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Students set to bring their biggest production to life

Culture | Music

The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group returns to live theatre after two years tonight, presenting their biggest production ever: Legally Blonde the Musical. It runs...

FREE PICTURE: Marchmont Makers Foundation Appoints First Director, Scottish Borders, Tue 25/01/2022
Arts charity appointment marks a key step towards becoming a major supporter of Scotland’s arts:
A vibrant young charity has appointed its first managing director and is making significant investments as part of its ambition to become a major supporter of Scotland’s arts and creativity.
The Marchmont Makers Foundation, set up in 2021 by the team which runs Marchmont House, near Greenlaw, Scottish Borders, has just taken a significant step forward by appointing Lucy Brown (previously head of Sotheby’s Scotland) to lead its development and growth.
Much of the emphasis will be on The Borders, a rural area where the creative community needs additional support and opportunities, but is building relationships with artists and organisations across the country.
The foundation’s activities embrace everything from craft and the visual arts through to the performing arts, guided by its core values of courage, inspiration and from the heart.
It is currently transforming the disused Polwarth Kirk (near Marchmont House and Duns, Scottish Borders) into a theatre and performance space that will be available to local and touring groups from 2023 and will be involved with the establishment of an original printmaking workshop as part of Marchmont Creative Spaces.
Lucy Brown is pictured inside Polwarth Kirk.
More information from: Matthew Shelley at Matthew@ScottishFestivalsPR.Org or 07786 704 299.
Photography for Marchmont Ventures from: Colin Hattersley Photography - www.colinhattersley.com - cphattersley@gmail.com - 07974 957 388.

Charity looks to enhance cultural life in the Borders

Culture

A former Sotheby’s Scotland head has become a cultural charity's first managing director. The Marchmont Makers Foundation, set up in 2021 by the team which...

Photographer to share his freezing filming experiences

Books

BAFTA and Emmy award-winning wildlife photographer Doug Allan is set to share insights into his extraordinary experiences filming at the poles. The cameraman who has...

Scottish caravan park’s life continues on screen

Film & TV

Life at one of Scotland's biggest caravan parks continues on our TV screens this week. On Fife’s coast, three generations of the Wallace family built...

A gripping read that thrills to the very end

Books | Reviews | Scotland

Master of crime Denzil Meyrick transports his readers to the urban gangland of the Scottish town of Paisley and the dark underworld of London. Packed...