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Margaux Hartmann (L’Etreinte) (15) French Film Festival

Middle aged and recently widowed, Margaux (Emmanuelle Beart) moves to France from Germany to enrol in a Masters programme while house-sharing with her half-sister. Although quiet and reserved, she is befriended by a group of her fellow students who coax her, in spite of her reluctance, to join them in a study group and inContinue reading “Margaux Hartmann (L’Etreinte) (15) French Film Festival”

Love Singing Celebrates New Collaborations with Launch of Commissioned Songs

Love Singing is a community engagement initiative produced by Love Music and aimed at promoting and supporting creative, healthy singing communities across Scotland. Available for all choirs to access free of charge, it has launched five new songs for choirs across Scotland and beyond, formed through 5 new collaborations. Love Music’s community choir at the UsherContinue reading “Love Singing Celebrates New Collaborations with Launch of Commissioned Songs”

Sunshine on Leith to Close King’s Season before Redevelopment Closure

Next Summer, Capital Theatres is joining forces with Pitlochry Festival Theatre to co-produce Stephen Greenhorn’s well-loved Edinburgh musical Sunshine on Leith as the final show at the King’s Theatre before it closes to undergo its major redevelopment. Sunshine on Leith, that had its original production at Dundee Rep on 18th April 2007, and is basedContinue reading “Sunshine on Leith to Close King’s Season before Redevelopment Closure”

Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker Festival Theatre

We all have certain things that make us feel that “it really is Christmas”. Whether it be visits to friends and relatives we haven’t seen since last year, decorating a tree, shopping for presents, watching a movie you watch every year… Many of these things we’ve had to do without due to the pandemic, suchContinue reading “Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker Festival Theatre”

Christmas Dinner Lyceum

This Yuletide, Edinburgh’s Lyceum is serving up a family show to relish from Scotland’s celebrated theatre company for children and young people, Catherine Wheels. In the opening scene, the magical façade that theatre creates is stripped bare to show an empty stage with the odd awkward prop lying around where manager Lesley (Elicia Daly) isContinue reading “Christmas Dinner Lyceum”

French Tech (Les 2 Alfred) (12) French Film Festival

This year’s French Film Festival has provided a number of gems, and this charming film from director Bruno Podalydes is one of the most enjoyable yet. A tale of the attempts of two characters struggling to get to grips with a world of fast moving technology that regularly seems about to overwhelm them is anContinue reading “French Tech (Les 2 Alfred) (12) French Film Festival”

Sleeping Beauty King’s Theatre

Pantoland has been asleep for a long, long time but is now bolt awake thanks to this year’s explosive return to the King’s stage with their take on the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. The well-known tale tells of a Princess born with the curse of dying from the prick of a needle from aContinue reading “Sleeping Beauty King’s Theatre”

Yes! Yes! UCS! Musical Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Clydeside Work-In

Townsend Theatre Productions is a theatre company based in Bedford that specialises in bringing working class political theatre to the stage, producing imaginative, entertaining, socially relevant live theatre and community education that reaches new audiences. Their previous work includes Rouse, Ye Women!(2019) – a folk ballad about Mary Macarthur and the women chain makers ofContinue reading “Yes! Yes! UCS! Musical Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Clydeside Work-In “

My Father’s Stories French Film Festival

The 2015 novel, Professions du père by Sorj Chalandon, is the inspiration for this latest film, whose French title is the same as the book’s, from director Jean-Pierre Améris. Evocatively shot in the city of Lyon in eye pleasing colours but with the authentic 40 watt bulb look in domestic scenes of the ‘60s eraContinue reading “My Father’s Stories French Film Festival”

Scotland’s Comic Giant, Jack Docherty, Announces Tour for 2022

Jack Docherty is one of Scotland’s best loved comic performers. He was one of the leading lights in the cult comedy show from the ‘90s Absolutely and its spin off Mr Don and Mr George but is best known currently for his role as Commissioner Cameron Miekelson in the BAFTA award winning TV show, ScotContinue reading “Scotland’s Comic Giant, Jack Docherty, Announces Tour for 2022”