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Southbank shoots Bollywood film in a weekTuesday, 17 April 2012As part of this week's Alchemy Festival, the Southbank Centre is making a Bollywood film in a week, to be screened for free in the Clore Ballroom at 4:30pm on Sunday 22nd as the festival finale. The story is a classic boy-meets-girl love story.... Read more... |
Glasgow concert launches Refugee WeekMonday, 16 April 2012To launch Refugee Week Scotland 2012, the Fence Collective's King Creosote will headline a concert at Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket on June 18 in aid of the Scottish Refugee Council and British Red Cross, to support their continuing work to provide... Read more... |
Scottish Album of the Year longlistFriday, 13 April 2012The hunt is on to find the best Scottish album of the past year, with a £20,000 prize at stake for the winner.The 20-strong longlist for the inaugural Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award was published today, with contenders ranging from King... Read more... |
Loach's new comedy trailerFriday, 13 April 2012Ken Loach's forthcoming film The Angels' Share follows a more comedic path than several of his recent works. Set in Scotland and involving a dram scam, it has a flavoursome whiff of Whisky Galore. The script is by Paul Laverty, and the cast... Read more... |
Winehouse Foundation donates to jazz orchestraFriday, 13 April 2012The parents of late singer Amy Winehouse officially launched the U.S. branch of a foundation named for their daughter at New York’s Joe’s Pub, where the embattled pop star made her American debut five years ago. In doing so, the family announced a... Read more... |
Anderszewski tops magazine awardsThursday, 12 April 2012That most individual of pianists, Piotr Anderszewski, has been awarded the BBC Music Magazine's recording of the year prize - and instrumental category award - for his Schumann recital on Virgin. Other winners include, in the DVD category, Claudio... Read more... |
Competition for old British artistsThursday, 12 April 2012A new competition to honour the work of those British artists who can no longer be categorised as YBAs has been launched by – who else? – The Oldie. The OBA award will attempt to uphold traditional values in the visual arts and stem the tide of... Read more... |
Boyd to supply the next BondThursday, 12 April 2012He’s been impersonated by Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver. Continuing the series begun in 2008 with Devil May Care, the new James Bond novel written in the voice of Ian Fleming is to come from the pen of William Boyd.Boyd is no stranger to spy... Read more... |
Leonard Cohen announces 2012 gigWednesday, 11 April 2012Anyone hoping to hear Canada's favourite curmudgeon performing songs from his critically fêted new album, Old Ideas, this year need apply for tickets to The Hop Farm, asap. It isn't, however, the Hop Farm Music Festival he's playing (that takes... Read more... |
More festivals added to our guideTuesday, 10 April 2012New additions constantly coming in for our all-singing-all-dancing festivals guides. Check out Dublin and Croatia in the European guide here.theartsdesk European Festivals Guide 2012theartsdesk UK Festivals Guide 2012 Read more... |
Udderbelly London 2012 opensMonday, 09 April 2012The giant inflatable cow is open for business on London's South Bank and continues until 8 July. Many of the comedy, cabaret and circus gigs on its schedule are previews of shows going to the Edinburgh Fringe and among those appearing are Tim... Read more... |
Finnish exchange programme hits theatresMonday, 09 April 2012The Pleasance Theatre and Finland’s ACE Production are collaborating on an exchange programme for British theatres. ACE first came to Britain for 2010’s Edinburgh Festival and began talks with Anthony Alderson, director of The Pleasance Theatre,... Read more... |
