Last month I asked the question, “will Enron repeat its West End success on Broadway?”. We now have the answer to this question, which is a categorical no! The show, which had its last performance on Sunday lasted for only 15 performances. It was hoped that the show would be as successful at the […]

Born in 1917 Lena Horne was born in New York to a middle class African American family. From the young age of 16 Horner started on the path to her showbiz career by auditioning and winning a role as a chorus dancer at the well known Cotton Club. Later she went on to perform at […]

The Udderbelly, which may be familiar to Edinburgh festival goers, is a moveable comedy venue held in a large, purple, upside down cow. This year the unmistakable Udderbelly will be arriving in London and taking temporary residence on the South Bank. During its 8 week stay in London it will be providing the stage for […]

Thanks to a shake-up in the Scottish Arts Council, several of Scotland’s best known and loved arts organisations have lost vital sources of funding, at has been revealed recently.
Two of the best known, the Scots language dictionary and The Borderline Theatre company are amongst those hit by the financial reshuffle.
The Council says that the redistribution […]

The Scottish Government has announced the first spending within ‘CashBack’ scheme, where money seized from convicted criminals is put back into the society in constructive ways.
The Scots Government will be granting £600,000 to various arts projects in order to encourage social inclusion for young people - although the funding will require match-funding from the private sector […]

On the 21st of April the Independent ran an article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown about why south Asians (so Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans, etc.) are so under represented in theatre within the UK.
As Ms. Alibhai-Brown rightly points out, it isn’t just because there are less south Asians within the UK and so proportionately less south […]