The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra expands its horizons with a concert entitled 21 Spices and featuring the sensational Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on Sunday 30th March. The son of vocalist Shobha Gurtu, a legendary figure in Indian classical music known as the Thumri Queen, Trilok Gurtu has won an international reputationContinue reading “SNJO Looks East for Spicy Queen’s Hall Adventure”
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Debut Play Keli from Award-winning Composer Martin Green Has Cast Announced
Marking their first time collaboration, National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) have joined with Artistic Director of Lepus Productions Martin Green to co-produce a new play, KELI. Best known as the virtuoso accordionist in the folk trio Lau, Martin Green has spent the past two years on a journey into the world of brass bands, culminating in this staging of KELI.Continue reading “Debut Play Keli from Award-winning Composer Martin Green Has Cast Announced”
Edinburgh Science Festival Announces 2025 Programme
Edinburgh Science Festival (ESF) is the first and still one of Europe’s biggest science festivals, and is taking place over the Easter holidays between 5th and 20th April. With the 2025 theme of Spaceship Earth, the Festival continues its years-long commitment to Programming for the Planet. It urges everyone to live like an astronaut, a battleContinue reading “Edinburgh Science Festival Announces 2025 Programme”
Conservation Work Begins on John Byrne’s Iconic King’s Theatre Dome Painting
The late John Byrne’s iconic dome design, that stands as an important piece of Edinburgh’s theatrical heritage, is being protected and restored thanks to expert conservation work that is part of the King’s Theatre redevelopment project. John Byrne played an important role in the history of the King’s Theatre through his All the World’s a Stage muralContinue reading “Conservation Work Begins on John Byrne’s Iconic King’s Theatre Dome Painting”
International Shorts at Manipulate Festival 2025
This year’s Manipulate Festival has included a 3 stranded programme of international shorts, a section of which is reviewed here. Seeing short films from other eras is a rare treat as it is a witnessing of the breadth of imagination that has been brought to their animated form. The opening film, To the Future (La Fantasmagorie),Continue reading “International Shorts at Manipulate Festival 2025”
Live Music Now Scotland Announces Judith Anderson’s Appointment as New CEO
Live Music Now Scotland was founded in Edinburgh in 1984 and is one of the country’s leading music charities working in schools, hospitals, care homes and hospices across the nation while supporting outstanding emerging artists. Judith Anderson has been appointed as the new CEO and will lead the organisation into its next phase bringing herContinue reading “Live Music Now Scotland Announces Judith Anderson’s Appointment as New CEO “
New Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland Announced
Liam Sinclair, one of the UK’s most respected cultural leaders, has been announced as the new Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), and will be taking up the post in September 2025. Liam brings a wealth of experience to the role having been Executive Director and joint CEO of Dundee Rep TheatreContinue reading “New Executive Director of the National Theatre of Scotland Announced”
Scotland’s Silent Film Festival Hippfest Announces Programme for Its 15th Edition
This year, the Hippodrome Cinema in Bo’ness again plays host to Scotland’s silent film festival, HippFest, as it celebrates its 15th anniversary. The 2025 programme will celebrate over 100 years of filmmaking from cinematographers from across the globe, along with the customary programme from the Golden Age of Hollywood. All films are accompanied by a varietyContinue reading “Scotland’s Silent Film Festival Hippfest Announces Programme for Its 15th Edition”
Scottish Opera’s Primary Schools Tour Explores Burns in The Tale o’ Tam o’Shanter
In a show created to re-introduce young people to the works of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, Scottish Opera’s Primary Schools Tour visits Schools with the Bard’s classic, The Tale o’ Tam o’ Shanter. The fully booked tour heads to 120 schools in Glasgow, Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Stirling, the Highlands, Clackmannanshire, Aberdeen, Angus, Fife, Lanarkshire,Continue reading “Scottish Opera’s Primary Schools Tour Explores Burns in The Tale o’ Tam o’Shanter”
Saxophonist Revisits Golden Sands at the Queen’s Hall
Helena Kay returns to the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh on Thursday 13th February for the second in a series of four concerts that the saxophonist has been invited to curate by the venue. Promoted under the Jazz Thursdays banner, the concert features Kay’s quartet revisiting the saxophonist’s internationally acclaimed second album, Golden Sands, with support fromContinue reading “Saxophonist Revisits Golden Sands at the Queen’s Hall”
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