Posts Tagged ‘theatre’
Let them eat cake – in the form of Perth’s famous landmarks
A Scottish city’s famous landmarks are being recreated in cake. This Sunday (November 19), as part of the Perth Festive Feast, Perth and Kinross and dozens of its locations are being made in cake form and will be on display at Horsecross Plaza before being cut up and handed out to be enjoyed. A total…
Read MoreBig Burns Supper unveils biggest programme ever
The Big Burns Supper, to take place in Dumfries from 19 to 28 January has unveiled its biggest programme ever, with 200 live events. The newly-announced performances add to a sterling line-up of names, including Bill Bailey, Donovan, Camille O’Sullivan, Badly Drawn Boy, We Banjo 3, Eddi Reader, Dougie Maclean and the Dumfries-made Le Haggis.…
Read MoreThe art of Aberdeen’s iconic building designs
Eight of Aberdeen’s most recognisable buildings will be in the spotlight when a new exhibition opens this week. The Art of the Building Warrant will celebrate iconic landmarks including the Tivoli Theatre, the University of Aberdeen Student’s Union and the Northern Hotel. The display will showcase beautifully crafted building warrant plans from Aberdeen’s UNESCO-recognised archive…
Read MoreSpooks and scares for the whole family at Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo is challenging families all across the country to celebrate Halloween by carving creepy-crawly pumpkins as part of a spook-tacular Halloween programme and exclusive family promotion. From scuttling spiders to slithering snails and swarms of cockroaches, families who bring animal-themed carved pumpkins to the zoo will get a free child ticket (15 years and under) with every full…
Read MoreNational Theatre of Scotland working on new six-month project
A major new arts project for the people of North Lanarkshire has been announced. Over the next six months the National Theatre of Scotland will be working with CultureNL and North Lanarkshire Council on a large-scale exciting arts project entitled Shift, writes Imogen Lovie. There will be public performances which include six free trailblazer events which…
Read MoreEdinburgh gets set for Meats & Beats this weekend
A festival of music and food is coming to Edinburgh this weekend. Meats & Beats is themed around meatylicious street food and music from the past five decades, and hits the capital from October 20–22. The event will transform Edinburgh’s Assembly Roxy into a carnivore’s paradise, where attendees can feast on a smorgasbord of street…
Read MorePerth’s ‘Cultural Quarter’ is edging closer to completion
Plans to create a ‘Cultural Quarter’ in Perth are continuing apace as the second phase of works is set to come to an end. The ongoing public realm improvement works to create the area in Mill Street are heading into the final straight as the phase two works are due to come to an end…
Read MoreDramatic dance performances will entertain in Glasgow
A dramatic dance performance in two parts is coming to Glasgow’s Tramway Theatre next week. The Tramway commissioned Brighton-based choreographer, performer and stage designer Theo Clinkard to create a compelling and visually arresting dance work. This Bright Field will come to the threate on Friday, October 13, and Saturday, October 14. In part one, the…
Read MoreCharles Heidsieck: Keeping something in reserve
Peter Ranscombe explores the use of higher proportions of reserve wines in Charles Heidsieck’s range of Champagnes. Walk along the aisle of any bottle shop or take a quick glance at a decent wine list and the choice of Champagne brands appears almost endless. It’s easy to dismiss France’s flagship sparkling wine as simply being…
Read MoreThe Marriage of Kim K comes to the Edinburgh Festival
Leoe & Hyde, the pioneering contemporary music theatre company renowned for mixing dramatic innovation with pop-cultural subversion, will tour their most ambitious project yet this summer; a fearlessly caustic satire fusing the most vaunted production in the history of classical opera with one of pop culture’s most explosively tragicomic unions: The Marriage of Kim K.…
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