Delighted to be at the formal opening of the beautiful Laidlaw Music Centre ⁦University of St Andrews⁩

Farewell St. Andrews after a jaw-droppingly wonderful weekend of brilliant music making in the superb Laidlaw Music Centre University of St Andrews Laidlaw Music Centre

Laidlaw Music Centre hits the high note The University officially marked the opening of the state-of-the-art University of St Andrews Laidlaw Music Centre Designed by Flanagan Lawrence The Laidlaw will become an integral part of the St Andrews cultural quarter Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/9RJC50IzUEY #EverToExcel

The University of St Andrews Laidlaw Music Centre is OPEN! Central to the state-of-the-art facility is the oak-lined McPherson Recital room, one of the world’s first chamber halls with a moveable floor as well as a 9m reverberation chamber. READ MORE: bit.ly/38uRpCu

Here is a passage from Eric Whitacre’s ‘Sainte-Chapelle’, a beautiful setting of a contemporary Latin text by Charles Anthony Silvestri. We are looking forward to returning to St Andrews tomorrow for a concert at the new Laidlaw Music Centre. news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/harmon…

The Music Centre's Quartet in Residence makes a welcome McPherson Recital Room. Always a popular concert, book early to avoid disappointment! Tickets available from byretheatre.com/upcoming

I have taken over as editor of 'The City', a long running special section in Liminalities: a journal of performance studies (liminalities.net/7-1/city.html) Open access & committed to supportive, inclusive editorial processes, we'd love to hear from you with article proposals!

Delighted The Fire Station will host Ep 4 of National Theatre’s retelling of the Odyssey in April 2023. Produced by Sunderland Culture & Sunderland Empire, this is another major national endorsement of the cultural renaissance driving Sunderland UK’s regeneration. lnkd.in/eQdVGVP4

We might be biased but our Edwardian back bar has to be the best in the North East - we even scooped two awards in the CAMRA National Pub Design Awards🏆 Pictured below is a snapshot of the restoration work carried out on the bar and one of the bar in all its glory 📸

Two excellent articles by Katy Wheeler in today’s Sunderland Echo highlighting Sunderland UK’s Cultural Renaissance. Shakespeare’s Globe is bringing Shakespeare to The Fire Station and a double page spread on the wonderful new Hills Arts Centre and Breeze Creatives venue at the Atheneum.