On the lead up to Hallowe’en, two Edinburgh-based Theatre Companies, Lung Ha and Plutôt La Vie, have joined forces to bring a comically unsettling tale to the Festival Theatre Studio with An Unexpected Hiccup. This World Première, that’s directed by Lung Ha’s Maria Oller and Plutôt La Vie’s Ian Cameron, whose real life experience was theContinue reading “An Unexpected Hiccup The Studio 22 Potterrow”
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Footprint Themed Online Art Project by Shona Reppe and Andy Manley for COP 26
The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), in collaboration with Kolkata-based children’s arts engagement organisation ThinkArts, has been exploring responses to lived experiences of climate change through art, science and digital technology through work with award-winning Scottish theatre makers, Shona Reppe and Andy Manley. Launching on 1st November is Millipede.shop, a playful, interactive digital art installation disguised as an online shoe shop.Continue reading “Footprint Themed Online Art Project by Shona Reppe and Andy Manley for COP 26”
Programme of New Filmed and Live Dance Work Released for COP26
Internationally award-winning dance company Corey Baker Dance is releasing a multi-media programme of work to help promote environmental responsibility around COP 26, the pivotal summit on climate change to be held in Glasgow. The 25th October sees their 3 minute original dance film BLOWN premiere on BBC iPlayer and on BBC Scotland. The film, that isContinue reading “Programme of New Filmed and Live Dance Work Released for COP26”
French Film Festival UK Reveals 29th Line-up in Cinemas and Online
The crème de la crème of French and Francophone cinema comes to the fore from 3rd November to 15th December in over 30 leading independent cinemas nationwide as well as in a different online offer. The Festival opens with a UK premiere in his presence of Bruno Dumont’s On a Half Clear Morning, which features Léa Seydoux, France’s breakoutContinue reading “French Film Festival UK Reveals 29th Line-up in Cinemas and Online”
Scottish Opera Spring and Summer Programme to Feature Old and New Productions 
Following a busy year of both indoor and outdoor performances, Scottish Opera (SO) is announcing a full and varied 2022 Spring and Summer programme. Opening on 22nd February is a new production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Dominic Hill, Artistic Director of Citizens Theatre, who brings his Shakespearean expertise in theContinue reading “Scottish Opera Spring and Summer Programme to Feature Old and New Productions ”
Documentary Black Black Oil Explores North Sea Oil Role in Global Climate Action
An award-winning team brings a timeous new documentary called Black Black Oil that examines the interconnection between oil, finance and the challenges for the UK to keep its emissions at 1.5%, according to the Paris Climate. Black Black Oil draws on the voices of young activists, oil company executives, economists and pension fund managers toContinue reading “Documentary Black Black Oil Explores North Sea Oil Role in Global Climate Action”
Scots Poet Tom Hubbard to Deliver Seamus Heaney Memorial Lecture
Kirkcaldy born poet, novelist and cultural historian, Tom Hubbard, who was the Scottish Poetry Library’s first Librarian, is delivering this year’s Seamus Heaney Memorial Lecture as an Honorary member of the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts. The evening’s event will be launched by Executive President of the Széchenyi Academy, Győző Ferencz, and followed byContinue reading “Scots Poet Tom Hubbard to Deliver Seamus Heaney Memorial Lecture”
Invitation to Participate in Mass Song Project to Celebrate the Planet
Artists involved in the viral success of the stirring climate song ‘Enough is Enough’ by multi award-winning folk musician Karine Polwart, the Soundhouse Choir and Oi Musica in November 2020, are launching a global call out for anyone and everyone to get involved in sharing a message to world leaders ahead of the critical talks at COP26,Continue reading “Invitation to Participate in Mass Song Project to Celebrate the Planet”
Live Music Now Announces World Premiere of Commission from Scottish Composer
Holy Cross Church in the west side of Edinburgh is the venue for a one-off concert that will feature the world premiere of a new piece that will be performed by clarinettist Calum Robertson and pianist Juliette Philogene for whom the piece was commissioned. The piece, entitled What’s for you…, is one of two commissioned by Live Music NowContinue reading “Live Music Now Announces World Premiere of Commission from Scottish Composer”
A Mornng in Taipei, The Best Secret Agent Taiwan Film Festival
Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh returns for its second edition between 25 and 31 October with a fantastic range of Taiwanese cinema gems, many of them UK premieres, dating from the 1930s up to 2020, presented through in-person screenings and digital talks at Glasgow Film Theatre and Summerhall in Edinburgh and a free digital programme of films. I took the opportunity to previewContinue reading “A Mornng in Taipei, The Best Secret Agent Taiwan Film Festival”
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