Jazz Day on 30 April, Glasgow Concert Halls are presenting a series of seven filmed live performances by leading Scottish musicians. Filmed at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in 2021, these videos are being made available for the first time for online audiences to enjoy. Videos will be added to Glasgow Life’s YouTube channel throughoutContinue reading “Free to View Online Jazz from Glasgow Royal Concert Hall”
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BBC Four to Broadcast Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers This Easter Sunday 
BBC Four to Broadcast Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers This Easter Sunday This Easter Sunday 17th April sees the new Scottish Opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, that satirises the ruling classes with the tale of two happy-go-lucky gondoliers who discover that one of them is the heir to the throne of a distant kingdom, isContinue reading “BBC Four to Broadcast Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers This Easter Sunday ”
Katie Paterson’s REQUIEM Opens at Ingleby Gallery
Glasgow born artist Katie Paterson brings her latest startling work, REQUIEM, to Edinburgh’s Ingleby Gallery situated in Albany Lane on the fringe of the New Town. Telling the birth and life of our planet in a single object, the unique event holds at its centre a large glass urn into which layers of dust willContinue reading “Katie Paterson’s REQUIEM Opens at Ingleby Gallery”
Performance of H-E-L-L-O by Cauleen Smith with Brass Band Planned on Calton
Cauleen Smith is an interdisciplinary artist whose work reflects upon the everyday possibilities of the imagination. She believes in the transformative power of art, music and text, and employs radical thought as a tool in her work to envision a better world. Cauleen currently has an exhibition of her 2014 film H-E-L-L-Oin the City DomeContinue reading “Performance of H-E-L-L-O by Cauleen Smith with Brass Band Planned on Calton”
New Scottish Comedy to Be Presented As a Performed Reading by Citadel Arts Group
Leith based performing arts group and registered charity, that encourages older writers and creatives, announce their latest project. From the pen of Edinburgh writer Carolyn Lincoln, who is a former Glasgow Herald staff journalist, radio ‘soap’ writer and occasional contributor to The Scotsman, they present Nan & Rita and the Dear Departed. Set before BrexitContinue reading “New Scottish Comedy to Be Presented As a Performed Reading by Citadel Arts Group”
IberoDocs 9th Edition Announced For Both Cinema and Online 
The best and most relevant Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-America documentaries come to the fore this April with in-person events taking place in Edinburgh and Glasgow between 6th and 10th April after which the festival moves online from 11th – 17th April. The Festival opens on Wednesday 6th April at Edinburgh Filmhouse with the Scottish PremiereContinue reading “IberoDocs 9th Edition Announced For Both Cinema and Online ”
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily (PG) French Film Festival
Italian artist and illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti makes his film debut with this 2019 animation, The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily (la Fameuse Invasion des Ours en Sicile) that is based on the 1940 children’s book,The Tartar Steppe, by novelist Dino Buzzati. The film starts with the image of two strolling players, Almerina and Geodene, trudging tiredContinue reading “The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily (PG) French Film Festival”
Free Photography Exhibition Wild Scotland Opens on Portobello Promenade
Edinburgh Science Festival’s (ESF) free photography exhibition on Portobello Promenade is back with a theme of Wild Scotland. Running until 5th May, the exhibition highlights stories of how the people, flora and fauna of Scotland are facing important choices, adapting to our changing world in the face of the climate emergency caused by human activity and playingContinue reading “Free Photography Exhibition Wild Scotland Opens on Portobello Promenade”
Palestinian Dancer Farah Saleh Set to Perform at Fruitmarket Gallery This April
Palestinian Dancer Farah Saleh Set to Perform at Fruitmarket Gallery This April The end of April 2022 sees Palestinian dance artist Farah Saleh give three days of performances in the Warehouse, a new space for art at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. It will see Saleh return to the Fruitmarket three years after her performance WhatContinue reading “Palestinian Dancer Farah Saleh Set to Perform at Fruitmarket Gallery This April”
Panto Star and Capital Theatres Staff Run to Help King’s Redevelopment Project
King’s Panto star and famous handsome face of TV’s River City and Scot Squad, Jordan Young, will be running a half marathon as part of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May of this year. Joining him will be a team of Capital Theatres staff, all running different distances from 1km to the full 26.2 milesContinue reading “Panto Star and Capital Theatres Staff Run to Help King’s Redevelopment Project”
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