posted 23/09 by josiah.lockhart
As we have seen in the news over the past few months knife crime is alive and well in the UK, but what are people doing about? A small theatre group from Glasgow has put out its protest in the form of theatre. With Fleeto we find a play based upon the Illiad and written in an estate like dialect of Scots. This comes highly recommended by the Scotsman, the Guardian, the Herald, the List, and many an art group in the Highlands, it also incorporates local children’s theatre groups. I reccomend this to everyone despite the fact I will be away. Also, due to a large amount of ’strong language’ it is 14+
£7/£5, 8-9 October @ St. Brides Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, EH11 2DZ (0131 3461405)
Reviews: Guardian, Scotsman, List, Herald
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tags crime,drama,fleeto,knife,scotland,theatre,violnce
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posted 05/09 by josiah.lockhart
Last month Amnesty International UK published the first ever report on people trafficking in Scotland, it shows the complexities and problems with current legislation, as well as the lack of anything going on really across the major cities (other than TARA in Glasgow). Very informative, and shows our countries continuing slave trade from Eastern Europe and West Africa. Get a copy of the report here.
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tags africa,europe,people traffickig,scotland,slaves,trafiking,women
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posted 04/09 by josiah.lockhart
Being immersed in Dalry most days I constantly hear both support and angst for the Scottish Government. One big issue is the recent pulling of government funding from nearly all traditional arts groups in favour of higher profile, commercial, and income generating groups as they prepare of 2009’s Homecoming (their tourism campaign). Today a few of us went to check out the campaign and protest at the parliament for grassroots ‘indigenous’ arts groups. The campaign may interest you.
Check out the petition here.
There are also articles in most of the major (and some minor) papers in Scotland about the protest/developments on these local and community arts cuts.
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tags arts,community,grassroots,indigenous,protest,scotland,scottish government,SNP
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