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Positive Stories for Negative Times project sees young performers take to the stage via Zoom


Positive Stories for Negative Times project sees young performers take to the stage via Zoom
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A group from Horsecross Arts Learning and Engagement team rehearsing Hold Out Your Hand by Chris Thorpe
When the pandemic hit, theatre groups across Scotland were left without live performances, spaces to rehearse and, perhaps most importantly, face-to-face contact with their fellow performers.
With lockdown restrictions and grim news headlines not exactly lightening the mood, it looked like many young talents would have to give up the thing they loved indefinitely, possibly for good.
Fortunately, the appropriately named Positive Stories for Negative Times project was formed to provide a lifeline. ....

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Sabrina Mahfouz: 'There are embers of hope across the creative industry'


December 15, 2020 10:00 am
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As part of Marie Claire’s #savethearts campaign, poet, writer, performer and playwright Sabrina Mahfouz – one of the nation’s most prolific creative talents – writes about how she’s coped this year, and why she’s supporting Black artists disproportionally affected
Whilst there have been huge disappointments in terms of cancelled and postponed shows and projects, I’m so grateful to have been able to use those ‘lost’ chunks of time and the frustrated creative energy to start writing my debut non-fiction book, ....

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