The Scottish Storytelling Centre and John Knox House are delighted to be part of Edinburgh’s 101 Objects, a popular city-wide visitor experience celebrating 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology, highlighting how fact is often stranger than fiction (pocketbook of skin, anyone?) Our objects, the Netherbow Bell and Geneva Bible, are being viewed by many, … Continued
Have you released an album between September 2016 and August 2017? Why not submit your album into our 2017 Album of the Year competition. Based on theScottish Album of the Year Award organised by Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), the aim is to highlight the trad recording industry and to showcase the large amount of albums that are released each year in … Continued
How would you describe your show in one sentence? The name of the show says it all. A bonnie fetcher is someone who stands up for themselves or a cause that they believe in. I was inspired to share songs and stories highlighting women of courage throughout the world and over the centuries. Their lives … Continued
The Patrick Geddes Centre have partnered with Newbattle Abbey College to develop an exciting new course on Gaelic Language, Culture and Landscape. The course will be delivered by Newbattle Abbey Colleges Celtic Studies tutors and will introduce you to: The presence of the Gaels in Edinburgh through the centuries, conventions and stories of Gaelic tradition … Continued
Changing Arts and Minds: It’s time to talk about mental health and wellbeing in the creative sector Ulster University and wellbeing charity Inspire have come together on the SHoWCaSE: A snapshot of health and well-being in the creative sector project, to understand the health and wellbeing of people in the creative industries. Those in the … Continued
A fortnight of folklore-inspired drama was enjoyed by participants at this year’s Gaelic Drama Summer School which took place in Portree between the 3rd and 15th of July. The residential school, supported by Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Creative Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Highland Council, is aimed at fluent Gaelic speakers aged 13-18 years. A … Continued
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicked off in earnest last Friday with another jam-packed programme of theatre, comedy, music, family shows and much, much more. Here’s what’s been happening at the Centre so far: Our children’s shows have been delighting audiences, from the bilingual carrot-tastic The Wonderful World of Lapin, filled with French, furry friends and … Continued
How would you describe your show in one sentence? A storyteller’s dream of living on a Scottish island comes true. Through live storytelling, peep-boxes and projection, imagination and reality collide as ancient tales of boggarts and mermaids hold hands with contemporary accounts of supernatural landscapes against a backdrop of broken down ferries and the Mackerel … Continued
In1987 the Reverend Paton placed a postcard in a shop in Crail asking if anyone was interested in starting a folk club. They were interested, so alongside the Reverend, Jill Saunderson and Bernie Precious started the club in the Balcomie Links Hotel. Very quickly the Reverend considered his work was done and left it to … Continued
Help Musicians, the largest provider of health and welfare support for the British music industry, has announced MUSIC MINDS MATTER – a new campaign for music industry-wide support of the world’s first dedicated 24/7 mental health service for people working in music. MUSIC MINDS MATTER will fund the ground-breaking 24/7 mental health helpline and service, launching … Continued
TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland, SCIO SC043009) is a co-operative network which champions our shared traditions of music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and indigenous languages. Together we celebrate the local distinctiveness of Scotland’s places: our intangible cultural heritage. Registered office at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR.
