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Breabach Michael Alexander speaks to Monifieth-raised Calum MacCrimmon – founder member of internationally renowned folk band Breabach – which has teamed up with Scottish BAFTA-winning animator Cat Bruce to create a beautiful film and score based on Scottish folktale The Sea Maiden, being aired on February 13 with Dundee Rep. During these strange and uncertain times, the “new normal” has taken its toll on people from all walks of life including musicians who, almost a year ago, suddenly found all their gigs cancelled. Amongst them was Monifeth-raised musician Calum MacCrimmon who, as ...

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© SYSTEM Smile - Jim McLean play Much of what has been said about Jim McLean in recent days has been around the complexity of the man and the different sides to his personality. One man who got an insight into the man off the pitch was Barrie Hunter, who stepped into his shoes during a two-and-half week run of the play, Smile, which hit the Dundee Rep earlier this year. The actor, from Broughty Ferry, said he was  “saddened” to hear of his death. And he said he hoped there would be an opportunity to get Jim’s story back on the stage before adding that the play had been a “labour of ...

© Mhairi Edwards The Whitehall Theatre Covid-19 has been ruinous for the arts industry; theatres have been forced to close, shows have been postponed and staff have been furloughed. As the pandemic drags on, the future of theatre seems bleak – and it’s getting bleaker every day. But even though culture is in crisis, still the creativity keeps coming. The team at Dundee Rep Theatre are in the middle of presenting their four-part digital Christmas offering, Shine On, which ends on January 6. Andrew Panton, artistic director of Dundee Rep Theatre and joint CEO of Dundee Rep and Scottish Dan...

by Andrew Welsh, David Pollock, Rob Adams December 22 2020, 10.00am © Shutterstock / Ollyy From a mondegreen in a record shop to a panto reviewer’s Christmas and working in a home for wounded ex-service personnel, at the end of a difficult year, Andrew Welsh, Rob Adams and David Pollock look back on a working during Christmases past. THE PANTO REVIEWER’S CHRISTMAS by DAVID POLLOCK As someone who’s lucky enough to review theatrical Christmas shows across Scotland throughout the month of December, it’s fair to say the point of reviewing panto sometimes escapes me, at least at fi...