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”

Bethlehem Cultural Festival Comes to Glasgow and London this December

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”

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”