Miraculous: A riotous, irreverent and wickedly funny 50 minute film: created online, under lockdown. When a young Ayrshire band miraculously hits the big time with the smash hit record of 1984, international stardom beckons. That’s …
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Scottish Government gives green light for drive-in events
Scotland’s live event sector will be given the green light to hold drive-in entertainment from Wednesday (22 July). Live concerts, comedy nights, theatre productions and local bingo events are among the experiences organisers have been …
Lifeline support for performing arts announced by Scottish Government
A targeted £10 million fund to support Scotland’s performing arts venues has been announced by Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop. Created as part of the Scottish Government’s £185m Business Support Fund, the Performing Arts Venues Relief …
Exclusive John Byrne art on sale to raise vital Tron Theatre Funds
Tron Theatre and co-producing partners Renfrewshire Leisure should have been presenting the world premiere of John Byrne’s new work, Underwood Lane directed by Andy Arnold this July. The production, a companion piece to The Slab …
Scottish Government confirms new group set to deliver Culture Strategy
A new group formed to deliver Scotland’s culture strategy is to meet for the first time. The National Partnership for Culture (NPC) is made up of 14 experts from across Scotland’s culture sector. The group …
National Theatre streams Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III
Alan Bennett’s epic multi award winning drama The Madness of George III, will be streamed on 11 June via the National Theatre’s YouTube channel as part of National Theatre at Home. The 2018 broadcast from …
Coronavirus Update: ATG confirms extension of UK venue closure until 2 August
STATEMENT FROM ATG TICKETS: UPDATE – 3 June 2020, 12:30 Due to COVID-19, we are sorry to confirm that all performances at Ambassador Theatre Group venues across the UK have been suspended until Sunday 2 August. …
Phantom dates scrapped at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, Mackintosh statement confirms
READ THE FULL STATEMENT FROM CAMERON MACKINTOSH AND THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP BELOW: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA UK AND IRELAND TOUR TO CLOSE DUE TO COVID-19 It is with great sadness that due to …
Full Details of NTS ‘Scenes for Survival’ revealed
The National Theatre of Scotland has today revealed the details of the Scenes for Survival launch night and the first “scenes” to be released as part of its crisis responsive artistic project: Scenes for Survival …
Tron Theatre postpones Panto to 2021
STATEMENT FROM TRON THEATRE: In light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation and uncertainty around Scottish Government timescales for the phasing out of lockdown as well as not yet knowing what restrictions might be in place …