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...
Jul 23, 2018
A new American musical sees young performers confront the challenges faced by teenagers who look and feel different from the crowd. Geekis a darkly comic and fantastical tale that explores issues from bad body image through to love, loss and redemption. Premiering at...
Jul 17, 2018
Wigtown Book Festival has been named as Scotland’s top cultural event of the year just as preparations get underway for the 20thannual event. The award was given as part of the Scottish Cultural Awards, described as the country’s Oscars, with the winners being...
Jul 17, 2018
One of the liveliest small music weekends in Scotland will soon be setting the summer nights aglow when the Firefly Festival returns to Moniaive. This year it features a line-up including The Hoolits, Trongate Rum Riots, Greg Lawson and Pete Garnett and Emma...
Jul 14, 2018
In 2016 internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Joanna Wallfisch cycled 1,154 miles down the Pacific Coast Highway carrying little but a ukulele and a loop pedal. She called her journey The Great Song Cycle. This odyssey, rich with strangeness and delight, gave...
Jul 14, 2018
The cream of New York gospel and R&B singers, plus leading Off Broadway performers, are coming to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new musical telling the true story of an 1850s Virginia slave who was shipped to freedom in a box. Henry Box Brown is directed by Tony...
Jul 14, 2018
Four high school pupils have been given the chance to create costumes for a major new production by one of Scotland’s most visually spectacular performance theatre companies. Oceanallover, run by Alex Rigg and Florencia García Chafuén from Moniaive, is renowned for...
