Month: February 2019

Community Chest benefits from £2,000 CALA Homes donation

CONTINUED support from the one of the country’s leading homebuilders is helping to support a joint project between the Rotary Club of Currie Balerno and the Balerno Village Trust. Continue reading Community Chest benefits from £2,000 CALA Homes donation

Sandy gears up for National Award

The driving force behind Edinburgh College’s automotive department has been shortlisted for a national award. 

Sandy Bruce, curriculum leader for Automotive Engineering, has been shortlisted by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) for his contribution to the work of the institute and for providing a high standard of qualification and progression routes for automotive students in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Continue reading Sandy gears up for National Award

Volunteers Help Older People Tap Into IT

A LEADING housing provider is calling for Edinburgh volunteers to join the team and help bridge the gap between older people and technology.

Bield Housing & Care has teamed up with local charity, Tap into IT, to run new computer classes at its Manderston Court development in Leith. Continue reading Volunteers Help Older People Tap Into IT

Prestonfield murder: victim named

Police have now confirmed the identity of a man who died in Prestonfield on Thursday 21 February. He was 67 year old Alasdair Forsyth from Edinburgh.

Mr Forsyth was found with serious injuries to his head and body and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Scottish Ambulance Service following a disturbance at an address in Clearburn Road.  Continue reading Prestonfield murder: victim named

July opening date for new Children’s Hospital

The project to create Scotland’s largest Children’s hospital reached a significant milestone yesterday as NHS Lothian took ownership of the £150 million Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services at Little France. Continue reading July opening date for new Children’s Hospital

Get Lost In Music this weekend at North Edinburgh Arts

Friday 1st March 7.30pm

Saturday 2nd March 2.30pm

by Kim Moore and Nicholas Bone

New music-theatre for young adults – March 2019

with songs by Kim Moore, Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells), Jill O’Sullivan (Sparrow and the Workshop, bdy_prts),Emily Phillips, and Claire Willoughby.

We’re lost in music,
No turning back.

Lost in Music is a new gig-theatre show about the power of music.

In a studio, a band is working on music inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice: the story of a talented musical couple’s journey to hell and back. It’s a story about the power of music which has been told and retold for thousands of years; in Lost in Music, it’s told using the voices of young musicians, telling us what music means to them and how it informs their lives, friendships and sense of self.

Age recommendation: 12yrs+

Original development supported by Imaginate and Platform. Magnetic North is supported by PRS for Music Foundation.

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Lost in Music is a new gig-theatre show for 12-18 year olds and their families. It is being created by composer Kim Moore and writer/director Nicholas Bone in collaboration with a multi-talented performance ensemble and young people from Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Lost in Music is set in a studio where a band is working on music inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice; the story of a talented musical couple’s journey to hell and back.  It’s a story which has been told and retold for thousands of years; the original story about the power of music to make us fall in love, to change our minds and to take us to places we never expected.  In Lost in Music, the story is told using the voices of young musicians, telling us what music means to them and how it informs their lives, friendships and sense of self.

Creative Team

Composer: Kim Moore
Writer/director: Nicholas Bone
Set and costume design: Karen Tennent
Micro-cinema: Gavin Glover
Lighting design: Simon Wilkinson
Performers and Songwriters:  Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells), Claire Willoughby, Emily Phillips, Jill O’Sullivan (Sparrow and the Workshop, bdy_prts)

The development of Lost in Music has been supported by Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, the City of Edinburgh Council, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Imaginate, North Edinburgh Arts and Platform.