Aberdeen Overheard

Heard something interesting on the streets of Aberdeen? Tweet #aberdeenoverheard and it may appear in 'The Shelter', Aberdeen 8/3/19 @ntsonline Just Start Here

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

Returning to a bus stop near you in March 2019... 'The Shelter' will form part of the National Theatre of Scotland's Just Start Here festival in Aberdeen @NTSonline We're looking forward to developing the show further with composer/musician @rosswhyte242 🚌🚌🚌

[The Scots Scriever @ScotsScriever]

Wi passin on the baton seen, this is ma last post as the Aiberdeenshire Scriever - cheers aabdy! 💙 Ye can keep up tae date wi ma at @Shane_Strachan and can read ma Scriever wirk in latest @Gutter_Magazine, the neist @EemisStane and in DWAMS (March 2024)
https://t.co/o2clEJGy8M

[The Scots Scriever @ScotsScriever]

Buzzin for this neist month 🙌🏻
https://t.co/EjtOW594rt

[The Scots Scriever @ScotsScriever]

Performin “Snug Bar” last month at the Scots Language Awards 🍻
Een o the poyems in my upcoming poyetry collection, DWAMS, published by @tap_poetry
#Doric #Scots @handsupfortrad

[The Scots Scriever @ScotsScriever]

Ace event wi @Sophia_McLean_ in conversation wi @the_artscentre’s @ALiptrott aboot playin Nan Shepherd in upcomin @PITLOCHRYft play. An impassioned speech on Doric fae Sophia 🤩 And worth mentionin NS Writing Comp for 16-18 y.o. in N.E. will be back 2024!
https://t.co/ls2x0tqyA7

[The Scots Scriever @ScotsScriever]

Mind noo that my @waywordabdn event is this Saturday wi @elliesbeaton’s bonnie ballad singin and Leslie Crerar providin DSL (Doric Sign Language) 🙌🏻
Book free tickets ablow! #Scots #Doric
https://t.co/RP6dDJ1XCG

[The Scots Scriever @ScotsScriever]

Fae last night’s Scots Language Awards, the openin poem o my upcomin collection DWAMS (@tap_poetry) – part 1 o ‘Dreepin’🛢️💦

[The Scots Scriever @ScotsScriever]

Get yer diaries oot! On Tuesday 12th September, I’ll be performin a showcase o wirk created across ma year as the Scots Scriever at @natlibscot fae 5.30–6.30pm featurin ballad performances fae @elliesbeaton 🎼🙌🏻 #Scots
Bookin ablow: https://t.co/SGE4Wm0AUd

[National Theatre of Scotland @NTSonline]

We had the best time in Aberdeen this weekend celebrating Scottish artists with #JustStartHere. Thanks to everyone who performed, came along and made it happen!

Here's a glimpse at some of the performances - see more on Facebook: https://t.co/SOG2CnO7Dm

📷| Michal Wachucik

[National Theatre of Scotland @NTSonline]

The Shelter celebrates the simple beauty and intimacy of drawings.

Together with music and a multi-voiced verbatim performance of different dialects and languages, the elements combine to reflect contemporary life in Aberdeen.

Coming to #JustStartHere: https://t.co/N2RkxpAEd0

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

Tickets are now on sale for @NTSonline's two-day Just Start Here extravaganza in Aberdeen's @AnatomyRooms, featuring a sharing of our multidisciplinary show 'The Shelter' from 7.30pm on Friday 8th March. Book your tickets now. Only £5! https://t.co/ioufUWUSx2

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

- Ere’s mair calories in it than there is in yer spirits.
- It’s nae good for ye still.
- Well, aabody’s gotta die.
#aberdeenoverheard #theshelter #Aberdeen #Doric #Scots #theatre #art #drawing #sketch #verbatim

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

Ye’r aaright as lang as ye can see a number. Disna maitter if ye’ve got one eye or two. #aberdeenoverheard #theshelter

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

Nae wonder people get ill. If ye dinna hae a disease afore ye get on, ye’ll hae een by the time ye get aff.
#aberdeenoverheard #theshelter #Aberdeen #Doric #Scots #theatre #art #drawing #sketch #verbatim

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

Aye, at was my ex. She’s an attention seeker.
#aberdeenoverheard #theshelter #Aberdeen #Doric #Scots #theatre #art #drawing #sketch #verbatim #street #smoking #figure

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

I know when it’s mine because it’s a four letter word… DYCE.
“Sorry Out of Service” is a whole lot longer.
🚌🚌🚌🚌 #theshelter #aberdeenoverheard #Aberdeen

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

🎼 You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, I'm telling you why... 🎼 The Shelter is back in town 👀🎄🎅🏼🚌 Coming March 2019 @NTSonline #theshelter #AberdeenOverheard #Aberdeen

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

Two of @katesteenhauer’s paintings from The Shelter are included in the Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show 2018. Check out the show at Bonhams this weekend!

[Aberdeen Overheard @WriteAberdeen]

'The Shelter' writer and performer @shane_strachan has been awarded a 2018 Stevenson Fellowship! https://t.co/L7SYHWc7Jk