TWENTY THREE shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are to be part of the annual Made in Scotland showcase.

Anno, a new work by Anna Meredith and the Scottish Ensemble, Blackout by New Room Theatre, Blue Rose Red by This is Caledonian Soul, Brocade by Roberta Jean, Coriolanus Vanishes by Fire Exit, First Snow by National Theatre of Scotland, Four Go Wild in Wellies by Indepen-Dance, Heroine presented by Mary Jane Wells and Scene Change Productions, Jan Tait and the Bear by Ensemble Thing, Journeys in Hand by Brian Molley Quartet, Letters for Peace by Graeme Stephen Chamber String Trio, Love Song to Lavender Menace by James Ley, Mairi Campbell: Auld Lang Syne, Mamababame by Starcatchers, My Left Right Foot by Birds of Paradise, Crow Hill by Meurseult, Off Kilter by Ramesh Meyyappan, Old Boy by Glass Performace, Stick By Me by Andy Manley and Ian Cameron, The Ballad of the Apathetic Son...by 21 Common, The Spinners by Al Seed, Void by Mele Broomes and What Girls are Made of by the Traverse are all part of the showcase.

www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com

A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition of the V&A Dundee building will be presented by architect Kengo Kuma at the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

It will be held from May 26 to November 25 in Palazzo Bembo beside the Rialto Bridge.

The exhibition is part of Time Space Existence, organised by the European Cultural Centre.

Kengo Kuma, architect of V&A Dundee, said: "The uniqueness of this project for us is in the position between the water and the city – it is very different from a normal site as it sits in between land and water. As we started thinking about the project one of my colleagues showed me a picture of the cliffs of north-eastern Scotland – it’s as if the earth and water had a long conversation and finally created this stunning shape.

"The design of V&A Dundee attempts to translate this geographical uniqueness into the building by creating an artificial cliff."

V&A Dundee will be the first building in the UK designed by Kuma, who is also designing the National Stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

www.labiennale.org

A NEW show at the CCA in Glasgow proposes a "new transnational parliament".

Jonas Staal‘s The Scottish-European Parliament is centred around a model that transforms a decommissioned oil rig in the North Sea into a new transnational parliament.

The Scottish-European Parliament is the culmination of a two-year collaboration between Mr Staal, CCA’s Public Engagement Curator Viviana Checchia, Glasgow School of Art Professor Johnny Rodger and Glasgow University PhD Candidate & Graduate Teaching Assistant Anika Marschall.

During the exhibition, several of these political parties, organisations and groups will be invited to propose a possible scenario for the future use of this imaginary Scottish-European Parliament.

It will run from June 16 to July 29.

www.cca-glasgow.com