Film
Career profile: Dean Park, pantomime dame
Glaswegian Dean Park has played panto dames for twenty-seven years. He is currently appearing in Cinderella at the Pavilion Theatre,…
Platform 6: Creative (thinking) Scotland
"CultureScotland.com is going to have much in common with the workings of a particularly complicated industrial process (as well as…
Dancing on Water – Why Sadler’s Wells has a spring in its step
Best known nowadays as a leading venue for international and UK dance theatre, Sadler’s Wells is not only one of…
Preserving the UK's heritage through dance
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £50,000 to Ascendance Rep towards the ‘Your Space’ project. The unique…
Career profile: Karen Koren, of the Gilded Balloon
Comedy impresario Karen Koren is the founder of one of Edinburgh’s largest Fringe Festival venues and is responsible for launching…
Career profile: Pete Ferguson, Edinburgh musician
Edinburgh born musician, rapper, poet, promoter and producer Pete Ferguson aka Pedro Solenoid has just finished recording his latest album…
The Middle East film festival season kicks off
For many nations in the Middle East the retreat of the blazing summer heat in about October each year is…
Platform 5: Trains & Boasts & Plans
The London Transport Museum re-opens tomorrow with design as its focus. So what better time to hear from Gordon Haynes…
Career profile: Lesley Anne Derks, artist
Jane Rae speaks to Lesley Anne, who studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Barcelona. She…
Chickenshed: Theatre for all
Chickenshed Theatre Company are an arts success story, but also a funding success story. Samiat Pedro talks to the Chief…