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Freelance Coordinator required for SCART
Cultural organisations across Scotland have come together to form a new umbrella body for arts and cultural touring: SCART, the Scottish Community and Rural Touring Forum.
Posted on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT


HI~Arts Web Marketing Workshop tour of Scotland 2010
HI~Arts Web Marketing Workshop tour of Scotland 2010 A series of Web Marketing Workshops which are being run by HI-Arts are to take place throughout the Highlands and Islands from April - June 2010.
Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:20 GMT


'One Up One Down' at Universal Hall
'One Up One Down' at Universal Hall Women under pressure is the theme of Natasha Gilmore’s latest serving of choreographic comedy presented by Gilmore Productions on 20 March 2010 at Universal Hall in Findhorn.
Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:50:56 GMT


Promote YT presents SKILL UP 2010
SKILL UP 2010 practitioner’s networking and skill development event will take place 16–18 April 2010 at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness.
Posted on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:04:39 GMT


Neutral Mask Workshops - Glasgow, March 2010
The Neutral Mask is one of the most dynamic actor training tools in existence, allowing you to communicate clearly from the body. The workshops will run from 29 March - 2 April 2010 in Glasgow.
Posted on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:29:15 GMT


IdeasTap funding
Details of two funds from IdeaTaps are now available, with a deadline for applications set as 29 March 2010.
Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:18:29 GMT


Shetland Charitable Trust
The Shetland Charitable Trust is a charity set up to benefit the inhabitants of Shetland Its aim is to provide public benefit to, and improve the quality of life for, the people of Shetland, especially in the areas of:  Social care and welfare, Arts, culture, sport and recreation and the environment, natural history and heritage.
Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:03:31 GMT


Call for new plays
Aberdeen-based WACtheatre is an organisation set up specifically to produce new work and create opportunities for writers and actors in North East Scotland, in particular around Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:43:58 GMT


Free arts guides from Mencap
The Mencap 'Doing...' arts guides provide ideas about running arts projects with people with a learning disability and they have announced that these guides are now available to download.
Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:19:03 GMT


Acclaimed Glasgow Theatre Company Reeling & Writhing Launch New Live Show with Accompanying Free e-book
Snuggle in and cozy up for an enchanting tale of imagination, friendship and discovery.
Posted on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:17:53 GMT


Inverness Events - 26 February 2010
The latest edition (for week beginning 26 February 2010) of Visit Scotland's listings of events in and around Inverness is now available to download.
Posted on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:46:44 GMT


Wee Stories presents Treasure Island: Touring Nationwide
Wee Stories presents Treasure Island: Touring Nationwide Blood, greed, murder and mutiny for all the family!
Posted on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:49:06 GMT


Birds of Paradise Theatre Company - 'Clutter Keeps Company' on tour
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company - 'Clutter Keeps Company' on tour Scotland’s leading theatre company for disabled and non-disabled actors, Birds of Paradise, returns with a bittersweet comedy/thriller, Clutter Keeps Company by Davey Anderson.
Posted on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:29:32 GMT


Wellcome Trust Arts Awards
The Wellcome Trust Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science. All art forms are covered by the programme - dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media - and the Trust invites applications for projects which engage adult audiences and/or young people. The deadlines for Small Grants are: 30 April, 30 July & 29 Oct 2010.
Posted on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:54:44 GMT


Cultural Enterprise Office - Feb 2010 E-Bulletin
The February 2010 edition of the Cultural Enterprise Office's E-Bulletin is now available to download.
Posted on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:51:16 GMT


Mull Theatre Spring Tour - Laurel & Hardy
Mull Theatre Spring Tour - Laurel & Hardy Mull Theatre’s spring 2010 tour of Laurel & Hardy is playing 27 venues – from Stornoway to Aberdeen, New Galloway to Lyth, by way of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, before returning to Mull for the summer season.
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:06:05 GMT


FST Producer Placement Programme and Creative Assistant Bursary - Third round launch
The Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) is delighted to be in the position to launch a third round of Investing in Producing Skills – FST Producer Placement Programme and the Creative Assistant Bursary – Developing Emerging Directors.
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:00:45 GMT


Whisky Kisses - World Premiere!
Whisky Kisses - World Premiere! The World Premiere of Whisky Kisses will take place at Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown on Sat 1st May 2010 at 7.30pm.
Posted on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:29:54 GMT


With a lot of help from our Friends!
Strathpeffer Pavilion’s voluntary support group, Friends of the Pavilion, has just donated an astonishing £18,000 to the Pavilion, mostly thanks to the very successful Art Fair in November 2009.
Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:41 GMT


LD/ASC Drama group starts in Nairn
A Health and Happiness drama group is starting in Nairn for adults (16+) with Learning Disabilities (_not_ learning difficulties) and/or Autistic Spectrum Conditions. Ruby Worth, Eden Court Theatre Arts Worker for additional needs community is facilitating the group. The dates for the classes are Tuesdays 9th Feb - 27th April 2010 (7.00-9.00pm).
Posted on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:07:03 GMT


Gilmore Production’s One Up One Down to tour UK
Gilmore Production’s One Up One Down to tour UK Following their success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009, Glasgow based Gilmore Productions launches the extensive UK tour of One Up One Down from February - April 2010.
Posted on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:57:51 GMT


£1 million Amb:IT:ous start for Arts Organisations
Fifty-five Arts organisation have been accepted onto the Scottish Arts Council’s £1million Ambition Scotland programme. Members will receive support for digital development and sustainable change to encourage and improve levels of public engagement. Ambition Scotland will enhance organisation resilience and effectiveness whilst increasing the overall level of the digital technology base in the arts sector across Scotland.

Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:45:10 GMT


UK Young Artists 2010 - Call for submissions going live soon
The first UK Young Artists event will take place in the Autumn of 2010. Artists who are selected to take part in this event could also be selected to represent the UK at the XV edition of the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean.

Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:39:35 GMT


Playwrights' Studio Scotland: 19th Meyer-Whitworth Award
Nominations now being accepted.
Posted on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:56:04 GMT


Eden Court's Giant Panto packs 'em in
As the curtain fell on the final performance of Eden Court’s fantastic family pantomime, theatre bosses hailed the 2009 production of Jack and the Beanstalk a ‘giant’ success from start to finish.
Posted on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:50:20 GMT


Whisky Kisses - World Premiere event!
Thanks to a generous Touring and Production grant from the Scottish Arts Council, the first full length professional production of Whisky Kisses will tour Scotland between 1st - 22nd May 2010.
Posted on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:37:08 GMT


Central Station - Online Creative Community
Central Station is made by digital studio ISO and is primarily funded by Channel 4's 4ip fund, the Scottish Arts Council's Inspire Fund and Scottish Screen. Central Station is aimed at creative people who are looking for a place where they can talk to their peers, share work and resources, access information and profile themselves.
Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:52:39 GMT


Starter for 6 On the Road - Application Deadline Approaching!
Applications for the Starter for 6 main programme close at midnight on Tuesday 2 February 2010. To help potential applicants understand more about the programme, if it is for them and how to apply, the Starter for 6 team are running a series of roadshow events.
Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:58:50 GMT


Stand Up Helly Aa
Following on from last year’s successful Stand Up Helly Aa and the Clickimin Comedy Night in August, Shetland Arts has invited the popular Unst-based, comedian and actor Sandy Nelson, to once again host Stand Up Helly Aa an alternative evening’s entertainment on 26 January 2010 for those of you who are not attending halls.
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:29:42 GMT


NESTA Age Unlimited Scotland
NESTA has launched a new programme in Scotland for 2010 called Age Unlimited. They are looking for people in their 50’s and 60’s in Scotland to come forward with new ideas that could be turned into live community projects which would improve the lives of older people (people in their 70’s, 80’s and above).
Posted on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:09:23 GMT


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