Futureproof festival comes to Dundee and Fife
Young people from Tayside and Fife feature in two events at the heart of a festival described as “arguably the most exciting thing in Scottish theatre at the moment”.
Theatre
Visual and physical storytelling embraced in Solar Bear’s The Arrival in Dundee
Glasgow-based theatre company Solar Bear comes to Dundee with their brand new stage adaptation of Shaun Tan's award-winning wordless graphic novel The Arrival.
Sponsored: Win tickets to Dundee Rep’s fiery black comedy
Win two tickets to an exciting new revival of Gregory Burke’s renowned modern Scottish classic Gagarin Way, directed by award-winning actor and director, Cora Bissett (Room, Glasgow Girls, Adam).
NESTS: the play where magic meets real life
A 12-year-old boy is on the run with his only friend, a crow. Starving and frightened, they meet a man who lives alone in a caravan on the outskirts of society. Their meeting begins a surreal journey where magic meets real life.
Shakespeare on the move: Meet the HandleBards
The HandleBards are a troupe of cycling actors who perform Shakespeare plays as you've never seen them before. Caroline Lindsay finds out more.
YOYP 2018: Behind the scenes of a film that aims to ‘Futureproof’ the young people of Dundee
As young people from Dundee star in a film promoting Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018, Michael Alexander went behind the scenes for an exclusive look at the film-making process.
Putting on A Brave Face at Dundee Rep
A play exploring Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which was partly inspired by the suicide of former Perthshire Black Watch soldier Aaron Black, takes centre stage at Dundee Rep on Tuesday.
Limmy’s Vines: A hilarious tour through an eccentric mind (seen at Webster Theatre Arbroath)
Brian Limond is a funny man. Funny in a – what the hell goes on inside your head – kind of way. Luckily for him, it’s that special blend of crazy/strange/eccentric kind of funny that us Scots enjoy the most.
Perthshire-raised funnyman Fred MacAulay launches 30th anniversary tour at Byre Theatre in St Andrews
Perthshire-raised funny man Fred MacAulay launches his 30th anniversary tour with a gig at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews on Saturday May 5.
REVIEW: Russell Brand’s Re:Birth at Perth Concert Hall
Bantering with the audience at Perth Concert Hall, the Sun newspaper’s “former shagger of the year” Russell Brand is re-enacting the experience of watching his daughter being born 17 months ago - and psycho-analysing the “total transformation of personal entity to go from not being a father to being a father” in a way that perhaps only he can.