Laura Walker: 'We're ... at this really exciting stage where we're about to really change up our model for how we make work' Vivid Roots Collective's CEO and creative director Laura Walker talks about stage productions past and future, Highland theatre and festival Roots 24. Picture: Alexander Williamson Questions by Margaret Chrystall QUESTION 1 Looking … Continue reading INTERVIEW
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Pushing the button on violet vinyl - Phillip Jon Taylor's new album out today Phillip Blanco-Taylor with De Nada, at Scotland's Seabass Vinyl. by Margaret Chrystall | 28.06.2024 Five years might seem a lifetime ago for Phillip Blanco-Taylor since a step back from the frantic touring life of band PAWS to head home from Glasgow … Continue reading INTERVIEW
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Full house for dry humour and lush music Rufus Wainwright and guests | Eden Court, Inverness | Saturday, June 22 ★★★★★ By Margaret Chrystall Watching the theatre in Inverness fill up on Saturday night, you couldn’t help feeling that this alternative-looking and savvy bunch might be hard to woo. In the current climate, any political … Continue reading REVIEW
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The latest Chris to fight the world Sunset Song written by Morna Young after Lewis Grassic Gibbon Dundee Rep Theatre and the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Empire Theatre, Eden Court | Thursday, May 16 ★★★ WITH costumes, music, movement, backdrop and set, this version of Sunset Song may blur the fact Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s story … Continue reading REVIEW
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This triumph from Vivid Roots Collective sets a high bar for the new generation eager to create their own Highland theatre. Now – after some years of research, development, rehearsals and evolution as the project progressed – writer and now playwright Annie MacDonald’s first stage play has blossomed - a very Highland story.
So impress me 