Posts by Kenny Smith
Theatre award winner comes to the Festival
The Dundee-set winner of the 2019 Assembly Roxy Theatre Award is coming to the Fringe. Ane City set in Dundee, is a funny, heartfelt one-woman show about identity, belonging and hope, told using live guitar music, song, elements of Scots language, and storytelling. It is the story of Tay, a young woman who has returned…
Read MoreFringe show will ask what it means to be Scottish
The Scottish identity is at the heart of a new production coming to the Fringe. Suffering from Scottishness is part of HighTide’s Disruption programme of six new contemporary works presented in partnership with Assembly Festival. This interactive piece of new theatre invites the audience to take part in a focus group that will define the…
Read MoreA beautiful cottage with chalet in the Cairngorms
A traditional extended cottage and two bedroom chalet surrounded by spectacular mountain and moorland scenery is now for sale. Torbreck Cottage is presented for sale by Strutt and Parker, and is set in approximately one acre of land, located within the Cairngorms National Park. Torbreck Cottage enjoys an impressive woodland setting, in a truly outstanding,…
Read MoreTamdhu exclusive single cask for Heathrow Airport
An exclusive single cask from Tamdhu is to be made available exclusively at Heathrow Airport. Available now from Ian Macleod Distillers, in partnership with Dufry, this first-fill American Oak Oloroso sherry cask whisky was distilled in September 2003 and bottled in June 2019. Hand-picked by members of the Dufry team from a shortlist of five…
Read MoreBaby Wants Candy will improvise some festival fun
After years of sell-out runs and critical acclaim anon, Fringe institution smash-hit wonder Baby Wants Candy has become one of the most celebrated improv shows in the world. It returns this August with more brand new, ad-libbed, exhilarating 55-minute musicals, all taken from audience suggestions. With a full band in action, the company create the…
Read MorenHouse modular home designer arrives in Scotland
Prefabricated modular home designer nHouse has arrived in Scotland. They have appointed Scottish property expert Graham Scott to represent the company. Based in Stirling, Graham will be helping self-builders, developers and local authorities to turn their nHouse projects into reality. nHouse was established in 2016 by Richard Hywel Evans and Nick Fulford. The company came…
Read More10 fascinating facts about… Ayrshire
Ayrshire is home to some of the most attractive and historic areas in Scotland. There’s far more to it than being just Burns country, with a host of famous figures from history – ancient and more recent – having visited. Robert the Bruce was reputedly cured of leprosy after drinking from a well in Prestwick.…
Read MoreThe Turriff Show is now just over a week away
The Turriff Show is the biggest two-day agricultural show in Scotland – and is returning to Aberdeenshire on the 4 and 5 August this year. This event highlights some of the most iconic aspects and brands of Scotland: Scotch Whisky, Scotch Beef, Scottish Seafood, BrewDog, Glenfiddich and Mackies’ Ice Cream. The show offers a fun…
Read MoreComedian Ed’s new show takes an honest approach
Irish comic Ed Byrne is back at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Following his biggest ever tour last year in which Ed sold out his entire Edinburgh Fringe run and many of his nationwide dates, it culminated in extra dates added along the way. Regarded as one of the finest observational comics in the industry, in…
Read MoreRoyal Salute releases its first even blended malt
Royal Salute is toasting an all-new addition to its signature 21 Year Old range with the Malts Blend, its first ever blended malt. The Malts Blend is crafted with more than 21 precious single malts aged for a minimum of 21 years from the five whisky regions of Scotland. Working in harmony, each of the…
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