Posts Tagged ‘culture’
A new double bill from Scottish Dance Theatre
Scottish Dance Theatre is to present a new production as part of a double bill next month. Renowned choreographer Emanuel Gat creates new work The Circle with the company as the critically acclaimed RITUALIA, choreographed by Colette Sadler, returns to Scottish stages. Scottish Dance Theatre will debut The Circle on Friday 3 May at Dundee…
Read MoreV&A Dundee hits half million visitors in 6 months
V&A Dundee has welcomed half a million visitors to the museum since it opened, hitting the milestone almost six months earlier than expected. The 500,000th person to walk through the doors of Scotland’s first design museum was officially recorded at 10.35 on Saturday 30 March. V&A Dundee, which opened on 15 September last year, has…
Read MoreVenues show city as a year-round cultural hotspot
The first-ever collaborative marketing campaign between Edinburgh’s arts venues will showcase the city as a must-see cultural destination all year round. With the help of VisitScotland, EdinburghWows is a campaign based on highlighting the emotional connections stirred by outstanding cultural experiences, and has received a £25,000 Growth Fund award from the national tourism organisation. VisitScotland…
Read MoreDistillery gets ready to premiere Ten Wee Drams
Raasay Distillery will be hosting a live performance of Ten Wee Drams next month. On April 11, a new set of works for solo bass and contrabass clarinet commissioned and performed by celebrated musician Sarah Watts, will be performed. Sarah Watts has been hosting annual clarinet and bass clarinet courses on the Isle of Raasay…
Read MoreThis year’s Cordis Prize is heading to Norway
The winner of world’s biggest prize for tapestry, The Cordis Prize, has been announced. From a shortlist of 17 artworks by 16 artists will be considered for the £8000 prize the winner selected is Brita Been from Norway whose work Vine wowed the judging panel. Measuring an impressive 250 x 245cm Vine is a joyous…
Read MoreA unique partnership with son et lumière launches
A new partnership between St Andrews Voices Festival and the award-winning light projection artists, Luxmuralis will be launched later this month. The launch will take place on Tuesday, 26 March, at 8pm in Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, where a preview of the work which will be at the heart of the 2019 St Andrews Voices Festival in October will be shown.…
Read MoreA piece of Scottish history goes to help fair trade
A piece of Paisley’s illustrious thread making past is set to transform production for a fair trade organisation in Cambodia. The historic dye vat, once used in Paisley’s famous Coats mills, is being gifted to fair trade thread maker Villageworks, who create products using the Coats thread, as well as producing the world’s first fair…
Read MoreContemporary homes in a new build development
Three bedroom contemporary styled, semi detached homes situated within a well laid out new build development in Perth are currently for sale. Presented for sale by Bell Ingram, Urban Union is in the first phase of its residential development – Muirton Living. This new collection of one, two, three and four bedroom homes and apartments…
Read MoreGlasgow offers Scotland’s most healthy and happy lifestyle
Glasgow is the UK’s 13th best city to live a healthy and happy lifestyle – beating Edinburgh to a close 14th and Aberdeen in 15th. Health and fitness is a big part of many peoples lives, and with such a vast range in activities, classes and sports in our day and age, there is something…
Read More100 new jobs being created at Trump Turnberry
A leading Scots hotel has announced that it is to create up to 100 new jobs, as part of the resort’s growth plans in 2019. Trump Turnberry, the iconic resort on the Ayrshire coast, will hold a two-day recruitment drive on Wednesday 13 March (10am-2pm) and Saturday 16 March (noon–4pm), aimed at seeking out exceptional…
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