Posts Tagged ‘Dundee’
REVIEW: The Science Fiction Experience
Self-confessed geek and nerd Peter Ranscombe wants to hear more from The Science Fiction Experience. SOMETIMES when you hear an idea for a show, you know that the producer is on to a winner. The Science Fiction Experience is one of those shows. Created by Dundee-based science writer David Darling, the concept brings together classic…
Read MoreWildlife film inspires Dundee art project
A BBC wildlife documentary has inspired Turner Prize-nominated artist Heather Phillipson in creating her work for this summer’s Art Night Festival in Dundee. Phillipson’s work, provisionally entitled “Dream Land”, will be exhibited at the University of Dundee’s Cooper Gallery from 16 June to 1 July. Phillipson will attend an Art Night event at the gallery…
Read MorePop-up opera goes on summer tour
SCOTTISH OPERA is going back out on tour this summer, taking its pop-up opera around Scotland. The tour begins on 27 May at the Dumfries &Galloway Arts Festival, with 30-minute opera samples. Pop-up opera shows will also be staged in Linlithgow, South Lanarkshire, Glasgow, the Isle of Lewis, Strathpeffer, Dornoch, Dundee, and Aberdeenshire. The singers…
Read MoreTV chef Julie Lin opens ‘can-teen’
TELEVISION chef Julie Lin is traveling around Scotland in a pop-up “can-teen” to promote canned food. Lin is working with environmental organisation Zero Waste Scotland to Dishes on her menu include Spam bao buns, Thai fish cakes, and saag curry. Her restaurant on wheels will visit Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen between 28 March and…
Read MoreSci-fi music revives Dundee’s Frankenstein link
DUNDEE’S link with Frankenstein will be explored during next month’s Science Fiction Experience rock concert. David Darling, the science writer who is producing the gig, has penned a track inspired by the book, which Mary Shelley wrote after living in Dundee from 1812 to 1814. The show coincides with the 200th anniversary of the second…
Read MoreSCOTLAND THROUGH A LENS: David Queenan – May 2023
Lauren Murie speaks with David Queenan, a talented landscape photographer who features in the May 2023 edition of Scottish Field… Tell me about yourself. I mainly shoot Scottish landscapes, although I am working as a freelance graphic designer. The landscape photography is a hobby more or less rather than what I do as a business.…
Read MoreEdinburgh Art Festival flits to August
THE Edinburgh Art Festival is moving to August to join the city’s other summer festivals. The UK’s biggest visual arts festival will run on 11–27 August. This summer’s programme – which will be published later in the spring – is the first to be curated by new festival director Kim McAleese. McAleese said: “The programme…
Read MoreV&A Dundee prepares for tartan show
THE Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in Dundee wanted to see your tartan – and you didn’t let them down. Last year, Scotland’s design museum sent out a plea for Scots to search their wardrobes for examples of forgotten fashions featuring our national dress. Now, the museum is preparing to open “Tartan”, an exhibition that…
Read MoreReview: The Makings of a Murderer
Lish Walker listens to the Scottish detective who caught serial killer Peter Tobin in The Makings of a Murderer. THE stories behind some of Britain’s most notorious serial killers were explored at Pitlochry Festival Theatre last Sunday by Scottish former Detective Superintendent David Swindle. The stage is set simply, like an old-school detective’s office, which…
Read MoreEast coast eyes 50% cruise boost
THE number of cruise ships visiting Dundee, Fife, and Leith is due to soar by 50% this year. Capital Cruising, the tourism arm of harbour operator Forth Ports, said 150 ships are due to dock at its east coast moorings this year, up from 100 last year. The ships will dock at Dundee, Leith, and…
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