Imaginate Announces New Board of Trustees Chair

Imaginate, Scotland’s national organisation that promotes, develops and celebrates theatre and dance for children and young people, has announced the appointment of Lynne Halfpenny as their  new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Laura Turney, who is succeeded by Halfpenny and who then will become Vice-Chair said “I would like to extend a warm welcomeContinue reading “Imaginate Announces New Board of Trustees Chair”

Scottish Dance Theatre Collaborates with Beijing-based Yabin Studio in Film

Scottish Dance Theatre reconnects with Asia through a unique collaboration with Beijing-based Yabin Studio on 合[Hé], a short film exploring our relationship with nature and the environment. Shot by the dancers themselves, the film weaves a visual tapestry capturing the dancers from Scottish Theatre Dance performing in Dundee and Yabin Studio in Beijing. The projectContinue reading “Scottish Dance Theatre Collaborates with Beijing-based Yabin Studio in Film”

Real Time Livestream from Rambert This September

World famous dance company Rambert brings their fourth livestreamed dance event from their London home on the Southbank from 16th to 18th September 2021. Created by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, Note to Self is a made-for-film event that will be performed by dancers from Rambert2, the Company’s outstanding early career arm that isContinue reading “Real Time Livestream from Rambert This September”

Weekly Online Craft Café Returns to Brunton

The Brunton Theatre Trust has received funding from Musselburgh Area Partnership that is enabling them to bring back their online Craft Café this October. The online Craft Café gives the opportunity to meet other people interested in crafts and a professional artist online in the Craft Café over the online video-conferencing platform, Zoom. Crafting itselfContinue reading “Weekly Online Craft Café Returns to Brunton”

Scotland’s Newest Poetry Festival Push the Boat Out Launches Programme

Wednesday 8th September sees the programme launch of Scotland’s newest poetry festival named Push The Boat Out (PTBO). The new enterprise takes its name from the late Edwin Morgan’s poem At Eighty that opens with the line “Push the boat out compañeros, Push the boat out whatever the sea.” PTBO, Scotland’s second poetry festival, isContinue reading “Scotland’s Newest Poetry Festival Push the Boat Out Launches Programme”

National Theatre of Scotland Brings Production of The Enemy to Edinburgh

National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) marks its return to Scotland’s live stages in autumn 2021 with the Company’s first national tour since the closure of venues in 2020 due to COVID-19. After preview dates at the Beacon in Greenock then at Dundee Rep, the NTS brings The Enemy from award winning writer, performer and theatre makerContinue reading “National Theatre of Scotland Brings Production of The Enemy to Edinburgh”

National Youth Choir of Scotland Finds Ways to Sing In Person Across the Land

Over the coming days all 15 Regional Choirs of the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS) will return to in person rehearsals and concerts across Scotland. Since its formation in 1998, NYCOS have been rehearsing in schools, largely in partnership with the local education authorities in the area. However, uncertainty around Covid and current guidelinesContinue reading “National Youth Choir of Scotland Finds Ways to Sing In Person Across the Land”

Grease is the Word at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre This Autumn

The well-loved musical Grease, that was due to tour in 2020 but had to be postponed due to COVID-19, comes to the Festival Theatre next month. It will be the first big musical to be performed on Capital Theatre’s stages since the first lockdown and  the first new production in 25 years of the iconicContinue reading “Grease is the Word at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre This Autumn”

Edinburgh International Film Festival : Skies of Lebanon / The Road Dance

This was, without doubt, the film that gave me the most pleasure at this year’s EIFF. Chloe Mazlo charts the life of Alice (Alba Rohrwacher), a Swiss girl who leaves home in the 1950s for a job as an au pair in Lebanon, and falls in love with both the country and with Joseph (WajdiContinue reading “Edinburgh International Film Festival : Skies of Lebanon / The Road Dance”

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s Return to Live Performance

Mack Gordon and Harry Warren’s At Last isn’t in the set-list for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s return to live performance at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh on Friday 24 September. But it could be the orchestra’s founder-director, saxophonist Tommy Smith’s theme song as he prepares to celebrate both a real gig with an audienceContinue reading “Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s Return to Live Performance”