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”
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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”
Leading Dance Companies Announce Recipients of #LoveDanceScotland Bursaries
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”
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”
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