Siân MacGregor

I could not eat that little chicken!

Calling all educators!
‘A Kinaesthetic Approach to Learning Creatively’

Please join us online Thursday at 4pm GMT
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United Kingdom to join the Creative Europe programme from 2027 - Online petition This is a Europe-wide petition calling on the UK Government to formally declare the United Kingdom's interest in fully participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme (https://culture.ec.europa.eu...

Petition "United Kingdom to join the Creative Europe programme from 2027" is live! ✍️ Please view: openpetition.org/uk/ukjoince

Is Glasgow losing the spaces that made it an arts powerhouse? The closing of a cluster of leading creative venues has led to dismay and intensified fears the hubs that fostered Glasgow’s celebrated arts scene are disappearing

Arts activity and provision seems to diminish year on year - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Lovely lovely original illustration work! shop.thethreepointedstar.co.uk

Tomorrow!!

Lovely lovely original illustration work! shop.thethreepointedstar.co.uk

BAFTA Fallout I want to start this post with a significant caveat – attempting to talk about complex, emotive and highly charged issues within the constraints of the frenzied news cycle is difficult and unpredictab...

Read my post on the fall out of last nights BAFTA's here. This is an opportunity to increase understanding of oppositional tics and acknowledge the complex realities and impacts of the condition: www.touretteshero.com/safe/2026/02...

Exterior view of the front of Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Wales, showing imposing flat roof and warm white lights inside the large windows

Travelled all the way from the middle of Scotland to see @welshnattheatre.bsky.social doing Our Town at Theatr Clwyd - a solid, inventive, engaging and warm production - well worth the mileage

Large banner on concrete balcony outside, with yellow external staircase to the left - banner brightly coloured with Imagine festival written in the middle

Continuing my @sgsah.bsky.social knowledge exchange internship at the Imagine Festival in London, with Guesthouse Projects

Please spread the word -

Don't miss Burnout: A Verbatim Play this weekend!

This new production from Framework Theatre brings the spotlight to experiences that often go unspoken, and explores the impact of burnout using real stories from 27 people.

TICKETS (6 & 7 Feb) ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/burnout-a-verbatim-play/

Katherine Rundell is so smart and excellent

Blog: Why grown-ups should watch children’s theatre… — Imaginate News, vacancies and blogs by staff and artists connected with Imaginate and the Edinburgh International children's Festival

New MiniBlog, with thanks to Katherine Rundell: Why grown-ups should watch children’s theatre… www.imaginate.org.uk/news/blog-wh... via @edchildrensfest.bsky.social

The final 6 days of this!! Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pianodrome...

Brilliance, and organisational glue... talented, wonderful glue of course

Are you 16–24, based in Scotland and interested in theatre, storytelling or making change in your community? Wonder Fools @wonderfools.org would love to hear from you for their Youth Board buff.ly/wjoSMvP (deadline - 16 Jan 2026)

✨ Share your Starcatchers story!

As we celebrate 20 years, we’d love to hear your memories — from productions and community projects to Creative Skills sessions. Big or small, your story matters 🫶

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Gorgeous wee museum in lovely setting - Kinneil Museum is about to close (31.03.26) as part of Falkirk Council disposing of assets that don't generate financial income. But what about the enrichment of people's access to culture, history, education, connections - even the only toilet in the estate!

Take Four Books - Katherine Rundell - BBC Sounds Author Katherine Rundell discusses her new children's book and its three influences.

Also: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is the truth!!

Indeed! See crowdfunder 🤞

Inside the Pianodrome Edinburgh, showing open grand piano and double bass on a wheeled golf caddy on wooden floorboards, surrounded by steps and seating made from old pianos

Pianodrome at St Oswald's, showing the former church organ and 'backstage' with pieces of piano stacked ready for use

Love the Pianodrome! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/dyR5q84...

Scots pine trees laden with snow against a blue sky

Snow covered foreground with bare branches and hillock, blue wintery sky

Back from the winter wonderland (Ross-shire)

Sounds like a great way to start a good year

There is an exodus of freelance theatre professionals – particularly in areas like stage management and wardrobe. To address this, Actors’ Trust has expanded its support services, as CEO Alison Wyman explains: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork

Sian smiling and wearing a beige jumper and glasses holding up a copy of Women Who Dared in paperback

Excited to get stuck in to this collection edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social 👋 and Jo Shaw. Thanks @edinburghup.bsky.social

Women Who Dared Women Who Dared

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A lovely couple of hours spent at the Muzeum Kinematografi, Lodz

And it's officially out now! journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/...