Posts Tagged ‘Performance’
Look around your new home – before it’s built
How would you like to take a virtual reality tour of your future home? Neat Living homes are a turnkey solution for customers seeking to build their own home on their existing land or a new plot. Future-proof Neat Living Flex homes have an A rated Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) so that customers will be…
Read MoreScottish Car of the Year wins another honour
The revolutionary all-electric Jaguar I-PACE has been named as the BBC TopGear Magazine EV of the Year. With a range of 292 miles (WLTP) and acceleration from 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds, the I-PACE is a cutting-edge zero emissions performance SUV. I-PACE has already been named German Car of the Year, Sunday Times Car of the…
Read MoreThe realities of dementia at the heart of Still Alice
The power of theatre is immense – provoking strong reactions from the audience, as powerful performances elicit emotions that we never expected to feel. Still Alice, currently being performed at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, takes the audience on a journey, as they feel the effects of early-onset Alzheimer’s on the play’s titular character. Based…
Read MoreAden-een Fireworks Parade to set the sky alight
Lighting up the skies in celebration of culture and community, the Aden-een Shell Fireworks Parade returns once more. On 2 November, the beautiful surrounds of Aden Country Park in Mintlaw will be bursting with energetic youngsters from across Aberdeenshire. Bringing together 300 of participants from across Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Mintlaw and beyond, the event helps give…
Read MoreWhisky and football unite for Drink Positive
Scotch whisky employees from around Speyside gathered in Elgin in support of a new responsible drinking campaign – Drink Positive. The alcohol education campaign, run in partnership between the Scottish Football Association and Diageo, aims to reach a million Scots with responsible drinking messaging. Using the William Hill Scottish Cup as a platform, the campaign…
Read MoreA weekend packed full of music and song
A series of music events will set toes tapping at a new event, Alive in the West End. In Edinburgh’s West End this autumn, pubs, venues and even unconventional spaces like shops and restaurants across the neighbourhood are all putting on a series of performances as part of the event, which runs 26-28 October. The…
Read MoreNautical But Nice for first late V&A Dundee event
Tickets for the V&A Dundee’s first Tay Late afterhours event have gone on sale today. Nautical but Nice is an Ocean Liners inspired museum-wide evening of music, performances and hands-on making activities inviting guests to see Scotland’s museum of design at the V&A Dundee in a new light, on Friday 26 October. Recreating the glamour…
Read MoreAcclaimed writer’s play is revived – with cast of Two
A poignant two-hander stageplay is being given a Scottish revival. Mull Theatre is on the road to Moniaive with Two, its revival of Jim Cartwright’s beautiful, poignant and very funny two-hander. Jim, the award winning writer of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and Road, created a fast-paced comedy drama filled with twists and…
Read MoreTwo Scottish cities make it to the UK’s funniest list
Scotland’s big two are in the top 10 list of the funniest cities in the UK. Liverpool took the top spot when Comedy Central Live polled the nation to explore the places and people Brits find the funniest, but Glasgow took fifth and Edinburgh sixth. Glasgow has bred comedians as diverse as Billy Connolly, Chic…
Read MoreExperience classics by candlelight and period costume
An evocative candle-lit evening of classical music is coming to Glasgow. The Four Seasons by Candlelight presents a programme of 18th Century classics performed with the Mozart Festival Orchestra resplendent in full orchestral costume of the period. The verve and virtuosity of that time is recreated in this enchanting concert with its elegant staging of…
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