Early this December, the arts, culture and heritage of Palestine and the Mediterranean will take centre stage in this year’s Bethlehem Cultural Festival with live events in London and Glasgow as well as an online programme for global audiences. Through discussion, food, heritage, dance, film, theatre and music, the Bethlehem Cultural Festival puts the rich historicContinue reading “Bethlehem Cultural Festival Comes to Glasgow and London this December”
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Eugenie Grandet (12) French Film Festival
Director Marc Dugain has triumphed twice here – his exquisite film is both a wonderful cinematic experience and a lesson on the dubious morality of loving money for its own sake, and placing wealth above family. Balzac’s story of Felix Grandet (Olivier Gourmet), whose unscrupulous business dealings have amassed him a vast fortune – aContinue reading “Eugenie Grandet (12) French Film Festival”
Dance Base and Jupiter Artland Announce Residency Programme for Dance Artists
Dance Base, Scotland’s national centre for dance, and Jupiter Artland, the contemporary sculpture park and art gallery set just outside Edinburgh, announce the five artists selected for the Space, Nature, Nurture Winter Residency Series. This new collaborative residency programme offers dance and movement artists a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in and work with theContinue reading “Dance Base and Jupiter Artland Announce Residency Programme for Dance Artists”
Edinburgh Remakery Teams up with Filmhouse to Help Stop Electronic Waste
With the eyes of the world on Scotland as the host of COP26, more Edinburgh-based organisations are taking significant steps not only to reduce their own business carbon emissions, but to make it easier for their patrons and team members to make positive changes. Two of these establishments, Leith based social enterprise Edinburgh Remakery, thatContinue reading “Edinburgh Remakery Teams up with Filmhouse to Help Stop Electronic Waste “
OSS 117 From Africa With Love (15) French Film Festival
OSS 117 is the codename for Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a secret agent created by Jean Bruce (a good 4 years before Ian Fleming came up with 007 James Bond) and whose adventures continued after Bruce’s untimely death thanks to the efforts of his family – a series that stretches, I think, to aroundContinue reading “OSS 117 From Africa With Love (15) French Film Festival”
Capital Theatres Welcomes Artistic Director of Dance Base, Tony Mills, to Board
Artistic Director of Dance Base, Tony Mills, joins fellow trustees Karen Cairney, Lesley Drummond, Gordon Jack, Helen Mackie, Cllr Melanie Main, Cllr Amy McNeese-Mechan, Cllr Max Mitchell, Andrew Neilson, Alasdair Peacock, Karyn Watt and Cllr Donald Wilson, under the chairpersonship of Professor Dame Joan Stringer on the Board of Capital Theatres. Tony Mills, who movedContinue reading “Capital Theatres Welcomes Artistic Director of Dance Base, Tony Mills, to Board”
King’s Panto 2021 Relaxed Performance to be Funded by Radio Forth Cash for Kids
Capital Theatres announces that Radio Forth Cash for Kids will fully fund their Schools Relaxed Performance of Sleeping Beauty, the much-anticipated panto that returns to Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre this Christmas. The Schools Relaxed Performance of the show, that is for anyone who would benefit from a less formal performance environment, such as customers with AutismContinue reading “King’s Panto 2021 Relaxed Performance to be Funded by Radio Forth Cash for Kids”
The Divide (La Fracture) (15) French Film Festival
Catherine Corsini’s film captures perfectly the chaos of an A&E Department in the aftermath of a “Yellow Vest” demonstration in central Paris. Perhaps too perfectly, as the overloaded hospital, packed with people waiting to be treated by the harassed and overworked staff gives the viewer a sensory overload too. As a result, some important pointsContinue reading “The Divide (La Fracture) (15) French Film Festival”
Promises (Les Promesses) (12) French Film Festival
This year’s FFF has got off to a wonderful and enthralling start, and this subtle look at politics both local and national maintains the standard. Blessed with two outstanding performances from Isabelle Huppert as Clemence, mayor of a struggling Paris suburb and Reda Kateb as Yazid, her chief of staff, Thomas Kruithof’s film takes aContinue reading “Promises (Les Promesses) (12) French Film Festival”
The Big Hit (Un Triomphe) (15) French Film Festival
Edinburgh skies were bursting with noise and light this 5th November, but another kind of blast was taking place at the Filmhouse where this year’s French Film Festival opened. The Big Hit is based on real life experiences of Swedish actor Jan Jönson, who visited Kumla prison in 1985 and coached inmates to learn SamuelContinue reading “The Big Hit (Un Triomphe) (15) French Film Festival”
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