Performing Arts News – ARTMAG https://artmag.co.uk all the Arts in Scotland Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:19:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://artmag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/artmag-logo-2023-150.png Performing Arts News – ARTMAG https://artmag.co.uk 32 32 Bringing Folk Together: Celtic Connections 2025 https://artmag.co.uk/bringing-folk-together-celtic-connections-2025/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:51:20 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=53546 Having grown from relatively modest beginnings in 1994, Celtic Connections is the world's premier folk and roots music festival, this year welcoming around 1,200 musicians and artists from 20 countries for 300 events in 25 venues across Glasgow.

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]]> Thinking Outside the Box at at Studio Theatre Edinburgh https://artmag.co.uk/thinking-outside-the-box-at-at-studio-theatre-edinburgh/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:51:53 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=53405 In a beautiful production taking ordinary objects and making them extraordinary and magical, Barrowland Ballet return to Edinburgh's The Studio theatre with their award-winning production, The Gift.

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]]> The Weekend Means Music: The Soundhouse Winter Festival https://artmag.co.uk/the-weekend-means-music-the-soundhouse-winter-festival/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:19:16 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=53173 A new music festival has kicked-off in Edinburgh: The Soundhouse Winter Festival features big names alongside up-and-coming artists from across Scotland.

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]]> You Shall Go to the Panto: Edinburgh Festival Theatre’s Cinderella https://artmag.co.uk/you-shall-go-to-the-panto-edinburgh-festival-theatres-cinderella/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:47:56 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=53089 Edinburgh's Christmas-Hogmanay pantomime returns with a reliably spectacular family panto, Cinderella.

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]]> Basquiat and Cage Return to Fruitmarket Edinburgh in Deep Time https://artmag.co.uk/basquiat-and-cage-return-to-fruitmarket-edinburgh-in-deep-time/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:18:25 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=52983 The festival of new music Deep Time returns to Edinburgh's Fruitmarket, inspired by composer John Cage and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who made their marks there 1984.

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]]> Mist & Wing Single Takes Off https://artmag.co.uk/mist-wing-single-takes-off/ Sat, 16 Nov 2024 16:37:11 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=52952 Scottish Country-folk duo Mist & Wing - Alan and Grace Murray - are launching a new single, Fade, with a short Scottish tour.

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]]> The Best of the Fests https://artmag.co.uk/the-best-of-the-fests/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:12:06 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50933 With the world’s largest arts festival happening in Edinburgh in August, the only question is where to start. Veteran festival critic Susan Mansfield selects highlights for Artmag readers from across the Festivals.

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]]> Hamming It Up: Naomi Paul’s UK Culinary Exploration https://artmag.co.uk/hamming-it-up-naomi-pauls-uk-culinary-exploration/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50962 Midlands-based writer/performer Naomi Paul makes a culinary journey from the Baltic to Birmingham.

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]]> Esther Swift is Bringing the Strings https://artmag.co.uk/esther-swift-is-bringing-the-strings/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:38:08 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50122 An immersive visual art and sound experience will launch Scottish harpist Esther Swift's debut solo album.

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]]> Keeping it Reel: The Reeling Music Festival Returns to Glasgow https://artmag.co.uk/keeping-it-reel-trad-music-festival-returns-to-glasgow/ Wed, 29 May 2024 11:12:16 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=49905 Rising Scottish traditional music stars are due to play in Glasgow as The Reeling festival returns to the city's Rouken Glen Park for a second year.

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]]> 1776 and All That: Hamilton at Festival Theatre Edinburgh https://artmag.co.uk/1776-and-all-that-hamilton-at-festival-theatre-edinburgh/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:51:05 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=48191 One of the United States' founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, is portrayed in the blockbuster musical Hamilton, at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre.

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]]> Picturing the Music: Tim Kliphuis at Edinburgh Queen’s Hall https://artmag.co.uk/picturing-the-music-tim-kliphuis-at-edinburgh-queens-hall/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:00:12 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=47738 Edinburgh's Queen's Hall is set to host Dutch violinist and composer Tim Kliphuis, who will debut his re-working of Modeste Mussorgsky's 19th-century masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition.

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]]> Bringing Folk Together: Celtic Connections 2024 https://artmag.co.uk/bringing-folk-together-celtic-connections-2024/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:46:54 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=47012 Established in 1994, Celtic Connections' upcoming programme promises the brightest mix of legendary Scottish and international music stars from the Folk firmament and beyond.

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]]> Scottish Ensemble Returns by Candlelight https://artmag.co.uk/scottish-ensemble-returns-by-candlelight/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:56:39 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=46665 Scottish Ensemble's Scotland-wide tour of Concerts by Candlelight series returns with the theme of Music for Warmth and Restoration.

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]]> WIN! A Pair of Choice Seats to Scottish Ensemble’s Candlelit Concerts https://artmag.co.uk/win-250-of-cass-art-vouchers-copy-copy-copy/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:22:39 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/win-250-of-cass-art-vouchers-copy-copy-copy/ WIN! Treat yourself-plus-one to a special holiday performance, with a pair of choice seats to Scottish Ensemble’s Candlelit Concerts.

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]]> Revolution Deep in the Ear at Fruitmarket Edinburgh https://artmag.co.uk/revolution-deep-in-the-ear-at-fruitmarket-edinburgh/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:18:34 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=46237 Making its debut at Edinburgh's Fruitmarket, Deep Time is a festival of new music, featuring commissions and performances from leading radical and experimental composers, musicians and improvisers.

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]]> A Beacon of Music at National Library of Scotland https://artmag.co.uk/a-beacon-of-song-at-national-libraries-scotland/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:00:26 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45648 Musician Aidan O’Rourke is transforming National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh’s reading rooms into musical performance spaces for storytelling, music and song.

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]]> The Best, Close to Home: Haddington Concert Society 2023/24 season https://artmag.co.uk/45496-2/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:00:57 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45496 The new Haddington Concert Society 2023/24 season once again offers chamber music of the highest calibre performed by musicians well-known on the world stage, and outstanding young musicians.

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]]> The Royal Conservatoire Glasgow Makes It a Date https://artmag.co.uk/the-royal-conservatoire-glasgow/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:00:21 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45501 'Fridays at One' is an opportunity to join the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in Glasgow as they showcase talent from their students, faculty, alumni and guest artists.

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]]> Monday’s for Music at the Traverse https://artmag.co.uk/mondays-for-music-at-the-traverse-2/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:00:13 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45489 Traditional music promoters The Soundhouse Organisation continue their Monday evening concert series at the Traverse in Edinburgh.

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]]> Fantastique! Berlioz continues BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 Programme https://artmag.co.uk/fantastique-berlioz-continues-bbc-scottish-symphony-orchestras-2023-programme/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:00:02 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45493 The BBC SSO continues its new season in Glasgow and Aberdeen, with Berlioz’s blockbuster Symphonie Fantastique.

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]]> Northern Blood for Dracula, National Theatre of Scotland https://artmag.co.uk/northern-blood-for-dracula-national-theatre-of-scotland/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:58:21 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45469 The world premiere of National Theatre of Scotland’s new take on Dracula, the action is relocated to the wild beauty of Aberdeenshire - reportedly the inspiration for the classic novel.

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]]> Ice Cream and War: Scotland’s Italian Connection in Tally’s Blood https://artmag.co.uk/ice-cream-and-war-scotlands-italian-connection-in-tallys-blood/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:40:04 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45466 Twenty years after its last full-scale production, Tally’s Blood follows the lives of an Italian immigrant family in Scotland from the 1930s to the 1950s, at Perth Theatre.

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]]> Sundays are Classic at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall https://artmag.co.uk/sundays-are-classic-at-edinburghs-usher-hall/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 23:01:57 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45462 The Sunday Classics season at Edinburgh's Usher Hall features music from around the world.

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