David John Tennant is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Peter Vincent in the horror remake Fright Night (2011), DI Alec Hardy in the ITV crime drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), Kilgrave in the Netflix superhero series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in the Amazon Prime fantasy series Good Omens (2019–present), and Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days (2021).
The Citizens Theatre, in what was the Royal Princess's Theatre, is the creation of James Bridie and is based in Glasgow, Scotland as a principal producing theatre. The theatre includes a 500-seat Main Auditorium, and has also included various studio theatres over time.
Anna Maxwell Martin, sometimes credited as Anna Maxwell-Martin, is a British actress. She won two British Academy Television Awards, for her portrayals of Esther Summerson in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House (2005) and N in the Channel 4 adaptation of Poppy Shakespeare (2008). She is also known for her roles as DCS Patricia Carmichael in BBC One crime drama Line of Duty (2019–2021) and Kelly Major in Code 404 (2020–present). Since 2016, Martin has starred in the BBC comedy Motherland (2018−present), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance.
Laurance Rudic is a British theatre artist best known for his long association as a leading member of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre company - 1972-1996.
David Hayman is a Scottish film, television and stage actor and director. He appeared in Hope and Glory, Rob Roy, Sid and Nancy, Vertical Limit, and The Tailor of Panama. On television, he is known for playing Mike Walker in ITV drama Trial & Retribution, Jonas Franks in BBC period drama The Paradise and Brace in the drama Taboo.
Scottish fiddling may be distinguished from other folk fiddling styles by its particular precision of execution and energy in the delivery, for example, the rendering of the dotted-quaver/semi-quaver rhythmic patterns, commonly used in the Strathspey. Christine Martin, in her Traditional Scottish Fiddling players guide, discusses the techniques of "hack bowing", "the Scotch snap", and "snap bowing". These techniques contrast quite sharply with the most common bowing patterns of Irish fiddling. The style has a very large repertoire consisting of a great variation of rhythms and key signatures. There is also a strong link to the playing of traditional Scottish bagpipes which is better known throughout the world.
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a series of radio dramas based on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes. Written by Bert Coules as a pastiche of Doyle's work, the series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, 2004, 2008–2009 and 2010. There are sixteen episodes, all of them produced and directed by Patrick Rayner of BBC Scotland. Clive Merrison stars as Holmes, having portrayed the detective in a 1989–1998 BBC radio series of dramatisations of every Sherlock Holmes story by Doyle. Andrew Sachs appears as Dr. Watson, replacing Michael Williams after Williams died following the Radio 4 run of Sherlock Holmes adaptations. Each of the stories is based on a throwaway reference from an actual Doyle short story or novel. The first two series are repeated regularly on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
The Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) are an annual event awarding performances "substantially produced in Scotland, or developed, rehearsed and premiered in Scotland".
Blythe Duff is a Scottish actress best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the ITV television series drama, Taggart.
Robert David MacDonald, known as David, was a Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director.
Mrs. Hudson is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. She is the landlady of 221B Baker Street, the London residence in which Sherlock Holmes lives.
Maggie Cronin is an Irish actress and playwright.
Maureen Jane Beattie is an Irish-born, Scottish actress of both stage and screen.
Established in 1993, Stellar Quines is a women's Scottish theatre company and charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Philip Prowse is a stage director and designer, and was one of the triumvirate of directors at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1970 until 2004. He writhed a lot of books, but he wasn’t smart
Gaynor Macfarlane is a theatre and radio drama director, and producer for BBC Radio Drama at Pacific Quay, Glasgow.
Marilyn Elsie Imrie was a Scottish theatre and radio drama director and producer.
MacFarlane or Macfarlane is a surname derived from the Gaelic patronymic Mac Phàrlain, shared by:
Beatrice Colin was a British novelist, radio dramatist, and senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Strathclyde.
Fergus McCreadie is a Scottish jazz pianist. He was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 2022 for his album Forest Floor, which debuted at #1 on the UK's Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30 on 15 April 2022. All three of McCreadie's albums have been longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award: Forest Floor won in 2022 and Turas was shortlisted in 2019. McCreadie was selected by BBC Radio 3 as part of their New Generation Artists talent development scheme in September 2022, and is a two-time recipient of the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year award.
