5 h. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Frank Dunlop, former Edinburgh International Festival artistic director

Frank Dunlop, theatre director. Born: 15 February 1927. Died: 4 January 2026 , aged 98

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28 h. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Iconoclastic Edinburgh International Festival artistic director

Frank Dunlop, theatre director. Born: 15 February 1927. Died: 4 January 2026 , aged 98

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3 d. ago Who won at the Golden Globes? Here's the full list of 2026 winners

Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley took home two of the night’s biggest prizes, with Brazilian actor Wagner Moura’s surprise win coming ahead of his starring role at the Edinburgh International Festival.

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5 d. ago Washington National Opera to move out of Kennedy Center after Trump ‘takeover’

Artistic director of US’s national opera also cites ‘shattered’ donor confidence and box office revenueThe Washington National Opera (WNO) announced on Friday it is moving its performances out of the John F Kennedy Center, where it has been performing since 1971, according to a New York Times report.Francesca Zambello, WNO’s artistic director, had said in November that the move was a possibility as a result of the “takeover” of the center by Donald Trump. Trump declared himself the chair of the institution in February and quickly thereafter fired and replaced its board and leadership. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago A provocative new play challenges society’s ‘discomfort that disabled people have sex lives’

(We indulge in) a bit of roll play is an explicit drama about a young disabled man’s sexual expression – and puts uncomfortable questions to its audience“I’m asked quite a lot why everything I make ends up being about sex,” says Scottish writer and director Robert Softley Gale, artistic director of the company Birds of Paradise. His new production, (We indulge in) a bit of roll play, is designed to provoke frank discussions around sex and disability. “People say the right things and that they support equality, but what if you push that into areas that are less comfortable? Like would you ever date a disabled person? Would you marry a disabled person? Would you have sex with a disabled person? Some would go, ‘Yeah, of course I would.’ But would they? There’s still discomfort in recognising that disabled people have sex lives.”Softley Gale and his co-writers, Hana Pascal Keegan and Gabriella Sloss, aim to challenge audiences in the show which he is also directing. They hope to counter...

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9 d. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Alison Auldjo, art gallery curator and talented artist in her own right

Alison Auldjo, art gallery director and artist. Born: 2 February 1978 in Falkirk. Died: 16 September 2025, aged 47

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