Siân MacGregor
@sianmacgregor.bsky.social
@sian_macgregor elsewhere
Researching young audiences; professional theatre and dance
Researching young audiences; professional theatre and dance
Excited to get stuck in to this collection edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social 👋 and Jo Shaw. Thanks @edinburghup.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Excited to get stuck in to this collection edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social 👋 and Jo Shaw. Thanks @edinburghup.bsky.social
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Giveaway! 🎉
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Women Who Dared
Women Who Dared
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October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Giveaway! 🎉
We're offering four copies of our new book, Women Who Dared, which spotlights powerful and defiant women who made their mark.
Want to win a copy?
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1. Like this post ❤️
2. Repost 🔄
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🔗 Browse Women Who Dared:
We're offering four copies of our new book, Women Who Dared, which spotlights powerful and defiant women who made their mark.
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A lovely couple of hours spent at the Muzeum Kinematografi, Lodz
October 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A lovely couple of hours spent at the Muzeum Kinematografi, Lodz
And it's officially out now! journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/...
Vol. 36 No. 1 (2025): Family
| FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts
journals.ed.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And it's officially out now! journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/...
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"Deeply grounded in scholarship yet accessible to a broad readership."
Kate Craddock & Helen Freshwater's 'Theatre and its Audiences' reviewed in Critical Stages/Scènes critiques 👇
https://www.critical-stages.org/31/theatre-and-its-audiences-reimagining-the-relationship-in-times-of-crisis/
Kate Craddock & Helen Freshwater's 'Theatre and its Audiences' reviewed in Critical Stages/Scènes critiques 👇
https://www.critical-stages.org/31/theatre-and-its-audiences-reimagining-the-relationship-in-times-of-crisis/
Theatre and its Audiences: Reimagining the Relationship in Times of Crisis
By Kate Craddock and Helen FreshwaterMethuen, 256 pp. Reviewed by Katayoun Salmasi* When the COVID-19 pandemic hit — an art form rooted in shared presence, physical space, and communal ritual…
www.critical-stages.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Deeply grounded in scholarship yet accessible to a broad readership."
Kate Craddock & Helen Freshwater's 'Theatre and its Audiences' reviewed in Critical Stages/Scènes critiques 👇
https://www.critical-stages.org/31/theatre-and-its-audiences-reimagining-the-relationship-in-times-of-crisis/
Kate Craddock & Helen Freshwater's 'Theatre and its Audiences' reviewed in Critical Stages/Scènes critiques 👇
https://www.critical-stages.org/31/theatre-and-its-audiences-reimagining-the-relationship-in-times-of-crisis/
Delighted to be involved in this new edition of FORUM themed on families
journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/...
journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/...
Vol. 36 No. 1 (2025): Family
| FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts
journals.ed.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Delighted to be involved in this new edition of FORUM themed on families
journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/...
journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/...
Pleased to have presented last month at @tapra.bsky.social conference in @warwickuni.bsky.social, based on work for my @sgsah.bsky.social funded PhD with @edchildrensfest.bsky.social
Thanks to @loridelrob.bsky.social for the pic!
Thanks to @loridelrob.bsky.social for the pic!
September 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Pleased to have presented last month at @tapra.bsky.social conference in @warwickuni.bsky.social, based on work for my @sgsah.bsky.social funded PhD with @edchildrensfest.bsky.social
Thanks to @loridelrob.bsky.social for the pic!
Thanks to @loridelrob.bsky.social for the pic!
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Find out What ever happened to Harmony Banks - Dance Base, Fringe 25, limited run: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Wheelchair Access, Wheelchair Accessible Toilets, Audio Enhancement System, Captioning
www.edfringe.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Find out What ever happened to Harmony Banks - Dance Base, Fringe 25, limited run: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Scottish Neurodiverse Performance Network is a new emerging neurodivergent-led organisation forging space, solidarity, and visibility for neurodivergent creatives working with/in performance across Scotland buff.ly/UHU2wAY
June 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Scottish Neurodiverse Performance Network is a new emerging neurodivergent-led organisation forging space, solidarity, and visibility for neurodivergent creatives working with/in performance across Scotland buff.ly/UHU2wAY
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Theatre in Schools Scotland (TiSS) is looking for touring productions for the school year September 2026–March 2027 buff.ly/2jMydcN (deadline - 20 June 2025)
June 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Theatre in Schools Scotland (TiSS) is looking for touring productions for the school year September 2026–March 2027 buff.ly/2jMydcN (deadline - 20 June 2025)
Great show!
Don’t miss our upcoming performances of Wee Man.
📍 @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social - tomorrow at 7pm
📍 Johnstone Town Hall, Paisley - 13th June, 7pm
📸 Andrew Perry
#WeeMan #theatre #dance #dancetheatre #masculinity #cumbernauld #scotland
📍 @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social - tomorrow at 7pm
📍 Johnstone Town Hall, Paisley - 13th June, 7pm
📸 Andrew Perry
#WeeMan #theatre #dance #dancetheatre #masculinity #cumbernauld #scotland
May 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Great show!
Such a positive and informative session in Edinburgh on authenticity in making work for children this afternoon @edchildrensfest.bsky.social with these wonderful people, sharing practice and joy. Grateful for the support of @sgsah.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Such a positive and informative session in Edinburgh on authenticity in making work for children this afternoon @edchildrensfest.bsky.social with these wonderful people, sharing practice and joy. Grateful for the support of @sgsah.bsky.social
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2026-2027 will mark the 10th birthday of Theatre in Schools Scotland, and we are on the lookout for productions to be part of this exciting anniversary.
If you are an artist or company based in Scotland apply now.
www.theatreinschoolsscotland.co.uk/opportunities.html
Deadline: Fri 20 Jun 2025
If you are an artist or company based in Scotland apply now.
www.theatreinschoolsscotland.co.uk/opportunities.html
Deadline: Fri 20 Jun 2025
May 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
2026-2027 will mark the 10th birthday of Theatre in Schools Scotland, and we are on the lookout for productions to be part of this exciting anniversary.
If you are an artist or company based in Scotland apply now.
www.theatreinschoolsscotland.co.uk/opportunities.html
Deadline: Fri 20 Jun 2025
If you are an artist or company based in Scotland apply now.
www.theatreinschoolsscotland.co.uk/opportunities.html
Deadline: Fri 20 Jun 2025
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What a day we had yesterday to kick off the Edinburgh International Children's Festival 2025! Thank you to everyone who came along and to the National Museum of Scotland for hosting! Roll on the rest of the festival!
Thanks Cirrus Logic and The Walter Scott Giving Group.
📷 Brian Hartley
Thanks Cirrus Logic and The Walter Scott Giving Group.
📷 Brian Hartley
May 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What a day we had yesterday to kick off the Edinburgh International Children's Festival 2025! Thank you to everyone who came along and to the National Museum of Scotland for hosting! Roll on the rest of the festival!
Thanks Cirrus Logic and The Walter Scott Giving Group.
📷 Brian Hartley
Thanks Cirrus Logic and The Walter Scott Giving Group.
📷 Brian Hartley
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Join us tomorrow (Sat 24th May) for a full day of free pop-up performances in the beautiful setting of the #NationalMuseumsScotland from 10am – 5pm to kick of #EdChildrensFest2025.
Drop in throughout the day, we can’t wait!
Drop in throughout the day, we can’t wait!
May 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Join us tomorrow (Sat 24th May) for a full day of free pop-up performances in the beautiful setting of the #NationalMuseumsScotland from 10am – 5pm to kick of #EdChildrensFest2025.
Drop in throughout the day, we can’t wait!
Drop in throughout the day, we can’t wait!
A great day thinking through play and imagination - well done to the PGRs who organised this inspiring arts and humanities conference @stir.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A great day thinking through play and imagination - well done to the PGRs who organised this inspiring arts and humanities conference @stir.ac.uk
Looks brilliant!
ytas.org.uk/events/mclas...
ytas.org.uk/events/mclas...
M*****Classes: Lighting Design 25 - YTAS
M*****classes is a free training programme that aims to address the lack of gender diversity in design/production roles. These series of workshops focuses on
ytas.org.uk
May 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Looks brilliant!
ytas.org.uk/events/mclas...
ytas.org.uk/events/mclas...
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"A celebration of joy" - Noel Jordan on his final programme as director of the Edinburgh International Children's Festival, which opens this weekend; a week of thrilling Scottish & international theatre made for children and young people, at venues across Edinburgh. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Edinburgh International Children's Festival: 'a celebration of joy'
After years of curtailed ambition, the Children’s Festival looks set to return to its former glory, says Joyce McMillan
www.scotsman.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"A celebration of joy" - Noel Jordan on his final programme as director of the Edinburgh International Children's Festival, which opens this weekend; a week of thrilling Scottish & international theatre made for children and young people, at venues across Edinburgh. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
AI "art" (content): "a simulacrum that may deceive the eye but not the soul" - this 👇
The trouble with AI art isn’t just lack of originality. It’s something far bigger | Eric Reinhart
The trouble with AI art isn’t just lack of originality. It’s something far bigger | Eric Reinhart
When artwork is invented by a machine, it loses its most important power: to help people connect. In an already lonely era, that is particularly dangerous
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
AI "art" (content): "a simulacrum that may deceive the eye but not the soul" - this 👇
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Barrowland Ballet attended the launch of the @dancebase.bsky.social programme today 🥳 you can catch Wee Man as part of Dance Base Festival 2025 in partnership with Assembly Festival this Summer!
🎟️ assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/111...
#WeeMan #dance #theatre #edfringe
🎟️ assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/111...
#WeeMan #dance #theatre #edfringe
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Barrowland Ballet attended the launch of the @dancebase.bsky.social programme today 🥳 you can catch Wee Man as part of Dance Base Festival 2025 in partnership with Assembly Festival this Summer!
🎟️ assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/111...
#WeeMan #dance #theatre #edfringe
🎟️ assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/111...
#WeeMan #dance #theatre #edfringe
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📢 Are you a student with an interest in the history of Scottish women's sport?
Apply for a new PhD studentship exploring Women, Sport and the Visual in Scottish Sport History.
More info in the thread below 👇🏻🧵
Apply for a new PhD studentship exploring Women, Sport and the Visual in Scottish Sport History.
More info in the thread below 👇🏻🧵
May 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
📢 Are you a student with an interest in the history of Scottish women's sport?
Apply for a new PhD studentship exploring Women, Sport and the Visual in Scottish Sport History.
More info in the thread below 👇🏻🧵
Apply for a new PhD studentship exploring Women, Sport and the Visual in Scottish Sport History.
More info in the thread below 👇🏻🧵
Brilliant brilliant news 👇
Your #UKARIAS winners for Best Drama or Fiction Award supported by Audible:
🥇 One Hundred and Fifty Days – BBC Audio Scotland for BBC Radio 4
🥈 1984 – Granny Eats Wolf for Audible
🥉 Life & Time – BBC Radio 4
🥇 One Hundred and Fifty Days – BBC Audio Scotland for BBC Radio 4
🥈 1984 – Granny Eats Wolf for Audible
🥉 Life & Time – BBC Radio 4
May 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Brilliant brilliant news 👇
Great training day yesterday at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social exploring postdisciplinarity and zines - drawing out the creative elements of PhD research! Thanks @sgsss.bsky.social and @sgsah.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Great training day yesterday at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social exploring postdisciplinarity and zines - drawing out the creative elements of PhD research! Thanks @sgsss.bsky.social and @sgsah.bsky.social