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Spotlighting, celebrating and promoting Scotland’s cultural and creative strengths on a world stage. Our natural landscape has inspired creativity for generations, and there’s no better place to experience our incredible cultural offering this summer than outdoors. Find out all that this special year has to offer at www.visitscotland.com/creative.
OUR PERFORMANCES AREN’T ONLY PLAYED OUT IN THEATRES . . . This July, experience an enchanting programme of outdoor theatre set against Scotland’s most impressive backdrops. Culzean Castle hosts Oscar Wilde’s classic satire, The Importance of Being Earnest (4 June - 10 July), as well as Sleeping Beauty (4 June - 11 July). The Festival Players promise slick productions of both Twelfth Night, Hill of Tarvit (Cupar, 7 July) and Richard III, Newhailes House ailes House (East Lothian, 29 July) which will also stage Heartbreak Productions’ award- ward- winning adaptation of E.Nesbit’s The Railway Children (14 July). Kids will love seeing Peter Rabbit and friends at Drum Castle (6 July) as well as a rum Castle (6 July) as well as a gruesome yet outrageously funny rendition of Roald Dahl’s endition of Roald Dahl’s The Twits by Illyria at Crathes Castle. e. AND WE DON’T JUST KEEP OUR ART IN GALLERIES . . . p oductions
Enter a secretive world of sculpture gardens and hidden artworks in unexpected places. Jupiter Artland in the grounds of Bonnington House, Edinburgh is a work-in-progress where you will always discover new art; and beneath the Pentland Hills fi nd Little Sparta, a sculpture garden n created by Scottish artist and writer Ian Hamilton Finlay. Head out of the city to Cairnhead, Dumfries & Galloway where Andy Goldworthy’s red sandstone Striding Arches crown the land. Sculpture lovers will also enjoy Tyrebagger Wood, d, Aberdeenshire.
Find out more about arts & culture in Scotland at www.visitscotland.com/creative.
THE WORLD IS OUR STAGE . . . INSIDE OUT FESTIVAL 27 - 29 July, various venues es across St Andrews As a Creative Places award winner, inner St Andrews reaches for the sky this summer with an exciting event programme that knows no boundaries. Far from the limits of the theatres’ four walls, Inside Out Festival champions outdoor theatre and performance allowing the arts to reach a larger, more This year, the festival has a distinctly international diverse audience. feel with acts ‘Nocturne’, ‘Taxi’ ‘Trolleys’ and ‘Dear Lido’ swinging by before performing at the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. There is variety in abundance ranging from the 1940s Promenade of bathers to ‘Parkour’ (also known as freerunning) on top of a London taxi! And you can also get involved with opportunities in audience participation and a programme of workshops. For the full listing of events visit: insideoutfestival.com, @InsideOutStA
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SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL BOAT FESTIVAL 23 - 24 June The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy Music from local folk clubs adds to the atmosphere of this family festival where you can admire the vessels and join in traditional crafts on the Aberdeenshire coast.
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL MAGIC FESTIVAL 29 June - 6 July Various venues, Edinburgh Rediscover magic as it was meant. Be amazed by live acts from leading performers and local talent and get up close to the action. ta BIG DANCE B 30 June - 1 July 30 AA as part of the A fl ourish of free dance events as part of the London 2012 Festival will Lo transform the capital into an tra energetic and exciting hub of en activity, from yoga on Arthurs ac Seat to The Big Tea Dance Se World Record Attempt in the W Grassmarket. G Jupiter Artland
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