Jul 5, 2022
A wanted poster for one of the most dangerous and dastardly beasts in children’s literature now greets passengers at Dumfries railway station. And murals have appeared around the town depicting the notorious Big Bad Wolf and his prey, the Three Little Pigs. The...
Jul 3, 2022
Young Scottish heroin addict Paul Boggie was at death’s door – but with incredible courage pulled back from the brink and ended up as a soldier guarding the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Actor and playwright Tony McGeever, who works closely with Paul, has now turned...
Jun 29, 2022
Have you heard of Gavrilo Princip? He wanted to change the world – and he did. Princip was the young man who shot the Archduke Franz Ferdinand; the assassin whose bullet led to the start of World War I and transformed history. Was it worth it? And why do so few know...
Jun 28, 2022
Three poems set to music by Kathleen Tagg, and sung at the Edinburgh International Festival by Golda Schultz, will mark the latest success in librettist Lila Palmer’s mission to put women’s stories at the forefront of art song and opera. Her song cycle This be her...
Jun 28, 2022
Living legend Movin’ Melvin Brown is bringing a Broadway version of his acclaimed show devoted to Black music from the 50s to the present to the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s a rare opportunity to be entertained by a man who was at the heart of a musical, social and cultural...
Jun 24, 2022
Rouge, Australia’s circus celebration of the sexy and subversive is heading back to the Fringe – bursting with erotic fun (taster video here). It’s probably the only show where audiences can delight at the antics of three dancing unicorns and a dominatrix along...
Jun 22, 2022
Gay musical comedy performer Major Denis Rake was recruited by the secret services to spy on the Nazis during World War II. The need for discretion was absolute – so he became a drag queen entertaining German officers in a nightclub in occupied Paris. Such was his...
Jun 22, 2022
People from around the world are being invited to stitch a flying acorn as part of a project to create a magnificent cape to celebrate hope, courage and creativity. The campaign, which officially launches this week, is especially significant to textile artist Louise...
Jun 21, 2022
This summer the public and MSPs across Scotland are being urged to go out and reconnect with the country’s exciting visual arts scene. SCAN has today launched its #ArtUnlocks campaign to encourage people to visit a gallery, take part in an art activity, or seek an...
Jun 17, 2022
The doorbell rings, a radio crackles – ancient and modern conflicts collide as the wife of a soldier fighting in Afghanistan is plunged into her own memories and into visions of the Trojan War. Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us, from NMT Automatics, has its focus beyond the...
