Posts Tagged ‘leith’
Tickets for ‘live’ movie from Scots theatre on sale
Booking opens today for the as live and encore screenings of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Live from Leith Theatre in Edinburgh. More than sixty cinemas across Scotland and the rest of the UK will be screening this new Scottish feature with more to follow. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll…
Read MoreBurns statue returned home for the Bard’s birthday
Leith’s iconic Burns statue has been returned to its home on Bernard Street, as Scotland celebrates the national bard. The 19th century bronze sculpture was put into storage in December 2019 to make way for Trams to Newhaven construction. It has since undergone specialist conservation work before its reinstatement at Bernard Street’s junction with Constitution…
Read MoreSunshine on Leith will return to the capital
Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre are behind a new production of the Proclaimers’ musical Sunshine on Leith. The new show will be the final one in Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre season before it closes for a £25m redevelopment. Sunshine on Leith was written by Stephen Greenhorn, featuring the songs of The Proclaimers and new musical…
Read MoreA glittering future for Scotland’s unwanted jewellery
A drive has been launched to rescue those tangled chains, unmatched earrings and banged up bracelets sitting at the bottom of jewellery boxes around Scotland and give them a glittering new future. The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust (SGT) and Ethical Metalsmiths have teamed up with art colleges to bring the Radical Jewellery Makeover (RJM) – a…
Read MorePizza Geeks looking to give away food this month
Independent pizzeria Pizza Geeks in Edinburgh have officially launched their brand-new festive menu with a unique twist of ‘the gift that gives twice’. With every Christmas meal sold in their restaurants throughout the month of December, they will donate a pizza for their Pizza for the People Campaign to not only get people into the…
Read MoreSee in the New Year on the Britannia and Fingal
Fingal and the Royal Yacht Britannia are offering the perfect luxurious way to start 2022. It’s a chance to experience both Fingal and its glorious sister ship, the iconic Royal Yacht Britannia during this ultimate two-day Hogmanay package in Edinburgh. December 30 – Champagne Afternoon Tea on Fingal and Evening Event on Britannia. A sumptuous…
Read MoreCask and Still Magazine Issue 3
Cask & Still’s third edition takes a journey into bourbon with comic genius Bernie Lubbers. The stand-up comic is also a bourbon ambassador and bluegrass musician. Our whisky bar of the issue takes us to the Flatiron Room in Manhattan, New York. We meet Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, who, as well as…
Read MoreAnnika has been a splash hit with actor Jamie Sives
New Scottish crime series Annika continues this week, with the fourth instalment of the detective show. Starring Nicola Walker as Annika Strandhed, the head of the Marine Homicide Unit at the fictional Scotland Police, she is joined by Scots actor Jamie Sives as one of her co-stars. In the fourth episode, when writer Cara Gibson…
Read MoreSee works by the greats and a new generation sculptors
A brand new, specially-commissioned artwork by Andrew Mackenzie has now joined pieces by Antony Gormley, Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull and David Nash in the rapidly expanding outdoor sculpture collection at Marchmont House. Visitors can see and learn about these – and many others – in a series of special guided tours between this weekend and…
Read MoreThe Great Scottish Pottery Throw Down: Ones To Watch
Writer Laura Vida has a keen eye for top artistic trends. Introducing us to four talented potters based in Scotland, here is her list of ‘ones to watch’… Not one of these talented potters was born in Scotland. Yet the geology, landscape and climate of their adoptive country is manifest in their work. CLAIRE HENRY…
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