£2,500 grant to support young budding theatre directors
The Saltire Society, Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (YTAS) and Traverse Theatre and have joined forces to launch a new £2,500 award to enable one promising young theatre director to further their career and stage a short production to be shown as part of the innovative Chrysalis festival this November. Continue reading From page to stage
Free fun for children this weekend
Imaginate – Edinburgh’s international children’s festival – opens tomorrow (Saturday) with a special Family Fringe weekend at the National Museum of Scotland featuring free performances and drop-in activities all day including live music, storytelling, hands-on arts and more! Continue reading IMAGINATE festival opens with free Fringe weekend
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, has announced the companies and artists selected for the 8th year of Made in Scotland – a curated showcase of music, theatre and dance performed during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s biggest arts festival. Continue reading Made in Scotland arts showcase unveiled
Edinburgh-based arts organisation Imaginate has beaten off stiff competition from over 400 organisations across Europe to receive funding for its new project, PUSH, which will offer artists high quality, international opportunities to explore three important topics and initiate new artistic ideas. Continue reading EU funding for Imaginate
New creative project starts this Thursday evening
Want to see more magpies in Muirhouse? More robins in Royston? More tits in Telford? (We’ll stop there …)
Like to learn to build bird houses?
IF YOU BUILD THEM – THEY WILL COME!
GET INVOLVED: Madelvic House moving on to next phase
AND TODAY:
Saturday 9 April: granton:hub at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation – showing the history of the Madelvic car – come and visit us!
Saltire Society unveils 80th anniversary programme
A £50,000 ‘Inspiring Scotland’ funding programme for emerging Scottish talent and Scotland’s first ever online literary festival are just two of the eye-catching initiatives revealed today as part of a busy programme of activities to mark the Saltire Society’s 80th anniversary year. Continue reading A year to celebrate
NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS
Wednesday 20 April, 7pm
A film by Angelica Kroeger
Supported by Urban Union
A £1.8m plan for a new theatre and arts venue in Rose Steet has been given the go-ahead by city planners. Continue reading Green light for new theatre in city centre
Two Edinburgh teenagers have been selected by Scottish Book Trust to work on a project aimed at increasing opportunities for young people to access and contribute to literary culture across Scotland. Continue reading Edinburgh teenagers chosen for national writing project
