THE LAUDED director Giles Havergal is set to return to Glasgow next month.
Havergal, who was director at the Citizens Theatre for over 30 years, will be the special guest presenter of the 2019 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
Joyce McMillan, the co-convenor of the annual awards, said: "In his time at the Citizens theatre Giles made an immeasurable contribution to theatre in Scotland which was recognised in a special award at the very first CATS in 2003.
"We are delighted to welcome him back for this year’s ceremony to join us in this celebration of the rich and diverse theatre that has been made in Scotland over the last 12 months.”
The 2019 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland will be presented in a ceremony at Tramway on 9 June.
The Traverse Theatre heads the shortlists with 11 nominations across four different productions.
Birds of Paradise and National Theatre of Scotland’s take on the Oscar-winning film about Christy Brown, My Left Right Foot – The Musical, is the most nominated production.
www.tramway.org/events
A NEW exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland will examine how today’s fashion industry is "challenging perceptions and championing alternative ideals of beauty on the catwalk, in advertising, editorial and behind the camera."
Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk will look at how fashion designers are exploring five key themes: size; gender; age; race and disability.
On display will be catwalk ensembles from designers including Ferragamo, Pam Hogg, Ashish and Jean Paul Gaultier, brought to life through film, photography and fashion publications.
Highlights include a camel coat and matching hijab from Max Mara’s AW17 collection which were worn on the catwalk by Somali-American model Halima Aden. She was the first hijab-wearing model to walk the international high-fashion catwalks.
Also on display will be a bustier from Chromat’s SS15 collection.
The piece was modelled by Denise Bidot, who made history as the first plus-size model to open a straight-size show at New York Fashion Week
It runs from 23 May to 20 October at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
www.nms.ac.uk
SCOTTISH Opera’s Pop-up Opera returns this summer, with three shows: A Little Bit of Iolanthe, A Little Bit of The Magic Flute and Puffy McPuffer & The Crabbit Canals, the latter which has been designed for children aged five to eight.
They are performed in Scottish Opera’s travelling opera house – a specially adapted trailer designed to look like a miniature Theatre Royal Glasgow, and the shows last 25 minutes.
The first performances take place on May 24 at Perth Festival of the Arts, before the tour travels to Dumfries & Galloway, Old Kirkpatrick, Barrhead, Giffnock, Borders Book Festival, Archerfield Walled Garden, Callander, Cupar Arts, Banff Primary School, Aboyne & Deeside Festival, Haddington Show and the Scottish Canal Festival.
Jane Davidson, Scottish Opera’s Director of Outreach and Education, said: "In these beautiful settings, magical adventures with lots of fun for all ages abound. Join us for a trip along the Scottish Canal system with Puffy the Puffer; accompany Papageno and friends as they journey to enlightenment with the help of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, or see The Peer and the Peris from the fairy kingdom fall in love as the worlds of politics and the supernatural collide in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe."
www.scottishopera.org.uk
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