The Tower Digital Arts Centre in Helensburgh
In the heart of town that gave the world John Logie Baird (the inventor of TV), sits Helensburgh's new Digital Arts Centre. The Tower as it's known locally, was built in 1861 was converted a local charity in 2015 into the town's cinema, theatre, arts and digital skills & training hub. Opened by The Scottish Secretary for Culture in Oct 2015, the centre hosts a 150 seat cinema, a 500 seater theatre, a tv studio, an Apple Computer Authorised training centre, a dance studio, a digital skills training suite that supports the town youth arts programme and digital training for local business, the elderly, local schools and colleges. The Tower Digital Arts Centre is a Scottish Charity. thetoweronline.com
The Blueswater - Whisky (Live at The Tower Digital Arts Centre)
The Blueswater performing live at the Tower Digital Arts Centre in Helensburgh on April 14th, 2017.
Audio and Video by Dave Dunbar
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Background to The Straw Chair and St. Kilda
Background and history to The Straw Chair, it's connection to St. Kilda and the true story underpinning it. Interviews with Director Liz Carruthers, Writer Sue Glover, Creative Producer Liz Burton-King and Designer Claire Halleran.
Award-winning Borderline Theatre and Hirtle Productions present Sue Glover’s captivating play about liberty, lost love, female empowerment and marriage for its first Scottish tour since 1988.
Set in the early eighteenth century on the remote Scottish island of Hirta (St. Kilda) it explores liberty, lost love, female empowerment and marriage in captivating fashion.
It’s a stormy start to marriage for 17-year-old Isabel and her minister husband Aneas, as they arrive from Edinburgh onto the remote Sottish island of St. Kilda. Amongst the inhabitants lives Lady Grange, based the true historical figure named Rachel Chiesley, who is desperate to return to civilisation.
Isabel is appalled yet fascinated by Rachel, who tells the young bride unfamiliar stories of betrayal and abduction. While Isabel uncovers alarming similarities, battling between youthful exhilaration and the danger of being too troublesome a wife, Lady Grange clings with tragic dignity to the two things she has left in the world – a consuming rage and an old straw chair.
TOUR DATES:
30 March* an Lanntair, STORNOWAY, Isle of Lewis 7.30pm; £10/£9 members (£8) 01851 708480 lanntair.com
01 April Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, SLEAT, Isle of Skye 7.30pm; £12 (£10) 01471 844 207 seall.co.uk
03 April Eden Court Theatre, INVERNESS 7:30pm; £14 (£12/£8 under 18s) 01463 234 234 eden-court.co.uk
04 April Birnam Arts, BIRNAM 8pm; £14/£12 conc. (£5 U16s) 01350 727674 birnamarts.com
07 April Ardross Community Hall, ARDROSS 8pm; £10 (£7) 01349 880591 ardrosscommunityhall.ticketsource.co.uk
08 April Astley Hall, ARISAIG 7.30pm; £7 (£6) 01687 450263 spanglefish.com/astleyhall
10 April Comar, Druimfin, TOBERMORAY 8pm; £10 (£6 U18s & members) 01688 302211 comar.co.uk
11 April The Tower Digital Arts Centre, HELENSBURGH 7.30pm; £9 (£7) 01436 820 369 helensburghboxoffice.com
14-18 April* Tron Theatre, GLASGOW 7.45pm; Tue-Thu £14 (£10), Fri-Sat £16 (£12) 0141 552 4267 tron.co.uk
21 April Cumbernauld Theatre, CUMBERNAULD 7.45pm; £12 (£8/£6) 01236 732887 cumbernauldtheatre.co.uk
22 April Carlops Village Hall, PENICUIK 7.30pm; £10 (£6 U16s) 07773 024 024 carlops.net
23-25 April* Traverse Theatre, EDINBURGH 7.30pm; £16 (£13/£8) 0131 228 1404 traverse.co.uk
28 April* Paisley Arts Centre, PAISLEY 7.30pm; £10 (£6) 0300 300 1210
29 April Gaiety Theatre, AYR 7.30pm; £13.50 (£12.50/£10 students) 01292 288 235 ayrgaiety.co.uk
30 April* Adam Smith Theatre, KIRKCALDY 7.30pm; £12 (£10/£5 students) 01592 583302 onfife.com
01 May Bowhill Theatre, SELKIRK 8pm; £12 (£10 U16s) 01750 22204
02 May Brunton Theatre, MUSSELBURGH 7.30pm; £12 (£10/£7 U18s) 0131 665 2240 thebrunton.co.uk
07 May Bernera Community Centre, GREAT BERNERA 7.30pm; £8/£5 (£20 Group of 4 in advance) 01851 612411
08 May Tarbert Community Centre, TARBERT, Isle of Harris 7.30pm; £8/£5 (£20 Group of 4 in advance) 07584 578759
09 May Stoneybridge Community Centre, STONEYBRIDGE, South Uist 7.30pm; £8/£5 (£20 Group of 4 in advance) 01878 700 154
John Logie Baird's Home In Linton Crescent - Britain's Secret Homes
The inventor of the television, John Logie Baird, lived in Linton Crescent.
The Invention Of Television At Linton Crescent - Britain's Secret Homes
John Logie Baird invented television in Linton Crescent.
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Glasgow (; Scots: Glesga [ˈɡlezɡə]; Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu [ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxu]) is the most populous city in Scotland, and the third most populous city in the United Kingdom, as of the 2017 estimated city population of 621,020. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the local authority is Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as Glaswegians or Weegies. It is the fifth most visited city in the UK. Glasgow is also known for the Glasgow patter, a distinct dialect of the Scots language that is noted for being difficult to understand by those from outside the city.
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Scotland, and tenth largest by tonnage in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and royal burgh, and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the fifteenth century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the eighteenth century. From the eighteenth century onwards, the city also grew as one of Great Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America and the West Indies.
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the population and economy of Glasgow and the surrounding region expanded rapidly to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of chemicals, textiles and engineering; most notably in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was the Second City of the British Empire for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period, although many cities argue the title was theirs.In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, Glasgow's population grew rapidly, reaching a peak of 1,127,825 people in 1938. Comprehensive urban renewal projects in the 1960s, resulting in large-scale relocation of people to designated new towns; such as Cumbernauld, Livingston, East Kilbride and peripheral suburbs, followed by successive boundary changes, reduced the population of the City of Glasgow council area to an estimated 615,070, with 1,209,143 people living in the Greater Glasgow urban area. The wider metropolitan area is home to over 1,800,000 people, equating to around 33% of Scotland's population. The city has one of the highest densities of any locality in Scotland at 4,023/km2.
Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the first European Championships in 2018; and is also well known in the sporting world for football (particularly the Old Firm rivalry between Celtic and Rangers), rugby, athletics, tennis, golf and swimming.