The Edinburgh Reporter June 2023 issue

SCOTLAND-BASED

intersectional feminist theatre

company Stellar Quines (Sister

Radio; Fibres) announce the

return of their innovative and

intersectional feminist podcast

• Quines Cast, hosted by Caitlin
  Skinner and Hannah Lavery.
  Returning for season two
  this May, each Quines Cast
  episode will be recorded as a
  live event in front of an
  audience - held at local arts
  venues in Glasgow and in
  Edinburgh. These are the
  Edinburgh dates:

TRAVERSE THEATRE

Wednesday 7 June - LOSS

7.30pm – 8.30pm

Reflecting on the personal and

political impacts of the

Covid-19 pandemic three

years on, LOSS will explore our

experience of living in a time

of collective grief - how do we

cope, what have we gained

and lost, and how do we thrive

from here? Apphia Campbell

(Black is the Colour of my

Voice) will debut a new play

alongside author Catherine

Simpson (One Body - When I

Had a Little Sister),

accompanied by spoken word

artist Catherine Wilson Garry,

author of Another Word for

Home is Blackbird, with

ethereal Scottish folk music

from Rachel Sermanni.

SUMMERHALL

Friday 23 June - EDUCATION

7.30pm – 8.30pm

Disco until 11pm

Accompanied by a post-show

disco from DJ Arusa Qureshi,

Angie Strachan - 2023 Scottish

Poetry Slam Champion -

musician Emma Pollock, and

playwright and drag

performer Nelly Kelly will

probe and converse the facets

of our modern education

system and its treatment of

women/non-binary people.

What would a feminist

approach to learning look like?

How do we create a society

that values curiosity?

Artistic Director and CEO of

Stellar Quines Caitlin Skinner

said: “Hannah and I are

delighted to be returning for a

summer season of Quines

Cast. Bringing fierce and

fantastic folk together to air

the issues that mean the most

to us, exploring how we want

to live, the society we want to

live in and how we might

bring that about. We’re

looking forward to welcoming

our audiences to coorie in.”

After the final live recorded

event, the Quines Cast will be

edited for weekly audio

release during July - a month’s

worth of feminist-centred

podcast content bringing the

conversation directly to you.

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CULTURE • LITERATURE • ART • EVENTS • MUSIC • MUSEUMS...

Stellar podcasts

Choir’s 10th anniversary

By OLIVIA THOMAS

THE SCOTTISH FIDDLE Orchestra have a

lively programme of traditional Scottish music to

perform at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on Saturday

10 June.

The 80-strong orchestra – led by conductor,

Blair Parham – will share the stage with special

guests, The Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton Trio, for

an evening of world-class entertainment.

The orchestra is celebrating the music of

Orkney and Shetland, with traditional pieces

from the Northern Isles at the heart of their

performances.

Ross Ainslie’s mum Aileen has been part of the

Scottish Fiddle Orchestra for 32 years, and the

Usher Hall concert will allow both of them to

perform together on stage for the first time.

The Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton Trio,

featuring Jenn Butterworth on guitar, will bring

their renowned repertoire of original tunes to

the event, as well as performing some special

pieces with the orchestra.

Ross and Ali met at the Vale of Atholl pipe

band when they were 12-years-old, before going

on to play in many leading Scottish bands

including Treacherous Orchestra, Old Blind Dogs

and Shooglenifty.

After years playing in different bands and line

ups, the pair decided to concentrate on creating

music together, releasing their albums Symbiosis

and Symbiosis II in 2016 and 2018, and

appearing on a multitude of festival line-ups.

Ross’s piping shot into the international spotlight

earlier this year when he welcomed Snoop Dogg

to Scotland with a rendition of Still D.R.E. on the

pipes which made news around the world.

At the Usher Hall, music lovers of all ages can

expect to enjoy toe-tapping reels and jigs, lively

strathspeys and marches, poignant slow airs and

well-known favourites performed by the skilled

members of one of Scotland’s foremost traditional

music organisations. The proceedings will be

hosted by MC for the evening, Robert Lovie.

Celebrating

the music

of the

Northern

Isles

THE LOVE MUSIC Community Choir will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a concert of

community singing and a choir of 500 on stage at Usher Hall. The singers will include

members of the Edinburgh Ukrainian Choir, Phoenix Choir Edinburgh, and Soundhouse

Choir, alongside seven times winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, special guest Karine

Polwart, the genre-defying pianist Dave Milligan, and Oi Musica with its street band The

Shunpike Social Club. The concert will be streamed live on YouTube to make it accessible

for those who are unable to make it along.

Blair Parham will

lead the orchestra

Andy Catlin