Archive for June, 2020
ScotGov commits to theatre
Clear statements from Culture Sec & FM:
Economy and Culture secretary Fiona Hyslop said she is “actively working on the case” of theatre recovery post Covid-19 during the First Minister’s press conference on Friday 26 June 2020.
National Partnership for Culture
New ScotGov Culture Group:
The Scottish Government has set up a new group to advise it delivering its cultural strategy which will also address the challenges facing the culture sector from Covid-19.
Economic recovery: Culture Sub Cttee Report
Arts, Culture and Creative Industries in Scotland’s Economic Recovery:
The culture sub committee of the ScotGov’s advisory group on economic recovery from Covid-19 has provided a pragmatic but largely forward thinking report to the main group.
Culture revival post Covid
Culture slant to ScotGov business recovery plan:
The Scottish Government’s advisory report on recovery from the Covid-19 crisis has a strong element for culture, which it recognises has been hit disproportionately hard by the crisis as a consequence of physical distancing requirements.
£1.25M “life raft” for EdFringe
£1M loan & £0.25M grant for Fringe Society:
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the charity which oversees the Edinburgh Fringe, has been awarded £249,000 grants and a £1million interest-free loan to help support it through Covid-19 recovery.
Room 29 Go Online
New show to replace postponed EdFringe production:
Edinburgh’s Room 29 Theatre has today, Monday 15 June 2020, put out an open call for an amateur production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, to be staged online at the end of July.
Covid Impact Survey
EPAD seeks to asses impact of Covid Lockdown:
EPAD – Edinburgh Performing Arts Development – is inviting everyone who works professionally in the performing arts in Edinburgh to contribute to its Covid impact survey.
Lyceum petition – Management respond
A statement from the Theatre’s joint directors:
Following the launch of the petition to Save the Lyceum Workforce, All Edinburgh Theatre contacted the theatre’s management team for a comment on the petition, its wording and the ongoing negotiations over redundancies.
Petition to save Lyceum workforce
Brian Cox lends support to Lyceum “family”
Actor Brian Cox has put his support behind staff at the Lyceum, where he had his first acting job, calling for management to be “absolutely straight with their incredibly loyal staff exactly what is proposed for the theatre’s future.”
Kids wanted to Rock!
Online casting call for School of Rock Tour:
The producers of School of Rock have put out an open call for kids aged eight to twelve years old to submit online auditions for the upcoming UK tour, which plays Scotland in March 2021.
