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10/09/2023

05/09/2023

Coming to Outwith with the family? Check out what's on for children...

Outwith is known for its live music and varied arts programme but there are also so many things for children to do. First up on Wednesday 6 September is Baby

04/09/2023

THE TAY MOSES

What can I fashion for you
but a woven creel of river-
rashes, a golden
oriole’s nest my gift
wrought from the Firth –

And choose my tide: either
the flow, when, watertight
you’ll drift to the uplands
my favourite hills, held safe
in eddies where salmon, wisdom
and guts withered in spawn,
rest between moves – that
slither of body as you were born –

or the ebb, when the water
will birl you to snag
on reeds, the river
pilot leaning over the side
‘Name o’ God!‘ and you’ll change hands:
tractor-man, grieve, farm-wife
who takes you into her
competent arms

even as I drive slamming
the car’s gears,
spitting gravel on tracks
down between berry-fields,
engine still racing, the door wide
as I run toward her, crying
LEAVE HIM! Please,
it’s okay, he’s mine.

How brilliant is this by Scot Makar Kathleen Jamie? If you want to talk to Kathleen, and to Peter Mackay, two of Scotland's very finest poets, about this and other work, there are a few tickets left for their poetry and discussion event at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries on Sunday 10 September. Or, if you prefer your poetry spoken out loud with humour and rhythm, come along to popular poet to see Kevin P Gilday's at Cafe Wynd on Wednesday 6 September where he will sharing new work and answering questions about spoken word. You can book tickets for both events at outwithfestival.co.uk.

01/09/2023

Steve's favourite sitcom is Arrested Development - what's yours? Still time to grab your ticket for his one off comedy workshop at outwithfestival.co.uk

In advance of his first Outwith Festival appearance, delivering a sitcom writing workshop at Cafe Wynd on Wednesday 6 September, we met up with TV writer Steve Lawrence . Steve has

18/08/2023

great opportunity!

Glenrothes born Cora Bissett is a talented and influential figure in the world of theatre and film. Her work as an actress, director, filmmaker and playwright has made a lasting impression on the performing arts scene, both in Scotland and beyond.

Cora will impart her knowledge and experience in this workshop, specifically focused on honing auditioning skills for actors. It is designed to provide actors with techniques, insights, and practical tips to improve their audition performances and increase their chances of success in the casting process.

There's limited spaces available for this masterclass, get your tickets while you can, available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outwith-audition-acting-masterclass-with-cora-bissett-tickets-672247188437

17/08/2023

French Canadian director Eric Gravel's feature is an-edge-of-your-seat, thriller-style account of a woman's daily commute. Every morning, Julie’s alarm clock goes off like a starting pistol. In the dark she walks her kids to the childminders, carrying her sleepy little boy. Then it’s a sprint from the suburbs into Paris where she works in a fancy hotel as head chambermaid. It’s a high-stress job. Then it’s back to the suburbs to pick up her kids in time for bed.

But this is the week when the wheels fall off. Because of a transport strike, trains leaving Paris get cancelled. Julie squeezes on to a bus that crawls out of the city. Her childminder has had enough and quits. To add to the complication, Julie has a job interview to squeeze in. Before the kids came along she worked in the corporate world; she’s got an MA in economics. But, like a lot of women, becoming a mum knocked her off the career ladder.

Calamy is utterly convincing, giving a performance that pulls us right into Julie’s inner world. A more straightforward “issues” film might have thrown in a catastrophe, a cataclysmic moment when everything goes wrong. But Gravel’s script understands that everyday life is enough.

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outwith-full-time-international-film-screening-tickets-676896384307

17/08/2023

Tickets Tickets Live music all dayer, Film, art, comedy, theatre + more https://outwithfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Outwith2-compressed.mp4 Line up Filter Outwith Festival Music All-Dayer September 9, 2023 03:00pm – 11:30pm Multiple venues Tickets: £30.00 Outwith Festival Music All-d...

15/08/2023

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Festival stars make their way to Outwith...

Some of the most hotly-anticipated and well-reviewed Edinburgh Festival acts are coming to Dunfermline for Outwith. Star of Two Doors Down Kieran Hodgson (above), brings his very funny, one-man comedy