The Edinburgh Festival of Cycling begins tomorrow
There is an exhibition at Museum of Edinburgh created by groups who are campaigning to make the capital a safe place for cycling. Those involved include the pro-cycling groups Critical Mass, InfraSisters, Spokes and Bike Buses.
“You’ll hear about group rides for fun and friendship that also carry a serious message about the importance of safe cycle routes. You’ll learn about the positive environmental impact cycling can have and how it can help both individual and community wellbeing. You’ll find out about activism in Edinburgh and around the world and learn about the rich history of cycling in Scotland’s capital city.”
There will be some lectures and talks which coincide with the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling, running from 31 May to 9 June 2024
Wednesday 5 June, 2pm – Can Cycling Make Transport Sustainable?
Saturday 8 June, 2pm – Pedal On: Cycle Campaigning in Edinburgh
FAMILY CRAFT WORKSHOPS
Saturday 13 July 2pm – 4pm – Cycling Craftivism
The Royal Lyceum announces 2024-25 season
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh is to include world premieres, musicals and classics in its winter season.
Sunset Song by Mona Young which is a visiting co-production with Dundee Rep Theatre will end this season before the next one begins – and it is to be one of the biggest yet.
Artistic Director David Greig said: “We are particularly delighted to announce the world premiere of major new musical, in an exciting collaboration between The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Caledonia Productions and Gavin Kalin Productions presenting Wild Rose, based on the BAFTA award-winning film of the same name. Written by BAFTA award-winning Nicole Taylor (Three Girls, BBC Studios) and directed by the renowned John Tiffany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once, Black Watch), featuring songs from country music legends like Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton and the film’s award-winning original song Glasgow (No Place Like Home). Wild Rose is an uplifting and heartwarming theatre event about motherhood and dreams, ready to meet its first ever audience, here, in Edinburgh.
“First up, this Summer, our season opens with a co-production with our friends Pitlochry Festival Theatre. We welcome the classic Willy Russell play Shirley Valentine, starring the phenomenal Sally Reid, last seen on The Lyceum stage in Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape last autumn, who reprises her role in the hilarious one-woman play.
“As part of the Edinburgh International Festival, this year we are also co-producing the World Premiere of Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir, The Outrun with EIF, off site at the Church Hill Theatre. A young woman finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney. She has no idea how or if she can rebuild her life after a decade of addiction. Olivier Award-winning playwright Stef Smith joins forces withVicky Featherstone, former Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland, to bring this vivid new production to the stage.”
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Sheriffhall roundabout
At The Scottish Parliament two Edinburgh MSPs raised the matter of the city bypass and the Sheriffhall Roundabout this week.
In the City Region Deal there is funding of £120 million set aside for creating extra space for traffic and diverting local traffic away from the dual carriageway by building another flyover. That finding now looks as though it would not cover all aniticipated costs because of the passage of time and inflation.
Labour MSP Foysol Choudhury spoke in the Chamber asking about flooding, extreme weather events and building resilience:
Conservative Miles Briggs asked for a full review of Edinburgh bypass.
In a supplementary Question to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, Mr Briggs said: “I think it is important that the Cabinet Secretary did acknowledge how distressing this was for families.
“I spoke to constituents who have young children who were stuck on the by pass for hours.
“I do also want to pay tribute to our Emergency Services for the work that they did. Can I ask specifically, Edinburgh City Bypass has been desperate for investment for many years, I have raised this in all the time that I have been a member of Parliament.
“Sadly we are seeing delay after delay to investment, for example to the delivery of the new Sheriffhall Junction.
“So can I ask whether or not the Scottish Government will undertake a full review of the bypass to look towards the impact that incidents like this are having and make sure that we get on delivering the investment that Edinburgh needs.”
Father’s Day Family Takeover
Charity Dads Rock is taking over Saughton Park on 16 June. The fun begins at 10 am with games and songs. The Dads Rock flag will be set up next to Four Square Café.
Everyone is invited to the free event but encouraged to bring a picnic – and sign up below:
https://dadsrock.beaconforms.com/form/7dcd1121
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