The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is presenting its most ambitious event so far to be streamed online from May 12 to 15. Where Rivers Meet celebrates the blues-driven, unfettered expression, spirit and excitement of jazz’s 1960s revolutionary “New Thing” through music and live visual art filmed in the architecturally striking setting of Edinburgh’s 12th centuryContinue reading “Orchestra Fills St Giles’ Cathedral with Colour and Expression”
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North Berwick’s Fringe by the Sea Welcomes Giant Puppet Storm This August
Vision Mechanics is an Edinburgh based visual theatre company founded in 1995, whose cross-artform productions concentrate on engaging people with their surroundings and communities. This August, as part of North Berwick’s Fringe by the Sea programme, the Company brings their show Storm. Storm, that first opened as part of Celtic Connections 2020, was part ofContinue reading “North Berwick’s Fringe by the Sea Welcomes Giant Puppet Storm This August”
Show Registration for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 Set to Open in May
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society (EFFS), the charity that underpins the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe, has announced the opening of this year’s show registration as 5th May 2021. This process is available to artists and venues until the end of the festival with any live performance registered as part of the 2021 Fringe being expected toContinue reading “Show Registration for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 Set to Open in May”
Edinburgh Tradfest Goes Online for 2021
Edinburgh Tradfest is set to return this year with an exciting online programme running from 30 April – 10 May 2021, thanks to continued support from Creative Scotland’s open funding programme and the William Grant Foundation. Edinburgh Tradfest showcases a wealth of talented home-grown and international traditional artists. It will move online for the firstContinue reading “Edinburgh Tradfest Goes Online for 2021”
Shows Announced to Re-open Festival and King’s Theatre to Live Audiences
Following long months of closure, the two flagship venues run by Capital Theatres, Festival Theatre and King’s Theatre, will again stage two shows this summer to limited capacity audiences maintaining the guidelines of 2metre social distancing. These shows will be Blindness fromThe Donmar Warehouse and Splinter of Ice from theOriginal Theatre Company. Director of MarketingContinue reading “Shows Announced to Re-open Festival and King’s Theatre to Live Audiences”
Local Students’ Work Comes to Edinburgh’s Streets Thanks to Traverse Theatre
For nearly 30 years, the Traverse Theatre has been running Class Act, its annual creative learning programme that pairs established playwrights with students at secondary schools. As part of this year’s creative development programme, the Traverse Theatre is bringing original short scripts from Edinburgh students to poster sites around the city for all to viewContinue reading “Local Students’ Work Comes to Edinburgh’s Streets Thanks to Traverse Theatre”
Scottish Opera Unveils Outdoor and Filmed Spring/Summer 2021 Programme
This summer holds the prospect of live opera again with outdoor performances planned by Scottish Opera, in keeping with Scottish Government guidelines. In the meantime, two filmed performances are announced by the Company. Returning to Scottish Opera to design and direct an outdoor production of Verdi’s Falstaff, is world renowned Scottish director Sir David McVicarContinue reading “Scottish Opera Unveils Outdoor and Filmed Spring/Summer 2021 Programme”
Hit Show Smile Celebrating Dundee United’s Jim McLean Returns in Digital Form
Art and sport come together in Smile, the show from Dundee Rep that has at its centre Jim McLean, the former Dundee United manager. McLean held that manager’s job for over 20 years during which the team won the Scottish League and reached the European Cup semi- final. It’s no wonder that McLean is aContinue reading “Hit Show Smile Celebrating Dundee United’s Jim McLean Returns in Digital Form”
Guitarist Forms the Perfect Circle
Guitarist Tom Stephenson becomes the latest product of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s acclaimed jazz course to put his music out onto the market with the release of his debut album, Perfect Circle, on Friday April 2. In common with recent successes, fellow graduate, pianist Fergus McCreadie and saxophonist Matt Carmichael, Stephenson is showing theContinue reading “Guitarist Forms the Perfect Circle”
New Digital Platform Rep Studios Launched by Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre
In response to the pandemic, REP STUDIOS is a new digital platform showcasing a season of theatre, dance, and music launched jointly by the creative organisation that is Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre who sit at the heart of the city’s cultural life. This new digital space will feature new work from the ensemblesContinue reading “New Digital Platform Rep Studios Launched by Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre”
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