performing arts – Vivid Roots Collective

Company of the Year Award (SETA21)

We are beyond delighted and rather overwhelmed to have been awarded Company of the Year! Like many, we tend to undervalue the sheer amount of effort, time and passion we put into our practice as a company (let alone our individual freelance careers). I think this award is an acknowledgement of all that work.

Our Survey Results

In May 2021, we released a small survey to identify the needs and perspectives of Highland-based emerging artists. In this post, we will share with you some of our insights.

A Chat with Emerging Artists

Cast members: John Tulloch, Heather MacDonald and Alina Ben Larbi sit in a semi-circle with scripts and puppet parts surrounding them. Alina, the farthest away, narrates with the owl puppet. Heather, in the middle narrates with the thistle puppet. John, with his back slightly to the camera, listens. At the far end of the room is a large window which lets in a lot of light and through which trees are visible. Picture frames and a chalk board hang on the wall to the right.

Last week I had a wee chat with the emerging artists involved with The Owl and the Imp production at our Work-In-Progress (#WIP1) event; John Tulloch, Alina Ben-Larbi and Heather MacDonald. All are at various stages in their career so it was refreshing getting to catch up with them all. We started off with someContinue reading “A Chat with Emerging Artists”

Our April Update

An introduction.