Dundee's Dundead horror festival resurrected
Dundee's horror film festival is back with a vengeance and it looks set to be another treat for fans of the genre.
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Magic of the Fairy Box for sick kids
When a family is affected by cancer, it is a life-altering experience and no case is ever the same. For Dundee woman Rosie Butler it led to the foundation of Fairy Box — a charity that has touched the lives of children and their families across Scotland (...)
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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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Digital Dundee on show at NEoN 2011
It's bright, it's exciting, it's innovative and it's in Dundee for a whole week. Jennifer Cosgrove looks at NEoN, Scotland's only digital arts festival. (...)
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Review: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (Dundee Rep)
''Scotland, whit like is it?'' It's almost 25 years since Liz Lochhead first asked this question in her now classic play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, and we're probably no better placed to answer it. (...)
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Mother-daughter pairing tour new play Baby Baby
Dundee Rep's new play is a collaboration between a mother and a daughter on the subject of teenage pregnancy. Jennifer Cosgrove spoke to associate director Jemima Levick and her mother Vivian French about Baby Baby, which will tour communities across the city. (...)
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Doorways in Drumorty shines light on the incredible life of Lorna Moon
A book by an Aberdeenshire novelist whose work was once banned in her home town is about to tour Scotland as a play. Jennifer Cosgrove caught up with playwright Mike Gibb to discuss the story of an extraordinary woman who moved to America and became a Hollywood scriptwriter. (...)
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Review: Futureproof, at Dundee Rep
Fresh from Edinburgh's Festival Fringe with a coveted Fringe First award, Futureproof runs at the Rep for a week. (...)
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'I'm about opening the door' — Rachel O'Riordan on putting Perth Theatre at heart of community
Just under a year since she was announced as the successor to Ian Grieve, Perth Theatre's new creative director Rachel O'Riordan has begun rehearsals for the first play of the new season — William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Here she speaks about her vision to create an exciting new era for theatre in the Fair City. (...)
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Fiona's new school is helping others follow their artistic dreams
With the V&A on the way and numerous arts spaces popping up across Dundee, the city's creative scene is flourishing. The latest addition to this is a new centre for music and arts run by local musician and teacher Fiona Bodman. Here she tells Jennifer Cosgrove how she overcame a debilitating condition to pursue her ambition. (...)
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Dare ProtoPlay festival helps rest of the gaming world switch on to Dundee
This weekend Dundee is hosting Dare ProtoPlay, Scotland's biggest computer games festival. There are fun and games for all ages at the Caird Hall as well as an important insight into a switched-on city which has long been a hub of digital design technology. Jennifer Cosgrove found out more. (...)
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Lynda Radley explores the world of the freak show with Futureproof
Lynda Radley is something of a rising star in Scottish theatre. Originally from Cork in Ireland, the 31-year old has been in Scotland since 2005 and is building a successful career as a playwright. (...)
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Jon Hoad causing a Sensation with prehistoric art
Perth artist Jon Hoad specialises in depicting prehistoric life, and his images of dinosaurs have been on display in museums and exhibitions across the world. He tells Jennifer Cosgrove more about what it's like to be a paleo-artist. (...)
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Community's transition in the Hilltown charted by Pure Media UK
Things are changing in Dundee's Hilltown. Four multi-story blocks that form a familiar silhouette on the skyline will soon be demolished, greating a gap where homes once overlooked the Tay. A year-long project by a Dundee creative arts charity is aiming to capture the spirit of the area during this transition, Jennifer Cosgrove discovered. (...)
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Headlines transformed into art as part of D-AiR's Dundee Live festival
If you are walking round Dundee over the next week and you see newspaper billboards that contain unconventional headlines, passengers laughing to themselves on a bus while listening to headphones or people dancing in the street, the chances are you'll have stumbled upon the first Dundee Live public art and performance festival. (...)
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Try it if you dare — competition to design a comic strip for The Beano and The Dandy
The Dare ProtoPlay video games festival is set to take over the city next month and organisers have teamed up with The Beano and The Dandy to search for the comic strip designers of the future. (...)
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Wild about words — KT Tunstall on World Environment Day
World Environment Day (WED) is an annual event aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. (...)
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Bigger, flatter, wetter, better — Opening the floodgates at Vane Farm RSPB reserve
For over 40 years, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has managed Vane Farm on the shores of Loch Leven. Next month, an ambitious project to expand the area's wetland habitat will get under way in the hope of attracting endangered wading birds and improving visitor experiences. (...)
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Review: Anna Karenina, at Dundee Rep
Staging a version of an epic Russian novel that is thought to be one of the greatest works ever written is not a straightforward task, but Dundee Rep succeeds in conveying the complexities of 19th-century life, love, politics and propriety in its new production of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. (...)
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From first sketch to final design — Kengo Kuma takes audiences on an architectural journey
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was in Dundee over the weekend to present his vision of the new V&A Museum that will grace a prime spot at the waterfront. Before two packed audiences, he revealed some of the thinking behind the designs that will now be turned into reality. Here, The Courier's Jennifer Cosgrove gives a personal reaction to what she heard. (...)
