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Mystery surrounds Showcase the Street staff member's sacking

A staff member has been sacked from a Dundee organisation that opens the world of dance, drama, vocal skills and animation to young people. (...)


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Graduates' dreams come true in Dundee Rep's Cinderella

Every year, the Rep Theatre in Dundee takes on two graduates, giving them the chance to work with the ensemble for a year and gain valuable experience. Jennifer Cosgrove meets this year's actors, who are starring in the Christmas show. (...)


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Dundee youths preserve 200-year record for future generations

A group of young people who recently investigated the 200-year history of their youth centre presented a time capsule of their research to Dundee City Archives. (...)


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TV exposure beckons for actress and writer Lisa Nicoll

A play by an actress and writer from the Dundee area has been picked up by a film production company to be turned into a television drama. (...)


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Angela fitting into regal role for Stirling Castle palace reopening

An Angus actress has scooped a leading role in the opening of Stirling Castle's renaissance royal palace following its £12 million refurbishment. (...)


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Dundee Rep a front-runner at critics' awards

Dundee Rep and The Traverse Theatre Company in Edinburgh have plenty to celebrate in the year's Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland. (...)


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Mike Gibb's Dundee plays to be beamed around the world

Works by playwright Mike Gibb, whose Dundee-themed tales have proved sell-outs in Tayside and Fife, have been picked up by the National Theatre of Scotland to be broadcast across the world. (...)


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Joanna Vanderham may be Runaway success

A former Dundee High pupil, who landed her first major role alongside Scottish stars Alan Cumming and Ken Stott, has been hailed as one to watch. (...)


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US tour beckons for Black Watch actor who decided it was time for change

A former Dundee policeman has gone from collaring criminals to taking curtain calls around the globe with his latest play. (...)


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Review: Gagarin Way

Any theatre-goer who believes swearing is for people with a limited vocabulary should make an exception for Gagarin Way. Gregory Burke's zippy breakthrough one-act play is a barrage of bad language from the word go but, after while, it becomes less conspicuous as we are sucked into his gritty, witty and sinister and black comedy. (...)


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The rise of Dundee Rep's Jemima Levick

As Dundee Rep prepares for its new play, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Jennifer Cosgrove meets associate director Jemima Levick to talk about life, work, and feeling at home in Dundee. (...)


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Scottish Community Drama Association's one-act play competition visits Webster Theatre

Webster Theatre in Arbroath hosts the Angus District leg of a one-act play competition on Saturday. (...)


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Teenage girl rescued from mud at St Monans

A teenage girl had to be rescued after becoming stuck waist deep in mud on Monday night. (...)


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Review: Death Of A Salesman, at Perth Theatre

Described as one of the finest dramas in the whole range of American theatre, and widely studied in schools and universities, Arthur Miller's classic play Death Of A Salesman is no walk in the park for any director or actor. (...)


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Short film BAFTA for Paul 'Fife for Life' Wright

A Fife man was among the big winners at Sunday's star-studded BAFTA awards. (...)


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The tale of Lachlan Macquarie — the Father of Australia

Highlander Lachlan Macquarie almost single-handedly shaped modern Australia, and new docu-drama to be broadcast by the BBC on Wednesday — Australia Day — aims to shed light on his remarkable life. (...)


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Loving tributes to Jenny Wood Allen at Dundee funeral

The funeral of Dundee marathon runner, community leader and older folk's inspiration Jenny Wood Allen took place at Douglas and Mid-Craigie Parish Church, Dundee, on Wednesday. (...)


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St Johnstone mug a 'tribute' to Taggart star Colin McCredie

Perth actor Colin McCredie may have been controversially axed from long-running detective show Taggart, but his former co-star Blythe Duff is ensuring his legacy lives on, thanks to his famed mug. (...)


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Festival to celebrate film-makers' Dundee connections

Film-makers with Dundee connections who have had national acclaim are being recognised by a film festival at Dundee University this weekend. (...)


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Drama academy to get pupils talking for Children In Need

Following what was hailed as a huge success last year, the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy will again host National Talking Days. (...)


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