Donald Stewart

 ED Robson was recently appointed artistic director/ CEO of the Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling...

‘THE work tells the story of a specific year that actually happened and what happened, and it effectively takes from a birth to a first birthday party,” says Natasha Gilmore, founder and artistic director of Barrowland Ballet...

LUMINATE began in 2012 with a festival. It no longer runs one but remains a co-ordinating force dealing with and promoting artists who are nearer to my own age than I would ever like to admit.

"I AM hoping the whole event will give a boost to the general feeling in the area – a lively cultural scene is something which is really good for people in a lot of different ways.”

‘THE whole festival is a sort of love letter to the artists that are working in Scotland right now,” says LJ Findlay-Walsh, artistic director of Take Me Somewhere.

I, DANIEL Blake was filmed in 2015. Ken Loach and Paul Laverty created a parable of our times – but they are not a-changing.

‘WE never really find out what the festival will be until it has happened, because we have very little creative control over a lot of it, particularly in relation to the theme. You find out what your theme means when everybody responds to it.”

Writer and producer Martin Travers on his latest play and why the kids are the future for the leid. By Donald Stewart

‘ALL you need to be is over 50 and up for trying something.” It’s An invitation those of us of a “certain age” may feel is daunting but all you need is to have the flame lit.

THEATRE-MAKER Gary McNair has been set a daunting task – collecting the stories of people who have been touched by Billy Connolly. It’s one that he relishes.