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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...

Pitlochry Festival Theatre Announce Summer Ensemble For 70th Anniversary Season The season will include Adventures with the Painted People, Jekyll and Hyde, The Wind in the Willows, A Night by the River Tay, and more!by BWW News Desk Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced the Summer Ensemble for its 70th anniversary season which will take place in the picturesque grounds of the Perthshire theatre from the end of this month. Pitlochry Festival Theatre's exciting 22-strong Summer Ensemble will feature BAFTA Scotland award-winning Jane McCarry (Isa Drennan in Still Game, BBC Scotland and Gran...

Leading Performing Arts Venues, Federation Of Scottish Theatre, Call On The Government To Review Social Distancing Guidelines Without a change to the guidance, significantly more public sector finance will be required to protect an already deeply damaged sector.by BWW News Desk Eleven of Scotland's leading performing arts venues, with the Federation of Scottish Theatre, have collectively called on the newly returned Scottish Government to urgently review the social distancing requirements required in their venues as Coronavirus restrictions continue to be eased. Without a change to the guida...

Last modified on Tue 11 May 2021 05.35 EDT Theatres in Scotland have called for an urgent review of Covid-19 social distancing restrictions for audiences, saying that the current two-metre rule leaves them in a perilous position. On Monday, all of Scotland is expected to move into protection level 2, which permits theatres to open with social distancing and capacity limits agreed with local authorities. But in a survey conducted by the Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST), 96% of members responded that it is not economically viable for them to reopen under the current restrictions. The requir...

© Supplied by Dundee Rep Theatres only exist through the relationship with their audience. Staying connected with the people who turn up in every weather to fill the seats and support productions has been key to planning successful re-openings, whenever those might be. When lockdown began, Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre reached out with “Where Are You Dundee?”, a way to keep in touch with the audience through creative projects. “As a follow-up we put out a call for works that were specifically for the people of Dundee,” say Andrew Panton, artistic director at Dundee Rep. Artis...