... is the way to get those bums on seats and keep the arts alive Siobhan Synnot says politics is just showbiz for ugly people O BE a participant in Scotfishmltul!,itbe?s if you have a passion for the performing arts, a sophisticated appreciation of the finer ...

... News Capital centre stage again as the monster of arts festivals airs its opening performance Kong and everywhere in between. This is the first time that we've highlighted the world premieres in our programme. “It will provide audiences with opportunities ...

... A crime of compassion Tyson’s ability to play poor kid made good keeps his career alive, says AL Kennedy W me to digress. n't worry, it will ?' take a minute won't hurt a bit. seconds out, round one and here we go. Because [ want to talk a little about ...

... Americans who have a respect for authority, a love of their family and - for all that they pump and grind on stage like dogs on heat - a determination to keep their virginity. As well as Ms Spears, they include Christina Aguilera, jessica Simpson and, lately, ...

... proceedings. He is close to Irvine Welsh and has appeared in several of his stage adaptations and his original play, You'll Have Had Your Hole. He is currently touring the Citizens’ stage adaptation of Welsh's Filth, in which he plays not only the dysfunctional ...

... Arts & Entertainment [ ife in the ftarce lane The word ‘weird” hardly does him justice, but the famous oddball from Taxi’ was more than just a comedic Innovator, says Trevor Johnston FILM OF THE WEEK MAN ON THE MOON *%% JES never havilrlllg eard of Andy ...

... Cuckoos and contusion in the arts nest = JOYCE McMILLAN on the problems, the mistakes and the failings behind the row over the funding dnd direction of our national arts companies. HURSDAY marning, and a fat envelope arrives on - my doorstep, courtesy ...

... profession. He studied both at NYC'’s High School of Industrial Arts in the early Forties, but opted for the stage when a music teacher told him that he liked the way Bennett performed. : “All the art tutors were mad about that,” recalls Bennett. “They told ...

... Police admit gang killers may escape trial covered in a field near Tranent, ‘East Lothian on:13 October by a ‘man walking his »d(gf s AT “: Nisbet had been shot throufih ‘the head:and three times in the body, while Lindsay had similar wounds from ‘a* ...

... countryside, in Finnich Glen near Killearn. That was in 1998. As you may have heard earlier in the week, they are planning another such intervention, called The Path, in Glen Lyon at the end of May. Regular readers of these pages will be aware there is some iron{] ...

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... the film. The former male swan graced our stages in June and October; -~ . delivering an'emotional performance asthe ...