Posts Tagged ‘glasgow’
National Theatre of Scotland sets sail with Kidnapped
THE National Theatre of Scotland has unveiled its retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella, Kidnapped. The show will have its world premiere at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock on 31 March. It will then go on tour to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Eden Court in Inverness, Perth Theatre, and Northern Stage…
Read MoreWorld’s smallest martini bar joins Glasgow Cocktail Week
THE world’s smallest martini bar is rolling into the Dear Green Place to mark the start of Glasgow Cocktail Week. Hidden inside a former boulangerie van, the bar can only seat two people. Dubbed “The Grey Goose Camionnette”, the van has already toured Europe this summer and will make its Glasgow debut when the city’s…
Read MoreDeaf heritage celebrated by three short films
THREE short movies by deaf filmmakers will be shown at Filmhouse Edinburgh on Sunday to celebrate deaf heritage. The films include Scotland, Forgive Me by Will Clark, which was shortlisted for a prize at DeafFest 2022. Scott Campbell’s film Deaf Kilmarnock, Their Story features the Ayrshire Society for the Deaf, while Ruaridh Lever-Hogg’s documentary Deaf…
Read MoreWinners revealed at Bloody Scotland book festival
TWO crime writers carried off the top prizes last night as the Bloody Scotland book festival got underway in Stirling. Alan Parks won the McIlvanney Prize for May God Forgive, while Tariq Ashkanani took the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize with Welcome to Cooper. Ayo Onatade, chair of the McIlvanney Prize judges, described May God Forgive…
Read MoreREVIEW: “Girl from the North Country”
Kenny Smith reviews Girl from the North Country at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. GIRL from the North Country is one of those musicals that I know just one thing about – and that’s it. My knowledge extended to the fact that it’s a show featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, whose lyrical and musical…
Read MoreREVIEW: “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical”
Kenny Smith reviews Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. THE name “Carole King” is one that I’ve known for many years, but never really thought much about beyond that. To my shame, I hadn’t really thought much about her life beyond being an accomplished singer-songwriter, but that has been…
Read MoreSt Mungo Museum in Glasgow reopens
THE St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art is reopening to the public. St Mungo is the only public museum dedicated to religious life and art in the UK. The museum – which is run by Glasgow Life, the city council’s arms-length cultural body – closed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Duncan…
Read MoreTributes are paid to The Queen
TRIBUTES are being paid to Her Majesty The Queen, who died peacefully at Balmoral. The King and the Queen Consort are due to travel from Royal Deeside to London today. King Charles III led the tributes last night. “The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness…
Read MoreREVIEW: Bugsy Malone
Kenny Smith reviews classic musical Bugsy Malone at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. THE wonderful thing about musicals is that they can be about pretty much anything – the lives of cats on the street, a battle between two men in revolutionary France, or a battle between gangsters in prohibition New York. The latter was…
Read MoreNext rural medical drones test flights begin
DRONES could soon be delivering medicines, blood, and test results to rural and island communities throughout Scotland as the next phase of a pilot project takes flight. The “Care & Equity Healthcare Logistics Unmanned Aircraft System Scotland” project – or “Caelus” for short – has secured ÂŁ10.1 million of funding from UK Research & Innovation,…
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