Introducing the first film in the Letters to… series produced by Stellar Quines.
Each film is a letter to someone or something that has affected the writer’s life. This first theme was to a woman who was an activist, a feminist, and inspired change and hope.
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Parents in Performing Arts Coffee Mornings at Fringe Central
Jul 26 2018
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Stellar Quines, Federation of Scottish Theatre & National Theatre of Scotland have joined forces with PiPA to bring you…
Parenting in the Performing Arts: Coffee Morning at Fringe Central
Join other parents/carers and their children at one of our informal coffee mornings held at Fringe Central. Read more
Letters to… film launch 1 August
Jul 19 2018Letters to…a Woman Who Brings Me Hope in the Dark. We received a great response to our first call-out for Letters to… and the successful letter is currently in rehearsal for filming and will be launched on 1 August – the first preview of Propeller. Read more
100 for 100th – Suffragette for a Day!
Jul 04 2018
On Saturday 30 June, Hannah Forsyth joined her fellow Young Women Lead group to take part in a celebratory event for women getting the vote 100 years ago. This also marked the end of her term as part of the initial Young Women Lead project – here she recounts her day of celebration:
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Exciting new Fringe production from The Network 2018
Jun 28 2018
Stellar Quines are delighted to be providing creative support to the development of The Network’s new Fringe production Propeller, directed by Caitlin Skinner (Village Pub Theatre, Sanitised, Woke). The Network was first formed in 2017 and is part of Scottish Drama Training Network.
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Letters to…submissions now closed
Jun 28 2018Thank you to everyone who has sent us a Letter to a woman who has inspired them because of the work she is doing to change things for the better. Submissions are now closed.
We are pleased to say we have had a good response to our first call out. The selection process is now starting and we will announce the successful contribution very soon.
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Join Stellar Quines Team – Company Administrator Vacancy
Jun 27 2018Stellar Quines Theatre Company is looking to recruit a Company Administrator to join the team in September 2018.
COMPANY ADMINISTRATOR
21 hours per week, £22,000 (pro rata FTE)
Deadline: MONDAY 23rd JULY 2018. 10AM
Stellar Quines’ vision is to be Scotland’s leading touring theatre company, inspiring excellence in women & girls supported by our
FINAL CALL – closing date is tomorrow for your Letters to…
Jun 27 2018
Tomorrow, 28 June, is the final day to submit your Letters to…a Woman Who Brings Me Hope in the Dark
Don’t miss being part of the first edition of Letters to… in which we celebrate our support of the Scottish Drama Training Network’s upcoming Fringe production Propeller, by The Network Ensemble, directed by Caitlin Skinner. Read more
Balancing Act: PiPA Work Life Balance Survey
Jun 20 2018
Our partners at PiPA have joined forces with Birkbeck University and a number of major organisations across dance, music, opera and theatre to call for performing arts sector professionals to add their voice to the UK’s biggest ever survey of workers’ work/life balance.
We’d like you to help them by completing their
PROCESSIONS 2018 – Walking with my daughter…
Jun 19 2018
PROCESSIONS 2018 took place on 10 June with mass celebratory participatory marches in London, Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh. Why? To celebrate women getting the vote 100 years ago thanks to the suffragettes who put their lives on the line to achieve this. Thousands of women came from all over to gather and march – wearing the suffragette colours of green, purple and white – they took over the streets and their voices were heard.
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Young Women Lead – Final Report Released
Jun 11 2018
The Young Women Lead Report
After three committee meetings, the final step in the Young Women Lead programme was to present the report to the Scottish Government. Some of the young women attended First Minister’s Questions on 31st May and presented everything that we have learnt and developed over the last few months, supported by Linda Fabiani MSP.
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Letters to… a Woman Who Brings Me Hope in the Dark
May 30 2018
Stellar Quines invite you to write Letters to…a Woman Who Brings Me Hope in the Dark.
For our first edition of Letters to… we are celebrating our support of the Scottish Drama Training Network’s upcoming Fringe production Propeller, by The Network Ensemble, directed by Caitlin Skinner. Read more
