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1936. In villages, towns and cities across Scotland, 549 lives are gradually intertwining. People of contrasting backgrounds, ideologies and religions. Spurred on by their burning passion for equality and freedom, they will form the Scottish ranks of the Spanish Civil War’s legendary International Brigade.

Based on a true story, 549 follows four miners from the streets of Prestonpans to the valleys of Spain. They gave up everything they knew: for a land they did not know; for a people they had never met; and for a cause they believed was right.

549, a play with songs and storytelling, is a timely insight into one of Scotland’s almost forgotten conflicts.

549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War is currently available for touring in summer 2019, for more information please get in touch via the contact page.

Image: Jassy Earl; Prestonpans Town Hall, February 2018

Glasgow International is Scotland’s largest festival for contemporary art, taking place over three weeks every two years across the city of Glasgow. Renowned as a centre for contemporary art, the festival draws on the city’s strengths as a vibrant and distinctive centre of artistic production and display. Combining the characteristics of a visual arts biennial with an open submission model for artists and curators based in the city, GI is a truly unique event in the European cultural calendar.

GI 2018 presented work by 268 artists in over 80 exhibitions in 78 venues across 18 days in late April-early May 2018. The festival included an additional 80+ events, welcoming over 240,000 visitors.

Image: Mick Peter and the Young Regenerators, The Regenerators, Dalmarnock Gas Purifier Shed, 2018. Photography by Erika Stevenson, erikascamera.co.uk

If you have moved away from where you were born and raised, where is home? Surely it’s not back where you came from because something made you want to get away, but is it where you lay your hat tonight? Where the heart is? Or is it both those things and neither? Have you lost something forever by leaving and what have you gained then?  

They keep telling us to go home. But this is home. 
Brexit, from the viewpoint of the people it affects most. 

Image: Work-in-progress performance of (Can This Be) Home at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, November 2016. Photography by Mihaela Bodlovic ​

CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgow’s hub for the arts. Their year-round programme includes cutting-edge exhibitions, film, music, literature, spoken word, festivals, Gaelic and performance. At the heart of all activities is the desire to work with artists, commission new projects and present them to the widest possible audience.

At CCA I was the Communications Officer from March 2016 to December 2018. I provided digital communications support to all events taking place in CCA (over 1000 events each year); supported emerging visual artists presenting work in CCA’s Intermedia Gallery; assisted in the development and implementation of CCA’s Accessibility, EDI and Audience Development plans; managed CCA’s social media advertising budget; and developed and implemented CCA’s digital communications strategy.

Image: Rob Churm, Parasite Rex, Centre for Contemporary Arts, 26 May - 7 July 2017.

You watch porn. Right? You don' t have to tell us. That's not what this is about.

In 2018, pornography is all around us and the amount we watch it is growing at an exponential rate: in the UK alone, 10 million porn videos are consumed every day.

As society's access of pornography increases, so can our unwillingness to talk about it. The Coolidge Effect seeks to break this taboo.

Devised from interviews with porn advocates, addicts, mental health experts and scientists, these unique stories and viewpoints are told through four intertwining narratives: George, a Gameboy wielding teenager; Gary, a father lost in the depths of his own addiction; Gail, a pioneering porn producer and Retrospect, an ex-porn addict who wants you to understand.

The Coolidge Effect uses an interactive blend of storytelling, poetry and science to examine how pornography affects our mental health, relationships and sexual experiences. It most recently featured as part of Incoming Festival at the New Diorama, London and HOME, Manchester, following a Scottish tour in Autumn 2017.

Puppet Animation Scotland strives to progress and innovate visual theatre, puppetry and animation through supporting practitioners and engaging with audiences and collaborators.

Whether programming the largest children’s theatre event in the UK or supporting new and developed practitioners through funding opportunities, they aim to encourage people from all backgrounds to engage with the outstanding work and possibilities of animation, puppetry and visual theatre.

Image: Ludens Ensemble, Macbeth without words, Manipulate Festival at the Traverse Theatre, February 2016. Photography by Chrysa Karagianni

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Glasgow Film Festival is one of the leading UK film festivals. The audience is central to their programming and their ethos – they aim to enable audiences to experience the best international cinema. The GFF programme regularly features: new local and international film from all genres; mainstream crowd-pleasers to groundbreaking art-house experimentation; the return of well-loved classics alongside rare cult gems; with filmmaker guest appearances, interactive workshops and discussion panels to complete the mix.