Aug 16, 2018
A packed programme of authors, celebrity speakers and events has been unveiled for the 20thannual Wigtown Book Festival – described as the “brightest jewel on the festival circuit”. Visitors to Scotland’s National Book Town during the festival, which runs from 21 to...
Aug 9, 2018
The Army is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for second year with more diverse and international programme. Fijian warriors and dancers from a show about World War I Indian soldiers were today joined by Operational Head of the Army in Scotland for the launch of...
Aug 7, 2018
The exhibitors have been unveiled for Elements 4, a festival celebrating the finest UK jewellery, silver and gold, which will be held in Edinburgh in October. The event, organised by the Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh and Lyon & Turnbull...
Aug 4, 2018
Loud, angry and raw –Valeriedives unflinchingly into the realities of mental illness. Fresh at the Edinburgh Fringe from huge success in Auckland (★★★★★Theatre Scenes) and being named as stand out cabaret of the 2016 by the New Zealand Herald, it is already...
Aug 4, 2018
Scottish playwright Davey Anderson was joined by yesterday by Dr Joe Mulhall of Hope not hate to highlight the growing threat of racism and fascism. The event followed a performance of The Abode, his new Edinburgh Fringe play exploring how the extreme right seduces...
Aug 2, 2018
New York Gospel singers and Broadway actors from a new Edinburgh Fringe musical gathered and sang Amazing Gracein tribute to the Scots who fought against slavery in the American Civil War. Henry Box Brown is a musical based on the true-life story of an American slave...
Jul 27, 2018
With the Far Right on the march again in America, Europe and across the UK Davey Anderson’s new play explores how it can be stopped. Thousands of extremists have rallied in London, supporting Trump and Tommy Robinson, and their comrades in Scotland are intent on doing...
Jul 24, 2018
See trailer at https://vimeo.com/221411082 As the Labour Party argues over the definition of anti-Semitism* and the Israeli government approves a Jewish Nation State**, divisions deepen and boundaries blur. All across Europe and the USA extremist views advance and the...
Jul 24, 2018
A young, ambitious, unprincipled politician seeks to gain power by taking control of a campaign to stop a small village becoming part of a big city – what could possibly go wrong? Stirring up local feeling by creating fear and panic Antonia Morgan is a little too...
Jul 24, 2018
The full line-up of live music for this weekend’s third annual Firefly Festival in Moniaive has been unveiled. The Hoolits, Trongate Rum Riots, Rory McLeod, Isaac & Louis will be playing as will Greg Lawson & Pete Garnett, San Fran and The Siscos plus Emma...
