Aug 22, 2018
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is being welcomed as a special guest at the 20thWigtown Book Festival to talk about the literature that has inspired her. This year’s 20thannual festival, from 21 to 30 September, is a landmark for an event that has grown from small...
Aug 21, 2018
The cast of hit Fringe gig theatre show Valerie have been pursuing their goal of promoting good mental health and wellbeing offstage and on during their time in Edinburgh. The production, at Summerhall, uses powerful music, spoken word, personal experience and science...
Aug 20, 2018
Sick and injured veterans from Bravo 22 Company, one of the most remarkable theatre groups at the Fringe, today visited Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory in Edinburgh to highlight the work of Poppyscotland. All are taking part in Unspokena premiere inspired by the stories of...
Aug 19, 2018
It has been a long and rocky road to the Fringe for Joanna Wallfisch and her musical show inspired by an 1,100-mile solo bike ride down the Pacific Coast of the USA. Not long before she was due to set out for Scotland she sliced her right forefinger with a knife. Next...
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...
