May 14, 2019
A new generation of artists and makers will be presenting everything from luxury wedding tiaras to a puppet circus as part of Spring Fling 2019. Each year Scotland’s premier open studios weekend, and its parent organisation Upland, run schemes to provide a platform to...
May 14, 2019
From wide-eyed drama school graduates to brattish divas – I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical is a comic exposé of the big personalities and turbulent lives in musical theatre. This award-winning musical revue has been created by acknowledged “genius in comic...
May 7, 2019
One of the stars of a new drama about the lure and the risks of life on the ocean has spoken about her own life growing up in Aberdeen as the daughter of a deep-sea diver. SophiaMcLean is taking her first major Scottish role in Lost at Sea playing Shona, a young woman...
May 3, 2019
The legacy of a vast 1930s Scottish clean energy scheme is the inspiration behind Pennies from Heaven? an exhibition exploring energy, climate change and consumerism. The exhibition, featuring photographs, cyanotypes and 81 specially smelted aluminium plaques, is the...
May 2, 2019
People across Scotland are being encouraged to take time out to make Saturday, 11 May A Day of Conversation. There are also a host of associated events and activities taking place throughout May as part of the wider 2019 A Year of Conversation initiative. The Scottish...
May 1, 2019
A driftwood violin created to be the “voice of the sea” is at the heart of a play about Scottish fishing folk and communities that is setting off on its world premiere tour across Scotland. Actor and musician Thoren Ferguson plays the remarkable instrument, created...
Apr 30, 2019
Pennies from Heaven? – an exhibition inspired by the historic Galloway Glens hydro scheme that explores energy, climate change and consumerism is soon to open in Dumfries. It follows a successful series of events on Saturday, including artists’ walks and a tour...
Apr 29, 2019
Two of Scotland’s best-loved cultural events are joining forces to promote Dumfries and Galloway as a centre of high-quality contemporary arts. In May and June this year Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival and Spring Fling open studios will be offering around 200...
Apr 25, 2019
Prize marks United Nations International Year of Indigenous LanguagesNew pamphlet prize reflecting the life of poet Alistair ReidNew association with StAnza Festival Wigtown’s international poetry prize has announced major changes designed to celebrate the richness of...
Apr 25, 2019
A Spring Fling artist is painting 16 one-foot square portraits before cutting up her subjects, cooking them and writing a recipe booklet. Hope London, from Wigtown, will exhibit her pictures of fruit, vegetables and herbs at the Shoots and Leaves vegetarian and vegan...
