Halloween Programme for October Drive-in Movies Announced

Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events, organisers of Drive-in Movies at Edinburgh Airport, are pleased to announce a special Halloween programme for the next four-day outdoor cinema extravaganza, supported by Edinburgh Live, taking place between 29 October and 1 November. Packed-full with scary movies and fright-filled pre-film activities with ghoulish prizes, this special eventContinue reading “Halloween Programme for October Drive-in Movies Announced”

Scotland’s New LGBTQIA+ Arts Organisation Sanctuary Queer Arts Launches

Scotland’s newest LGBTQIA+ arts organisation – Sanctuary Queer Arts – launched on 21st September.Sanctuary is a year-long programme of activity, running a National Queer Young Company a Newer Artist Development Programme, the occasional one-off events and a culminating Festival Weekend of performances, workshops, talks, film screenings and visual arts. The hunt is now on for 10 LGBTQIA+Continue reading “Scotland’s New LGBTQIA+ Arts Organisation Sanctuary Queer Arts Launches”

Edinburgh’s 2020 Spanish Film Festival Goes Online

This year, the seventh edition of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF) will take place entirely online due to the current coronavirus restrictions, when audiences will have access to each film for either 24 or 48 hours. While those of us who relish the trip to the cinema have lost out, the move online ofContinue reading “Edinburgh’s 2020 Spanish Film Festival Goes Online”

Theatre Uncut and Traverse Theatre Join Forces to Digitalise Three Plays

Bristol based Theatre Uncut, one of the world’s leading political theatre companies, and our own new writing theatre, the legendary Traverse, are jointly releasing digital versions of three plays from the Theatre Uncut archive under the title Tools for Change. Exploring racism, censorship, power and identity, the three play texts written by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, GbolahanContinue reading “Theatre Uncut and Traverse Theatre Join Forces to Digitalise Three Plays”

Three-Year Youth Programme Launched to Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour

Two companies have been awarded £410,000 by the Scottish Government programme CashBack for Communities for a brand-new arts project going under the name of CashBack for Change. The companies involved are YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) the award-winning national dance organisation for children and young people in Scotland,  and award-winning Glasgow based theatre company, Glass PerformanceContinue reading “Three-Year Youth Programme Launched to Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour”

Traverse Theatre Announces Film as Next Production of Year-Round Festival

The Traverse Theatre has announced the next production of its year-round Festival programme – In Someone Else’s Shoes: Edinburgh’s Unexpected Summer. This is an immersive 360 degree film that puts the viewer quite literally in the shoes of a varied range of Edinburgh residents. Using innovative filming technology, it uncovers stories of the city lessContinue reading “Traverse Theatre Announces Film as Next Production of Year-Round Festival”

Take a Seat at Edinburgh’s Lyceum!

From Thursday 24 September till Saturday 3 October at 7pm, coinciding with what would have been the theatre’s autumn season, a new installation in the foyer of Royal Lyceum Theatre is available for audiences to view. In a gesture towards letting audiences know how much they are missed and to celebrate Scotland’s missing theatre, anyoneContinue reading “Take a Seat at Edinburgh’s Lyceum!”

Crowdfunder Campaign Launched by Capital Theatres to Save King’s Theatre

Scotland’s largest theatre charity Capital Theatres, that operates Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre, Festival Theatre and The Studio, has launched a Crowdfunder campaign in an urgent appeal for support to prevent the closure of the King’s Theatre and  continue bringing the arts to the wider community through its vital engagement work. The charity is asking for donationsContinue reading “Crowdfunder Campaign Launched by Capital Theatres to Save King’s Theatre”

New Opportunities for MANIPULATE Festival 2021 Announced

MANIPULATE is a festival that’s been on the go since 2008 to promote visual and physical theatre, puppetry and animated films to adults audiences in Edinburgh. It takes place every year in the dreary month of February when its eclectic programme goes a long way to lift the winter blues and brighten dark nights.  ItContinue reading “New Opportunities for MANIPULATE Festival 2021 Announced”

City Art Centre Celebrates Artist Jock McFadyen’s 70th Birthday with Exhibition

Edinburgh’s City Art Centre, home to the City’s collection of historic and contemporary Scottish art, presents a two-floor exhibition of works entitled Jock McFadyen Goes to the Pictures to mark the 70th birthday of contemporary artist Jock McFadyen RA. This major exhibition showcases new and existing paintings by McFadyen, whose career has spanned over fourContinue reading “City Art Centre Celebrates Artist Jock McFadyen’s 70th Birthday with Exhibition”