In response to the world wide lockdown, Glasgow based Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s leading string orchestra, announces the second in their series of Solo Collaborations. Each Solo Collaboration aims to capture the ensemble’s approach to imaginative cross-artform collaborations, bringing together creatives to remotely produce a new work together. This latest in the series, Pardes, isContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble and Fruitmarket Gallery Join Forces for Solo Collaborations #2”
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Mustard – A Searing One Woman Show from Ireland at Traverse 3
Eva O’Connor walks barefoot on to the Peacock stage of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre carrying two big jute supermarket bags. Looking directly outwards, she begins her brutally honest exposé of the effects on her character E of the break-up of an imbalanced affair. E already has an unusual way of dealing with anxiety. It is self-harmContinue reading “Mustard – A Searing One Woman Show from Ireland at Traverse 3”
Young Award-winners Join Orchestra for Landmark Concert
Scottish Jazz Award winners Anoushka Nanguy and Liam Shortall will be in the trombone section as the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra plays a 25th anniversary concert online on Saturday 5th December. The two young, Glasgow-based musicians won three titles between them at the awards ceremony in October, with Anoushka, 21, taking the Rising Star award and Liam,Continue reading “Young Award-winners Join Orchestra for Landmark Concert”
Top Singer Sings the Duncan Lamont Songbook
Leading singer Tina May releases 52nd Street (and other tales) on 33 Records on Friday, December 4th. Featuring a collection of songs written by Scottish musician and composer Duncan Lamont, the album is full of the character and wit that Lamont, who died in July 2019, brought to his work as an astute observer ofContinue reading “Top Singer Sings the Duncan Lamont Songbook”
Treats from the Traverse across this December
As we all plod our way through a bleak 2020, this strange year’s final month will be lit up by some festive fare from the Traverse Theatre’s all year digital platform known as Traverse 3. The range of shows, from new productions to returning shows, should bring some theatrical anticipation this advent. Award winning GlasgowContinue reading “Treats from the Traverse across this December”
Cigar au Miel (Honey Cigar) French Film Festival at Home
An accomplished debut feature from filmmaker Kamir Ainouz, with a terrific central performance from 17 year old Zoe Adjani opens up the world as experienced by a teenage girl who, as if coping with impending adulthood is not enough, has to deal with the demands of both French and Algerian cultures. Set in 1993 Paris,Continue reading “Cigar au Miel (Honey Cigar) French Film Festival at Home”
Drummer’s Dreams Come True on Solo Album
Dutch drummer-percussionist Joost Lijbaart realises a life-long ambition with the release of his first solo album, Free, on November 30th. Known internationally for his work with saxophonist Yuri Honing’s trio and quartet over the past twenty-five years, and more recently for leading the ambient improvising voice-guitar-percussion trio Under the Surface, Lijbaart devoted six months duringContinue reading “Drummer’s Dreams Come True on Solo Album”
Programme of Winter Activity Unveiled by Scottish Opera
Scotland’s national opera company, Scottish Opera, has unveiled a programme of digital and live performance as part of its 2020/21 Winter activity that includes filmed productions of Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. To mark the milestone of the 50th Anniversary of the Company’s Outreach and Education, Scottish Opera Young Company (SOYC)Continue reading “Programme of Winter Activity Unveiled by Scottish Opera”
The Son’s Room New Restoration on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital
StudioCanal release on 23rd November StudioCanal make it a magnificent hat trick of releases this week with this superb restoration of Nanni Moretti’s Palme d’Or winning story of grief and bereavement. For me, this is one of the most outstanding films of the first twenty years of this century, one that will always feature inContinue reading “The Son’s Room New Restoration on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital”
Edinburgh International Magic Festival 2020 Goes Digital This December
Edinburgh International Magic Festival, aka Magicfest, that was founded in 2010 by Svetlana McMahon and Kevin Quantum, is a not for profit organisaton that promotes magic as an art form. Like other arts organisations, Magicfest can’t have live performances so, like many others, is going digital over 5 days in December 2020 with a line-upContinue reading “Edinburgh International Magic Festival 2020 Goes Digital This December”
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