Culture
The Royal National Mòd is heading for Perth
Perth has been announced as the host for the Royal National Mòd in 2021. Perth and Kinross Council, the Gaelic Society of Perth and Horsecross Arts prepared a bid in partnership, with the aim of introducing new audiences to the Mòd and showcasing Perth’s cultural assets. Since Perth last welcomed Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail in…
Read MoreTickets are now on sale for two outstanding musicals
Two new spectacular star-studded shows to hit His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen for first time. Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) will welcome both the fashionable, Olivier Award-winning Kinky Boots and Cilla – The Musical to His Majesty’s Theatre for their inaugural runs on the stage, further adding to APA’s strong events calendar for the next two…
Read MorePoets wanted for festival poetry competition
Poets across the world are wanted for a Scottish competition. The 2018 Wigtown Poetry Competition has been launched with an invitation for poets from across the world to take part. Based in Scotland’s National Book Town the competition has, over more than a decade, become one of the UK’s best-established writing prizes and a launchpad…
Read MoreScots of note added to UK’s historical biography
Prominent Scots are among 216 contemporary individuals who have been added to the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB). The latest update of the DNB has been published, and gathers biographies from stand out men and women who transformed the UK in one way or another. The online edition of the…
Read MoreArt of the Scottish seas forms new collection
The Scottish Maritime Museum will host a remarkable new national art collection. Featuring works by artists such as FCB Cadell, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Muirhead Bone, Kate Downie and John Bellany, Maritime Perspectives: Collecting Art of a Seafaring Nation will run at the Scottish Maritime Museum on the Harbourside in Irvine, North Ayrshire, from Friday, June…
Read MoreA Play, Poet and a Pastry series comes to a close
The world premiere of Glasgow playwright Heloise Thuall’s new play The Bug in The Cup takes place next week. The last in a successful series of world premiere theatre productions and new poetry performances takes place on Friday, 30 March, will explore the very essence of human identity, at Dumfries Theatre Royal. The Bug in…
Read MoreMusical compositions in one new volume
A major collection of James Scott Skinner’s musical compositions has been compiled by fiddler Alastair Hardie. The author of The Caledonian Companion has collected 33 famous tunes for violin, arranged in sets, composed or played by The Strathspey King, James Scott Skinner (1843-1927) as he performed in Scotland, England and America and also found in…
Read MoreA symphonic spectacular year is ahead for BBC SSO
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has today unveiled its 2018/19 concert season. In his third Season as BBC SSO Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard conducts major works by Bernstein and Debussy to mark the composer’s centenaries as well as a rare performance of Rued Langgaard’s Music of the Spheres. The 2018/19 season opens with Bernstein’s Songfest, originally…
Read MoreEugene O’Neill’s classic brought back to life
The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow has announced its cast for a new production of the Eugene O’Neill classic, Long Day’s Journey into Night. The play, which is regarded as one of the finest dramas of the 20th century, will feature a talented cast from both stage and screen and marks the first time the play…
Read MoreAcclaimed Scots musician prepares for his 2018 tour
One of Scotland’s finest fiddle players and composers is embarking on a new tour next month. The tour marks the release of Sandwood, the eagerly-anticipated album featuring fiddle playing at its best from Duncan Chisholm. Born and brought up near Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, Duncan has spent most of his life developing his…
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