Just over 60 years ago, celebrated Hollywood actor and dance star Gene Kelly was invited to create an original work for the Paris Opera Ballet. The result was Pas de Dieux, a fantasy about Greek gods visiting France that was created and choreographed by Kelly. In collaboration with Gene’s widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, his originalContinue reading “Starstruck – Gene Kelly’s Love Letter to Ballet”
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The 29th French Film Festival UK Adds Online Section
The organisers of the French Film Festival UK are delighted to reveal an exciting new edition of the online programme under its fff@home umbrella, which will run from Friday 3 to Sunday 12 December. The nine days of online screenings are organised in collaboration with INDEE+. Programmers have curated an exciting selection of titles, including several UK premieres and a classicContinue reading “The 29th French Film Festival UK Adds Online Section”
Online Highlights of the Latest Season from the Soundhouse Organisation
The Soundhouse Organisation returned to its spiritual home this autumn with its Back @ the Trav season, a series of ten live gigs showcasing the foremost talents in folk, jazz and Americana. Now audiences can experience the season in full with a special highlights video, recorded live at the performances in Traverse 1. Featuring tracks from 12Continue reading “Online Highlights of the Latest Season from the Soundhouse Organisation”
New Showcase Snow Motion Celebrates Dance Base’s 20 Years in Grassmarket
Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, moved to its lovely airy venue in Edinburgh’s Auld Toun 20 years ago. As another Festive season approaches, Dance Base is celebrating this move, and dance in general, with three evenings of live performance of a new showcase, SNOW MOTION, to be performed in the Studio 1 space.Continue reading “New Showcase Snow Motion Celebrates Dance Base’s 20 Years in Grassmarket”
A Tale of Love and Desire French Film Festival
Not just a tale of love and desire, but of first love, that so many of us experience as something that remains in the memory, however fleeting it may have been. Leyla Bouzid’s tender, sensitive film lingers in the memory, too. When Ahmed (Sami Outabali) meets Farah (Zbeida Belhajamor) in class in the Sorbonne theirContinue reading “A Tale of Love and Desire French Film Festival”
Film’s 75th Anniversary Marked with New Version for Hearing and Visually Impaired
Frank Capra’s 1946 film, It’s a Wonderful Life, that has become a classic of Christmas viewing, has the 75th anniversary of its release marked with the creation of a brand-new accessible 4K DCP version. This innovative and inclusive move from Filmhouse Cinemas and Park Circus will enable hearing and visually impaired audiences across the UKContinue reading “Film’s 75th Anniversary Marked with New Version for Hearing and Visually Impaired”
Craft Beer Company Brewgooder in New Partnership with Capital Theatres
Brewgooder, launched in 2016, is a Scottish-based craft beer company that is in the top 5% of businesses worldwide that achieve ethical and sustainability accreditation. This company, with their motto of ‘Brewed on Purpose’, has teamed up with Capital Theatres in a new corporate partnership where their shared values of consideration and collaboration with sustainabilityContinue reading “Craft Beer Company Brewgooder in New Partnership with Capital Theatres”
Advent Sees Scottish Ensemble Perform Scotland Wide Concerts by Candlelight
This December Scottish Ensemble will take its annual Concerts by Candlelight on tour to locations across Scotland for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking place at venues in Aberdeen, Inverness, Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Concerts by Candlelight: Music for Warmth and Restoration is a pre-Christmas musical feast set against a backdrop ofContinue reading “Advent Sees Scottish Ensemble Perform Scotland Wide Concerts by Candlelight”
Two New Scottish Commissions Announced for Imaginate Festival 2022
Imaginate, Scotland’s national organisation for promoting and developing theatre and dance for children and young people, has commissioned two new theatre shows that will appear at the Children’s Festival in May 2022 then go on tour across Scotland. Both productions speak of the complex experiences children are dealing with, exploring the theme of mental healthContinue reading “Two New Scottish Commissions Announced for Imaginate Festival 2022”
Maryland – a Play Inspired by Violence Against Women Comes to Edinburgh
In the immediate aftermath of the recent murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, Lucy Kirkwood wrote what she has described as a ‘howl’ of a short play about the prevalence and injustice of the culture of violence against women. Now script-in-hand performances of the piece are to be performed across Edinburgh. The two productions,Continue reading “Maryland – a Play Inspired by Violence Against Women Comes to Edinburgh”
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