10 – 14 June: Pete Townshend’s 1973 rock masterpiece Quadrophenia, which spawned the 1979 film, is now a ballet, staged by Sadler’s Wells, with June dates at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre.
Written and performed by Maria MacDonell, ‘LIFE’ is touring Scottish theatres, with the opportunity for the audience to join-in by painting and drawing on-stage.
26 – 29 March: the Govan district in Glasgow continues its cultural renaissance as Govan Music Festival returns for its fourth annual edition.
Review: The warmest of welcomes for the staggering polyphonic vocals of Bulgarian Voices, visiting Celtic Connections at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove.
Review: Femi Kuti and his band’s joyously infectious Afro-beat gets folk up and dancing at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.
Review: The corto.alto project brought together an almighty collective experience at Glasgow’s Barrowland for Celtic Connections on Sat 18th Jan, in the festival’s first weekend.
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.
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.
Review: Glasgow pantomime legends Elaine C Smith, Darren Brownlie and Jonny Mac are back, bringing Peter Pan to the stage once more.
A new music festival has kicked-off in Edinburgh: The Soundhouse Winter Festival features big names alongside up-and-coming artists from across Scotland.
Edinburgh’s Christmas-Hogmanay pantomime returns with a reliably spectacular family panto, Cinderella.
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.
Scottish Country-folk duo Mist & Wing – Alan and Grace Murray – are launching a new single, Fade, with a short Scottish tour.
Review: Aladdin has boarded the magic carpet and arrived in Glasgow (in style!)
Review: A bold, brave modern version of the classic Shakespeare play at the Edinburgh International Festival features a cast affected by Down’s syndrome.
Review: Edinburgh’s Hub plays host to the extraordinary sounds of traditional Kyrgyz music played and sung by the Ustatshakirt Ensemble.
Review: Virtuoso piano maverick Chilly Gonzales returns to Edinburgh International Festival to scale further musical heights.
Review: Edinburgh International Festival welcomes the versatile Jordan Rakei to impress with his vast musical capabilities, at the Usher Hall.
Review: Edinburgh International Festival’s staging of Opéra Comique’s production of Carmen transports the audience into a world of love, lust and betrayal.
Review: The taste of Brazilian music, art, and culture is vivaciously captured in the vibrant music and exhilarating dance of Grupo Corpo at Edinburgh International Festival.
Review: Theatre group 1927’s production of Please Right back at Edinburgh’s Studio Theatre seamlessly blends imagination and reality to tell the story of the fantastical adventures of the elusive Mr.E.
Review: The Outrun at Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre relates a painfully raw rite of passage for a young Orcadian woman, in a stage adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir.
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.
Midlands-based writer/performer Naomi Paul makes a culinary journey from the Baltic to Birmingham.
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