NEXT week sees the 13th annual Culture Day at the University of Dundee.
Taking place on November 8, it will be staged at the Dalhousie Building.
This year the University’ annual Culture Day takes Growth as its theme, reflecting several important anniversaries – the centenary of D’Arcy Thompson’s On Growth and Form; the 350th anniversary of Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels and the University’s own growth as it celebrates its 50th anniversary as an independent institution.
www.dundee.ac.uk
Scottish Ballet returns this Christmas and New Year with The Nutcracker.
Opening in Edinburgh, The Nutcracker will tour Scotland and the UK visiting Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and Newcastle.
Devised by Scottish Ballet’s founder, Peter Darrell, and revived to widespread acclaim in 2014, The Nutcracker is known for its sumptuous costumes and "chocolate box" set.
Tchaikovsky’s score will be performed live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra.
Darrell’s production of The Nutcracker is unique in that the main character, Clara, is danced by a young girl performing alongside the Company’s 40 professional dancers.
The cast will also include talented young dancers from Scottish Ballet’s Associates programme (for performances in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle) and Danscentre, Aberdeen (for performances in Aberdeen and Inverness).
Darrell’s The Nutcracker follows the magical story of a little girl, Clara, who on Christmas Eve is given an enchanted nutcracker doll. As she drifts off to sleep, we follow her into dreamland where the nutcracker doll transforms into a Prince and comes to life.
It opens at the Festival Theatre on December 9, moves to Theatre Royal, Glasgow, on January 4, Aberdeen's His Majesty's from January 17, and Inverness's Eden Court from January 24.
www.scottishballet.co.uk/event/the-nutcracker
FREE sessions on how to get a career behind the scenes in film and TV drama will visit venues across Scotland, from Inverness to Edinburgh, from November 8 to December 2.
The Hit The Ground Running Roadshow is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds
The 90 minute sessions are free to attend.
The HTGR Roadshows are led by freelance production practitioner and trainer Linda Fraser, who has 20 years’ experience working on projects for BBC, STV and more.
They are co-led by Alison Goring, an experienced Assistant Director and now a Training Manager at BECTU, the UK’s media and entertainment trade union.
The tour opens at Eden Court Inverness on November 8 as part of the Inverness Film Festival, before visiting Belmont Filmhouse Aberdeen, DCA Dundee, Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, the Robert Burns Centre in Dumfries and BBC Scotland in Glasgow.
Places at the Roadshows are free of charge and open to anyone with an interest in a career in the media.
www.hit-the-ground-running.co.uk/roadshow.
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