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Call for participants: National Theatre of Scotland at 20 – Culture, Democracy, & the Stateless Nation
23 October 2026, Edinburgh

This one-day Unconference invites participants from across academia, theatre, literature, politics, activism, as well as cultural & community organisations, to explore the role of theatre, literature, & cultural institutions in shaping & protecting Scotland’s democratic life

https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-participants-nts-20-culture-democracy-and-stateless-nation-unconference

#Scottish #literature #theatre #democracy #community #academia

Poster

23 October 2026
Scottish Storytelling Centre

National Theatre of Scotland at 20:
Culture, Democracy, and the Stateless Nation

A day of conversations exploring the role of theatre, literature and the arts in shaping and protecting Scotland's democratic life

Image: a scene from the play "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart", by David Greig. In a village hall, surrounded by seated onlookers, a woman in a pale blue dress stands up, lifts her arms, and flings scraps of white paper into the air.

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Time Travel

What do we hold fast, what do we let go? The question, like a living being, hovers onstage in The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov.

By Cynthia Zarin

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/04/18/time-travel/

The Cherry Orchard at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7986

#books #literature #theatre

Scene from The Cherry Orchard, Moscow Art Theater, 2001. The MAT setting demonstrates a conscious attempt to avoid the stiffness and artificiality of the perfectly symmetrical box set. Variation of planes and glimpses into other rooms in the house continue the environment beyond the stage room and help to combat unintentional rigidity.

Alexander Bakshy - The Path of the Modern Russian Stage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry_Orchard#/media/File:The_Cherry_Orchard_MAT.jpg

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Hey, some fun news! Sir Ian McKellen is headlining an all #trans and #nonbinary reading of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. It’s a delightful play with much playing with #gender and the understanding of it. I’m very excited and am buying livestream tickets. 🥰

#theatre #arts #plays #Shakespeare #yay #GoodNews

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https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-ian-mckellen-to-open-historic-all-trans-and-nonbinary-production-of-twelfth-night-484397/

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The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aesthetics

By Michael Billington

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jul/07/oscar-wilde-russian-revolutionary-drama-vera-or-the-nihilists

Vera; or, The Nihilists at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26494

#Books #Literature #Theatre

Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony.

Wilde is dressed in stylish, somewhat flamboyant attire—a velvet jacket, knee breeches, silk stockings, and often holding a soft hat or a cane, embodying the dandy aesthetic.

Wilde’s longish, wavy hair frames his face, emphasizing his androgynous beauty and poetic persona.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde#/media/File:Oscar_Wilde_by_Napoleon_Sarony._Three-quarter-length_photograph,_seated.jpg

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1y

Waiting for Godot Has Been Translated Afrikaans

What took so long?

By: Rick de Villiers

https://theconversation.com/waiting-for-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345

#Books #Translation #Theatre

Samuel Beckett in 1977

Roger Pic - Bibliothèque nationale de France

Beckett is shown seated, facing slightly to the left, though his intense gaze looks directly into the camera.

His hair is brushed up into a soft, slightly disheveled silver crown, emphasizing his high forehead.

He wears a simple, dark jacket over a sweater or turtleneck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett#/media/File:Samuel_Beckett,_Pic,_1_(cropped).jpg

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141d

FULL ACCESS and FREE DOWNLOADS OF MY BOOKS for only $5! A bag of chips costs more. My comics, I admit, are not low in salt, but still...
Also! Snazzy new landing page graphic!

LINK: https://www.patreon.com/jlroberson

#comics #art #satire #cartoon #theatre

Bottomless Studio: Questionable Comics & Art by John L. Roberson since 1997.
Then, the main characters from my three ongoing comics:
Vladrushka (available only at Google Play, or free for my patrons)
Suzy Spreadwell (available at Amazon and Google play, & also free to my patrons)
Frank Wedekind's LULU a staging on paper( available at Amazon in print & Kindle, & Google play, and digital version free to patrons)

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1y

Vintage Posters for The Royal Court Theatre

Founded by the English Stage Company (ESC in 1956), London's Royal Court Theatre focuses on contemporary theatre - and great posters

By Sheldon D.

https://flashbak.com/posters-for-the-royal-court-476550/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=posters-for-the-royal-court

English theatre at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=english+theatre

#Books #Literature #Theatre

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Was The Importance of Being Earnest the most scandalous opening run of all time? How Oscar Wilde’s greatest play kicked off his tragic fall from grace

By Ben Jureidini

https://www.tatler.com/article/the-importance-of-being-earnest-opening-run-scandal

The Importance of Being Earnest at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/844

#Books #Literature #Theatre

Jack (George Alexander) tells Gwendolen (Irene Vanbrugh) the address of his country house, while Algernon (Allan Aynesworth) secretly overhears.

Alfred Ellis - The Sketch, p. 412

Scene in Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest, original production

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest#/media/File:Importance-Act-1-Jack-Gwendolen-Algernon.png

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Whaur’s yer Willie Shakespeare noo?
11 Sept, Royal Society of Edinburgh – free, ticketed

How does Scots language come alive on stage – and what does it say about us?

Playwright Ian Brown & linguist Jeremy Smith explore the Scots & English language varieties woven into THE SCOTCH PLAY (1990) – Brown’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whaurs-yer-willie-shakespeare-noo-tickets-1489136991829

#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shakespeare #Macbeth

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170d

Become a patron of my weird and sometimes downright filthy work for a mere $5 today, and you support these three(& more) projects +you get to follow ALL of it start to finish + downloading my #comics once complete! Quite a deal. More patrons & I can go even further & offer MORE!
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#comics #theatre

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140d

For Shakespeare’s (probable) birthday: Edwin Morgan’s “Instructions to an Actor”, from Collected Poems (Carcanet 2012)

“This single poem gets, via the heart of all theatre, to the heart of the communal in all the arts, and to the heart of form, the heart of voice and silence and to the heart of a kind of life that will never actually stop.”
—Ali Smith, in From Saturn to Glasgow: fifty favourite poems by Edwin Morgan

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #theatre #Shakespeare #ShakespeareDay

Edwin Morgan
Instructions to an Actor

Now, boy, remember this is the great scene.
You’ll stand on a pedestal behind a curtain,
the curtain will be drawn, and then you don’t move
for eighty lines; don’t move, don’t speak, don’t breathe.
I’ll stun them all out there, I’ll scare them,
make them weep, but it depends on you.
I warn you eighty lines is a long time,
but you don’t breathe, you’re dead,
you’re a dead queen, a statue,
you’re dead as stone, new-carved,
new-painted and the paint not dry
– we’ll get some red to keep your lip shining –
and you’re a mature woman, you’ve got dignity,
some beauty still in middle age, and
you’re kind and true, but you’re dead,
your husband thinks you’re dead,
the audience thinks you’re dead,
and you don’t breathe, boy, I say
you don’t even blink for eighty lines,
if you blink you’re out!
Fix your eye on something and keep watching it.

Practise when you get home. It can be done.
And you move at last – music’s the cue.
When you hear a mysterious solemn jangle
of instruments, make yourself ready.
Five lines more, you can lift a hand.
It may tingle a bit, but lift it –
slow, slow –
O this is where I hit them
right between the eyes, I’ve got them now –
I’m making the dead walk –
you move a foot, slow, steady, down,
you guard your balance in case you’re stiff,
you move, you step down, down from the pedestal,
control your skirt with one hand, the other hand
you now hold out –
O this will melt their hearts if nothing does –
to your husband who wronged you long ago
and hesitates in amazement
to believe you are alive.
Finally he embraces you, and there’s nothing
I can give you to say, boy,
but you must show that you have forgiven him.
Forgiveness, that’s the thing. It’s like a second life.
I know you can do it. – Right then, shall we try?

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EDIT de l'EDIT (parce que clairement je ne sais pas lire😮‍💨 )

C'est un sondage de l'instance Masto RéseauCulture, un réseau "d'acteurs culturels, publics et privés, engagés pour partager des informations culturelles de façon plus libre, ouverte et indépendante" mais c'est à l'initiative du Ministère de la Culture.

Ils veulent savoir si vous êtes intéressés de voir des institutions culturelles sur Mastodon.

https://framaforms.org/mastodonfediverse-la-culture-et-vous-1771542693

#culture #france #mastodon #musee #theatre #education #science

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“The general assumption in the past has tended to be that an overview of Scottish drama would not take very long. Between Sir David Lyndsay & James Bridie, what was there of any lasting importance?”

Edwin Morgan, “Scottish Drama: an overview” (1999)

Today, 27 March, is World Theatre Day

1/7

https://asls.org.uk/scottish-drama-an-overview/

#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #theatrehistory

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154d

‘When the knife came up through the pool table, audiences gasped’

Within six months of its launch in 2006, the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) produced a globe-conquering hit. Inspired by tragic events at Camp Dogwood in Iraq, Black Watch was a humane portrayal of young squaddies on the frontline.

In this article, the makers of the devastating drama recall how it grew and grew.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/08/iraq-war-black-watch-national-theatre-of-scotland-fife-pub

#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #Iraq #IraqWar #BlackWatch

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140d

Become a patron of my weird and sometimes downright filthy work for a mere $5 today, and you support these three(& more) projects +you get to follow ALL of it start to finish + downloading my #comics once complete! Quite a deal. More patrons & I can go even further & offer MORE!
https://www.patreon.com/jlroberson
#comics #theatre

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123d

The Long Drop
5–20 June, Citizens Theatre Glasgow

Equal parts psychological thriller & pitch-black comedy… a darkly stylish descent into the heart of a city – & the haunted minds of the men who shape it.

Adapted by Linda McLean from the novel by Denise Mina

https://citz.co.uk/whats-on/the-long-drop/

#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #DeniseMina #crimefiction #thriller #Glasgow

A horizontal image, split into two square sections. The left section shows a puddle on a dark, wet, cracked piece of tarmac. In the puddle we can see a range of reflected neon signs, and the silhouette of a man, upside-down. The right section is yellow with black text, reading

The Long Drop
Citizens Theatre – Main Theatre
06–20 Jun 2026

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81d

Cultural Round-up - 21 June ‘26 - Zuhur News #335 on: #Iran #Turkey #Lebanon-#Palestine #Syria #ArabicMusic #FathersDay #Fashion #PortSaid #Bedouine #Egypt #Theatre #Archaeology #TV #Morocco #Spain #Amazigh
#Marrakesh #Alexandria #Sudan
Don’t forget to hit the Join button. #press

https://www.patreon.com/posts/161712380?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

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110d

FULL ACCESS and FREE DOWNLOADS OF MY BOOKS for only $5! A bag of chips costs more. My comics, I admit, are not low in salt, but still...
Also! Snazzy new landing page graphic!

LINK: https://www.patreon.com/jlroberson

#comics #art #satire #cartoon #theatre

Bottomless Studio: Questionable Comics & Art by John L. Roberson since 1997.
Then, the main characters from my three ongoing comics:
Vladrushka (available only at Google Play, or free for my patrons)
Suzy Spreadwell (available at Amazon and Google play, & also free to my patrons)
Frank Wedekind's LULU a staging on paper( available at Amazon in print & Kindle, & Google play, and digital version free to patrons)

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98d

CFP: NTS at 20 – Culture, Democracy, & the Stateless Nation: an Unconference
23 Oct 2026, Edinburgh

This one-day Unconference invites participants from across academia, theatre, literature, politics, activism, & cultural & community organisations to explore the role of theatre, literature, & cultural institutions in shaping democratic life in Scotland as a stateless nation

https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-participants-nts-20-culture-democracy-and-stateless-nation-unconference

#Scottish #Scotland #literature #theatre #culture #culturalstudies #theatrestudies

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59d

Actor Sam Neill dead at 78 https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/celebrity/actor-sam-neill-dead-at-78
The Kiwi star died on Monday in Sydney, Australia, his family says. #film #theatre

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92d

FULL ACCESS and FREE DOWNLOADS OF MY BOOKS for only $5! A bag of chips costs more. My comics, I admit, are not low in salt, but still...
Also! Snazzy new landing page graphic!

LINK: https://www.patreon.com/jlroberson

#comics #art #satire #cartoon #theatre

Bottomless Studio: Questionable Comics & Art by John L. Roberson since 1997.
Then, the main characters from my three ongoing comics:
Vladrushka (available only at Google Play, or free for my patrons)
Suzy Spreadwell (available at Amazon and Google play, & also free to my patrons)
Frank Wedekind's LULU a staging on paper( available at Amazon in print & Kindle, & Google play, and digital version free to patrons)

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More #theatre in today's #blog A #review of I, Daniel Blake. A faithful stage adaptation of the 2016 movie, it packs the same force, while at the same time asking why its argument still needs to be made, ten years later.

300,000 people were killed by austerity. Nobody was brought to justice. I, Daniel Blake commands us not to forget, not to forgive, and to fight until justice is done.

https://write.as/the-casual-critic/i-daniel-blake-death-of-an-everyman

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32d

Theatre Royal Dumfries

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/theatre-royal-dumfries-justin-farrimond.html

The Theatre Royal in Dumfries, the oldest working theatre in Scotland, opened on September 29th 1792.

#PhotoOfTheDay #FilmPhotography #Theatre #Photography #Art #Print #Travel #Architecture #Scotland #FilmIsNotDead #Heritage

Colour film photograph of the Theatre Royal in Dumfries, Scotland. An employee can be seen outside changing a playbill.

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56d

Come to Where I Am
11 Aug, Edinburgh. £15 / pay what you can

A special one-off new writing showcase presented by Paines Plough in association with Playwrights’ Studio Scotland

Three Scottish playwrights – Uma Nada-Rajah, Hannah Lavery, & Linda McLean – present monologues about the places & people that shape them

https://bookings.shedinburgh.com/event/9854:106/9854:143/

#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #playwright

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44d

Widening the Horizon – Scotland’s translators for the stage
27 August, Summerhall, Edinburgh. £2.50–£5

A panel event celebrating Scotland’s translators of international plays for UK stages. Chaired by Joyce McMillan, & featuring writer-translators Jo Clifford, Liz Lochhead, Alan McKendrick, Katherine Mendelsohn & Mariem Omari, the event will explore the importance of this vibrant aspect of Scottish theatre.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/widening-the-horizon-scotlands-translators-for-the-stage-tickets-1994150609153

#Scottish #literature #theatre #drama #translation

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