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Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Iconic The Scandal at Mayerling ReImagined by Scottish Ballet

Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s iconic ballet about a dysfunctional royal family, depicting real events from 1889 and boldly created in 1978, has been reimagined and redesigned by Scottish Ballet. This World Premiere production, featuring the entire Scottish Ballet company of 40+ dancers, will be the first time Sir Kenneth’s celebrated ballet has been produced in theContinue reading “Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Iconic The Scandal at Mayerling ReImagined by Scottish Ballet”

Traverse Theatre’s Leading Class Act Programme Celebrates 30th Anniversary

This year, Class Act, the programme from the Traverse that pairs established playwrights, storytellers, directors and musicians with students from secondary schools across the city of Edinburgh, celebrates its 30th anniversary. The Traverse welcomes back the youth programme to Traverse 1 in 2022 with stories that have been created by students from five local secondary schoolsContinue reading “Traverse Theatre’s Leading Class Act Programme Celebrates 30th Anniversary ”

Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre Announces New Work by Youth Ensembles

The Citizens Theatre announces new writing -The Dodo Experiment by the WAC Ensemble and Press 2 For Help by Young Co – to be performed by the theatre’s youth ensembles. The WAC Ensemble, an innovative theatre company for care-experienced young adults aged 18 to 26, will present The Dodo Experiment. Co-written by Martin Travers and WAC Ensemble member, Chloe Wyper, the production follows their 2020 critically acclaimed punk play andContinue reading “Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre Announces New Work by Youth Ensembles”

New Works by Hong Kong Artist Renee So to Open Cample Line 2022 Exhibition

CAMPLE LINE, an independent arts organization located in the South West of Scotland specialising in thought-provoking international contemporary art and film, announces their latest exhibition that opens this Spring. The exhibition, Effigies and Elginisms, by artist Renee So includes sculpture, stoneware, glazed ceramic tile and textiles that respond to CAMPLE LINE’s spaces. The Hong Kong bornContinue reading “New Works by Hong Kong Artist Renee So to Open Cample Line 2022 Exhibition”

Edinburgh International Film Festival Announces EIFF Youth Weekender

EIFF Young Programmers is a group of 15–19-year-olds with a passion for film who meet weekly and work together to select, promote and host films for Filmhouse and the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) . This year pupils from Tynecastle High School met with EIFF education and learning teams to learn about film programming andContinue reading “Edinburgh International Film Festival Announces EIFF Youth Weekender”

New Sponsors of Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Cirrus Logic

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the charity that underpins the Edinburgh Fringe, has announced Edinburgh based supplier of innovative solutions in audio, voice and haptics, Cirrus Logic, as a new sponsor for the world-renowned celebration of the arts. Their support of £75,000 will help ensure that the Fringe remains a cultural keystone in Edinburgh and continues toContinue reading “New Sponsors of Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Cirrus Logic”

An Ambitious Trip Through 13.8 Billion Years of History Starts at Paisley Abbey

UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, has launched About Us, a spectacular, free open-air event created by 59 Productions, The Poetry Society and Stemettes exploring 13.8 billion years of history through the infinite ways in which humans are connected to the cosmos, nature and to one another. Opening at Paisley Abbey, Scotland, About Uswill also be presented in Derry-Londonderry,Continue reading “An Ambitious Trip Through 13.8 Billion Years of History Starts at Paisley Abbey ”

Oh Mercy! (Roubaix, une Lumière) French Film Festival

The deprived post-industrial town of Roubaix, situated on the outskirts of Lille in the north of France, is the setting for this 2019 crime drama from director Arnaud Desplechin. Inspired by a 2008 TV documentary entitled Roubaix, commissariat central, the film opens at Christmas time when it is the result of arson that lights someContinue reading “Oh Mercy! (Roubaix, une Lumière) French Film Festival”

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Thanks to the gothic novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Edinburgh writer Robert Louis Stevenson, the names of Jekyll and Hyde have gone in to common parlance to describe the paradox of duality. The novel was set in London but has been brought home to Edinburgh, the city that inspired it, by theContinue reading “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

Assembly Announces ART Award Winners and Creative Lab Recipients

The Assembly Roxy Theatre (ART) Award was established in 2018 to support Scottish-based performance companies and practitioners to debut new work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2020, impressed by the high quality of applications received, the Assembly programming team decided to support three Scottish-based practitioners instead of one. The ART Award winners were chosenContinue reading “Assembly Announces ART Award Winners and Creative Lab Recipients ”