Bassist Flies Solo on Unsung Songs Album
David Bowden, Unsung Songs (David Bowden Music) Award-winning double bassist David Bowden releases a solo bass album, Unsung Songs, on Friday 10th April. Best known as a crucial member of pianist Fergus McCreadie’s internationally acclaimed, Mercury Prize-nominated trio, Glasgow-based Bowden is a former Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year and an in-demand bass player…
Summerhall Arts Announces 3 Recipients of Inaugural In Vitro Residency for Artists
Summerhall Arts, in partnership with the Hugo Burge Foundation, announce the three recipients of the inaugural In Vitro Residency – a new artist development programme created in direct response to widespread barriers preventing artists from accessing traditional residency opportunities. This new residency model reflects the realities of contemporary artistic life offering flexibility, access and sustained support to those…
16th Edition of Hippfest Chalked Up As Another Festival Success
HippFest, Scotland’s annual festival of silent film, has marked another successful year with its 16th edition welcoming audiences to the Hippodrome Cinema for five days of silent film with live music. Audiences flocked from across the UK and beyond to enjoy the programme, with more expected to tune in online when HippFest at Home 2026…
New Open Call for Public Space Artwork Commission Announced by Summerhall Arts
Summerhall Arts announces an open call for a site-specific public artwork to activate the foyer of the key performance space within the Summerhall venue that is the Anatomy Lecture Theatre. Artists are invited to propose ambitious, thought-provoking work that engages diverse audiences and responds to the dynamic, high-footfall environment of Summerhall. Proposals may be in…
Brian Molley Quartet Tùs/Origin
Brian Molley (Saxophones) Tom Gibbs (Piano) David Bowden (Double Bass); Stephen Henderson (Drums) Internationally acclaimed Scottish group Brian Molley Quartet release their latest album, Tùs/Origin on 20th March 2026. From the folk traditions of the Outer Hebrides to a Louisiana gospel stomp via fugue, jig and hoedown in a through-composed suite, Tùs/Origin follows a journey exploring…
Scottish International Storytelling Festival Announces New Festival Director
Chiming with World Storytelling Day on Friday 20th March, Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) announced the appointment of Daniel Abercrombie as the new Director of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival (SISF). Daniel, who is a creative arts producer with experience deeply embedded within the storytelling community in Scotland, will take up his appointment from April 2026. Daniel…
Casting Announced for Black Diamonds and The Blue Brazil at Lyceum
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh announces the cast of Gary McNair’s brand-new stage play inspired by Ron Ferguson’s beloved book, Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil, directed by the Lyceum’s Artistic Director James Brining. Featuring original, live music performed on stage by Deacon Blue frontman and BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster Ricky Ross, who crafts a…
Work in Progress Performance Announced of New Musical on The Great Lafayette
This May, at Capital Theatres’ Studio venue, Helen Milne Productions, known for challenging and boundary pushing work, present a work in progress of Lafayette: A New Musical. Written and directed by Scottish playwright John Binnie, with music, lyrics and co-writing by Richard Ferguson, and illusion and puppetry design by Fergus Dunnet, who was behind the…
Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company Bring The Table to Traverse This June
Curious Seed and Lung Ha Theatre Company, Scotland’s leading theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism (in association with Lyra) join forces again this year to present a devised physical theatre performance with The Table, that builds on their 2019 collaboration with the acclaimed We Are All Just Little Creatures. The…
One Day The Musical
The Lyceum’s familiar auditorium has been transformed beyond recognition to create a new space for the staging of an adaptation of the now iconic romantic 2009 novel from English writer David Nicholls by former Artistic Director David Greig. With a view to creating a sense of involvement with the unfolding performance, the stage is in the…
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