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This is based on the award—winning novel the sopranos by alan warner, which was taken to the stage as 0ur ladies of perpetual succour, the name of the school in the rural highlands. now simply called 0ur ladies, it follows choir of trilling teens who have won a place in edinburgh competition. they are taken there by choir mistress, sister condron, who is played by kate dickey in a rare and welcome comedic role. rather rashly she lets the girls decide what to do with their free time in the big city. i mean, how much mischief can a group of schoolgirls really get up to? yeah, you guessed it, a...

Submitting... They will be following in the footsteps of the late Alasdair Gray, who was honoured in 2019 just weeks before he passed away at the age of 85. The award is open to any individual who was born in Scotland, is currently living in Scotland or is working in Scotland. Nominations can be made via the Saltire Society website and will close on 26 August. Saltire Society director Sarah Mason said: “The Scottish Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates an individual who has made a meaningful creative contribution to the world of literature, be it in writing, publishing, representing author...

giller prize shortlist 2020 Souvankham Thammavongsa, an instructor in the English program at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, has been chosen for the Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist for her short story collection, How to Pronounce Knife. Follow the excitement of the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize as it builds to the announcement of both the short and longlist, culminating with the winner announced at … Book - 2020 F BER Available in some locations. Scotiabank is proud to continue our relationship with the Prize in support of Canada’s talented writers and congratulates the...

Submitting... “I enjoyed all of that, of course,” says Sievewright, “but I just felt there was something about me that didn’t quite fit in to that West End world. I wanted to get back into the Scottish scene; and In 2012, I had an audition for Cora Bissett’s Glasgow Girls, the musical about the Glasgow schoolgirls who campaigned for their asylum seeker friends to stay in the UK. Dawn Sievewright and John McLarnan “And as soon as I got into that, I just thought, this is it, this is what I’ve been looking for. Then I met Vicky Featherstone, the then-director of the National Theatr...

Who watches the Oscars? Regarding “Ratings Dropoff Could Affect Oscars” by Stephen Battaglio [April 14]: The numbers for the Oscar broadcast will be way down this year for some very obvious reasons. 1. The pandemic. 2. The explosive growth of streaming services showing the films we could not see at the theaters. 3. Unless they have unlimited resources, the average movie fan cannot afford to pay for Amazon, Disney, Apple+ TV, HBO Max, etc. Advertisement John Hill :: Interest in the Oscars must surely be affected by the fact that movies are no longer the big event they used to be. You use...