Four of Scotland’s leading dance organisations, Citymoves Dance Agency, Dance Base Scotland, Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre and Tramway, teamed up again for #LoveDanceScotland Recovery Bursaries, a unique programme of support for artists as they return to their practice post-lockdown. These four can now announce the names of the twelve dance artists bursary recipientsContinue reading “Leading Dance Companies Announce Recipients of #LoveDanceScotland Bursaries”
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Live in Leith Returns with Scottish Performers Streamed Live from Leith Theatre
Spring 2021 saw the return of Live in Leith and on the weekend of 6th – 7th November 2021 it will stream on DICE when it will host Scottish Album of the Year nominee Lizzie Reid and one of the key voices in Scottish rap Wester Hailes’ Last of The Old School (LOTOS) who recentlyContinue reading “Live in Leith Returns with Scottish Performers Streamed Live from Leith Theatre”
Doc´n Roll Scotland Film Festival Returns to Edinburgh – at last!
For its third annual edition, three feature-length documentaries will take pride of place at the Cameo Picturehouse from 5 to 11 November, with 13 more full-length films and 8 shorts screening online UK-wide from 7 to 14 November. Following Doc’n Roll’s first Scottish offerings in late 2018 and 2019, and a lockdown-imposed hiatus last year, 2021 sees the UK’s Music DocumentaryContinue reading “Doc´n Roll Scotland Film Festival Returns to Edinburgh – at last!”
Top Jazz Singer Kurt Elling and SNJO Build Apparition Bridge
Works by the late Esbjorn Svennson, Danish bassist Anne Mette Iversen, Paris-based Ivorian drummer Anne Pacéo, and Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek feature in Apparition Bridge, a celebration of European jazz music by Kurt Elling and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, which tours Scotland from November 18 to 21. Elling, who will be singing recently writtenContinue reading “Top Jazz Singer Kurt Elling and SNJO Build Apparition Bridge”
I Want to Talk About Duras (Vous ne désirez que moi) (15) French Film Festival
Hervé Vilard’s’60s hit Capri C’est Fini opens this fifth fiction feature from Director Claire Simon. Based on a set of interviews between Yann Andréa (Swann Arlaud) and writer and journalist Michèle Manceaux (Emmanuelle Devos) in December 1982, the film is an intimate memoir of the unconventional relationship between Yann Andréa and writer and playwright MargueriteContinue reading “I Want to Talk About Duras (Vous ne désirez que moi) (15) French Film Festival”
The Restless (Les Intranquilles) (15) French Film Festival 2021
The opening scene of Belgian Director Joachim Lafosse’s film The Restless (French title Les Intranquilles) sets the scene for the insight he gives into what it’s like to live with someone who is bipolar. What we see is Damien (Damien Bonnard) out on a speed boat with his young son Amine (Gabriel Metz Chammah). Suddenly,Continue reading “The Restless (Les Intranquilles) (15) French Film Festival 2021 “
Brian Molley Quartet Launch New Album
Internationally acclaimed Scottish group the Brian Molley Quartet release their third album, Modern Traditions on Friday 3rd December on BGMM Records. They will play a launch gig at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh as part of the Soundhouse season there on Sunday 7th November. Featuring the quartet’s trademark blend of jazz and world music, Modern Traditions againContinue reading “Brian Molley Quartet Launch New Album”
LeithLate Announces Three Day Pics n Mix Event at Biscuit Factory This November
LeithLate, that began as a one night celebration of Leith in 2011, and still going strong as a multi-arts charity based in Leith, announces a multi arts event scheduled for later this November. The full on programme comprises a mix of live music, cinema, theatre and conversation. The opening day of Friday 19th November atContinue reading “LeithLate Announces Three Day Pics n Mix Event at Biscuit Factory This November”
Edinburgh International Book Festival Announces Citizen Winter Warmer Weekend
In a three way venture between Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF), The Brunton Theatre and North Edinburgh Arts, the trio will host a weekend of activities and conversations that goes under the name of Citizen Winter Warmer, presenting two days of interactive events celebrating local community voices and creating opportunities for new stories to beContinue reading “Edinburgh International Book Festival Announces Citizen Winter Warmer Weekend”
Scottish Opera Again Teams up with Disney Musicals in Schools 
Scottish Opera (SO) and Disney Musicals in Schools (DMiS) are collaborating to give five Scottish primary schools the opportunity to learn and produce their own Disney KIDS musical and then have the opportunity to perform two special shows at the Theatre Royal Glasgow and in their own schools. DMiS launched in London in 2016, afterContinue reading “Scottish Opera Again Teams up with Disney Musicals in Schools ”
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