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UofG School of Arts & Friends

This is an interdisciplinary scratch & networking fest to bring together creatives in Scotland!

Centre for Contemporary Arts

This informal scratch and networking night is a free event bringing together an eclectic mix of multidisciplinary artists from across Scotland. Join us to mingle in the CCA’s Saramago Café Bar and experience a range of live works in progress from spoken word, solo theatre, epic poetry, music dance and film in the cinema. Come see what’s new, get inspired, connect with other creators and perhaps even meet your next collaborator!FEATURING....VALERIE ANDREWSGuatemalan actress and producer, trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is very passionate about Latinx representation in the UK.Sharing, “Abuelita,” a one woman show.valerie-andrews.comCAT JOHNSTONWriter, poet and theatre-maker from Edinburgh. Recently she has worked with Live Witness Theatre, False Start Productions and F-Bomb Theatre. Sharing, “Dear Wendy,” a spoken-word, autobiographical theatre performance.https://livewitnesstheatre.com/ALYSSA OSIECKIWriter, theatre artist.Sharing, “Hear Us Now,” a multimedia documentary theatre piece exploring the evolving identities of laped Catholics in Boston. www.alyssaowrites.com IRENE ROSAHRC-SGSAH funded PhD student and theatre artist.Sharing, Fuori Programma (Unscheduled or Off Plan) is a short moving image work that broadcasts the memories of a group of Italian women about the Seventies. ireneros.netGILLIAN SHIRREFFS A writer exploring the world of illness. In her creative nonfiction she interrogates medical objects and examines clinical spaces.Sharing, &#x27;Artefacts of Illness,&#x27; examines an encounter with cancer from the perspective of a writer and researcher with multiple sclerosis who was diagnosed with breast cancer during the Covid pandemic.www.sunshinescot.comCHRIS TAITPoet, playwright, fantasy writer and spoken word artist taking ancient and modern stories and blended them together. Sharing, “Literary Skullduggery,” a narrative poem inspired by Shetland’s history.https://www.indieauthorsworld.com/product/diablo-leprechaun-figurehead/SAMANTHA TALBOTEnglish singer-songwriter, performance artist, improviser, and popular Music scholar based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is also Lecturer in Music at Perth College, UHI.Sharing, “Blue Valentine,” original music video and dance performance. samloutalbot.com

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