Jane Bradley

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

The new play comes 30 years after the cult TV comedy series was originally airedIt was a hit Scottish series which ran for just six episodes and a pilot, gaining cult status before being axed due to one of its stars’ burgeoning Hollywood career. Now Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson are to reprise their original High Life roles in an “unashamedly Scottish” stage musical version of the cult 1990s TV series.

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

A Shetland-born judge of the prestigious Turner Prize is to head up a major Scottish art festival. Helen Nisbet has been announced as the new director of Glasgow International - Scotland's biennial festival of contemporary art. Ms Nisbet, who judged the Turner Prize in 2023, will take up the role this summer, ahead of the 11th edition of the festival, which starts on in June next year. Previous director Richard Birkett stepped down in February.

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

The Ancient Egypt exhibition had a six month sell-out run in Cairo,He is arguably Ancient Egypt’s best-known pharaoh, whose tomb was uncovered almost intact 100 years ago by British archaeologist Howard Carter. Now a sell-out “immersive” exhibition featuring a hologram room that will demonstrate the full mummification process of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is to come to Scotland.

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

Miriam Margolyes is to perform at the FringeActress Miriam Margolyes has insisted she will perform in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year - and has hit back at “absurd” claims she is suffering from serious health problems. A national newspaper on Tuesday published an interview with Ms Margolyes, in which she talked about her declining health and warned she may not be able to perform at the next Fringe festival.

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Jane Bradley

Miriam Margolyes has planned a Charles Dickens themed show for this summer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Actress Miriam Margolyes has hinted that she may not be able to appear at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe as billed, warning she hasn’t “got long to live”. The 84-year-old, who is due to reprise her Charles Dickens-themed show at the Pleasance this August, said it was “unlikely” she would perform at the Fringe again - despite her 2025 show being announced earlier this year.