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Leith-based theatre company Citadel Arts Group is bringing eleven short audio dramas based on the novel by William Haddow – Leithers One Family – thatfollows the fortunes of the fictitious Preston family from 14th to 21st century Leith as they struggle through wars, plagues and poverty. The Preston family occupations range from pickpockets, fishwives, smugglers,Continue reading “Leith Based Citadel Arts Set to Broadcast New Audio Plays from Their Website”

Michael John McCarthy is an Irish-born Glasgow-based musician, sound designer and composer whose name is familiar to Scottish theatre goers as a four times CATS (Critics’ Award for Theatre in Scotland) nominee for Best Music and Sound. During the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown, McCarthy found himself regularly talking to his friends and family about theirContinue reading “Traverse 3 Hosts The Dream Frequencies”

Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre is reprising their acclaimed 2017 production of The Macbeths that played in their Circle Studio. Adapted by director Dominic Hill and writer Frances Poet this radically cut version of Shakespeare’s play charts the breakdown of the relationship of the infamous couple following an act of murder that  binds then destroys them. ThisContinue reading “Citizens Theatre Announces Filmed Version of 2017 Two Hander, The Macbeths”

Three of Scotland’s arts organisations that create work for children and young people, Starcatchers, Imaginate and Lyra, have come together to deliver a programme of artistic activity entitled Where We Are that will be co-designed with children and young people across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Fife. In response to the current shortfall of creative opportunities forContinue reading “Starcatchers, Imaginate and Lyra Join up for New Children’s Creative Programme”