Culture
El Niño and Abundance in a new art exhibition
A new exhibition at the Scottish Fisheries Museum is set to bust negative images of the extreme weather phenomenon El Niño. It shows the fishing and farming opportunities it has brought to the Sechura Desert in Northern Peru and exploring how other communities might take a similar adaptive approach to the effects of climate change.…
Read MorePitlochry Festival Theatre announces 2022 Ensemble
Pitlochry Festival Theatre is delighted to announce its Ensemble for its 2022 season which takes place this summer between May and October. The theatre’s exciting 20-strong Ensemble will feature Keith MacPherson (The Yellow Door, Lyceum/ Edinburgh International Book Festival; Waiting for Godot, Citizens Theatre and Stan and Ollie, BBC Films); Alyson Orr (Cinderella, Pavilion Theatre…
Read MoreScottish Opera gets ready to mark its 60th birthday
Scottish Opera brings a revival of its dark and atmospheric 2013 production of Don Giovanni to Scottish theatres later this spring. It will appear in May at the Theatre Royal Glasgow, Eden Court Inverness and Festival Theatre Edinburgh. Possible for the first time since the end of 2019, the tour also visits His Majesty’s Theatre,…
Read MoreInaugural Glencairn Glass short story winner revealed
The world’s favourite whisky glass – The Glencairn Glass – has been celebrating Scottish crime writing talent over the past two years as headline sponsor of the prestigious McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime-writing prizes. To support this creative collaboration, The Glencairn Glass launched its first very own crime short story competition, inviting all budding…
Read MoreStAnza festival of poetry returns today
StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is set for another outstanding year. It’s preparing to open its annual festival, Stories like Starting Points, as part of Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022. The festival, now in its 25th year has a programme featuring over 150 poets and performers who will deliver around 120 events, dozens of which…
Read MoreSee James McAvoy on stage in Glasgow – for £15
Tickets to see Scottish Hollywood star James McAvoy on his return to the Glasgow stage are being released on Monday – for £15. Theatre Royal, Glasgow is has announced that under-30s, key workers and those receiving government benefits will be eligible to book £15 tickets for Cyrano de Bergerac starring James McAvoy, thanks to The…
Read MoreStill time to visit artist’s first solo exhibition of work
There’s still a chance to see Scotland’s landscapes and coastlines in artist Gill Knight’s first solo exhibition. Gill regularly walks the coastlines and countryside of her native Scotland later returning to her South Queensferry studio to capture the experiences, feelings, and memories of the outdoors on canvas. A former executive chef, Gill Knight is a…
Read MoreBig names heading for the Big Burns Supper
Organisers of the Big Burns Supper have confirmed dates for the postponed winter fringe, which will now take place across four weekends between April and June 2022. Featuring world class acts such as 70s icon’s Sister Sledge and homegrown superstars Peatbog Faeries, these BBS weekends will deliver an electric mix of music, comedy, community, and…
Read MoreComedian Jim Smith at Loggerheads with our podcast
The Scottish Field podcast is this week joined comedian and farmer Jim Smith, to talk about his first foray into TV presenting, on Loggerheads. Jim, a farmer in rural Perthshire, is the host of Loggerheads, a new BBC Scotland show, which takes us into the great outdoors and around the Scottish countryside. It pits two…
Read MoreJust over three weeks to go till Borders Arts Fair
After a year off, the Borders Art Fair is back from the 25–27 March at the Borders Events Centre in Kelso, Scottish Borders. A varied line up of more than 70 curated exhibitors, including galleries, independent artists and collectives, will be displaying work available to buy, from contemporary sculpture and painting to digital art, printmaking…
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