Arts Guild Greenock

Made in Scotland is a curated showcase of some of the most exciting dance and theatre productions from Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It was set-up to raise the international profile of Scottish dance and theatre, and is a joint initiative between the Festival Fringe Society, the Federation of Scottish Theatre and Creative Scotland - supported by the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund.

The Made in Scotland 2012 programme was announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs on the 16 May 2012.

The showcase includes 12 productions which represents not only a shortlist of Edinburgh Festival Fringe highlights but also some of the finest work being produced in Scotland today. You can read all about the 12 selected shows on the Made in Scotland website.

The programme was selected by a distinguished panel of programmers, cultural managers and commentators:

• Chair: Kath M Mainland  – Chief Executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
• Anthony Baker - Artistic Director, Dance City, Newcastle
• Mary Brennan - Dance and performance critic, The Herald
• Anita Clark - Portfolio Manager Festivals, Touring and Dance, Creative Scotland
• Julie Ellen - Artistic Director, Beacon Arts Centre
• Susan Feldman - Artistic Director, St Anne’s Warehouse, New York
• Andrew Jones - Senior Advisor of Drama and Dance, British Council
• Jon Morgan - Director, Federation of Scottish Theatre

With additional advice from William Galinsky Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

For the latest news and reviews please connect with Made in Scotland 2012 here on Twitter andFacebook.

Information on applying to be part of the Made in Scotland 2013 programme will be available in August.

International Touring

A key aim of the initiative is to maximise the benefit for Scottish artists on the international platform that is the Fringe. As part of this, funding is allocated to support Scottish dance and theatre companies to take up international touring opportunities arising from performances at the Fringe. To date, Made in Scotland has supported companies to present their work in Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand. (http://www.creativescotland.com/investment/madeinscotland2012)

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We are delighted to announce that The Beacon will benefit from Creative Scotland’s First in a Lifetime funding Programme.

“Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, was in Glasgow to announce that the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland have boosted their support for the Year of Creative Scotland by nearly £2.2m, with total investment now hitting nearly £8m.

The additional funding comes in response to overwhelming interest in Creative Scotland’s Year of Creative Scotland funding programmes.

It means an extra twenty four projects will receive support through the expansion of Creative Scotland’s First in a Lifetime funding programme.

Ms Hyslop was at Elder Park to meet children from Riverside Primary School and representatives of the Friends of George Wyllie, who have received First in a Lifetime investment to work with communities in Glasgow and Inverclyde on initiatives including the Big Little Paper Boats schools project, where schoolchildren will create an Origami Line of paper boats to be exhibited at the George Wyllie Retrospective exhibition in November.

With projects stretching the length and breadth of the country, from the Isle of Barra to the Gorbals, the First in a Lifetime programme sees the Year of Creative Scotland 2012 reach into care homes, family centres, sporting venues, schools and streets.

The Beacon will work with communities in Port Glasgow, East Greenock and Larkfield/Braeside to develop inspiring, inclusive, quality artistic residency engagement programme led by professional artists of international standing, resulting in artistic performances.” Creative Scotland 08/05/2012

For further information and and a full list of the projects involved in the First in a Lifetime programme please follow this link: http://www.creativescotland.com/news/first-in-a-lifetime-creative-experiences-for-scotland-08052012

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Please note that we have had a slight technical hitch with our online festival entry form and didn’t receive all online submissions, if you haven’t heard back for our staff at the Arts Guild Theatre please resubmit your festival entry at www.festivaloftheguild.co.uk or email us directly at festival@artsguildtheatre.co.uk

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. There is still a little time for those of you who want to join in on the festival but haven’t submitted ideas as yet, please get in touch with us today or tomorrow if you wish to play a part in our final farewell to the Arts Guild Theatre.

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Total Kayos youth theatre group are staging a production of “Seussical” next week (Wed 9^th, Thur 10^th and Fri 11th May) in Greenock’s Arts Guild Theatre. It’s a fantastic show, perfect for families, with stunning musical numbers and all the favourite Dr Seuss characters like The Grinch, Horton the Elephant from Horton Hears a Who? and of course, the Cat in the Hat!

Now, with one week to go till curtain up – a local businessman, Tom McDonald has made them an offer they can’t refuse. He found out about the show and the wider work that the kids were doing in the community and decided to buy some tickets for the show… £500 worth of tickets.

Tom is the Managing Director of Affordable Luxuries, a family run kitchen design and installation business, based in Greenock. Tom was very keen to support the group because, as a local employer, he knows the importance of developing strong literacy skills within the community, and thought that the young people had shown a lot of initiative in what they’ve done this year.

His generous donation will provide a number of tickets for the show on Thursday 10th May.

In order to be able to get a ticket (or tickets for your family) all people in Inverclyde need to do is to join their local library before next Thursday. All that’s needed is some ID of name and address, and that will let people join as either individuals, or as families.

For people who are already library members – give yourselves a treat – return to childhood favourites or bring along your own children to a colourful, musical evening they’ll never forget!

Tickets are available at the Arts Guild Box Office £10 Adults, £8 Concessions.

http://www.affordableluxuries.co.uk/

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