Imaginate UK

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Promoting theatre & dance for young people in Scotland. 💫 Organisers of the Edinburgh International Children's Festival

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We have decided to leave Twitter as we feel it’s no longer the right platform for us. We’ll continue to review our other channels to ensure we engage with
our audiences meaningfully.

Join us on BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and LinkedIn.
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Save the Date!

We will be hosting our Ideas Exchange 25 in partnership with @captheatres' Open Floor in the afternoon of Fri 21st Feb. Ideas Exchange is an industry-focused event and not open to the general public. Full programme and booking details will be available in Jan.

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We wanted to wish all our followers a Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in the new year! 🎄

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Celebrate the festive season by drawing your very own reindeer! Illustrator and art teacher, Jessica, teaches children how to draw a reindeer from start to finish.

Watch how to here, https://t.co/EdbTtOvL4y

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What a year we have had here at Imaginate, across our Festival, Schools Project, Theatre in Schools Scotland and Creative Development Programme. Thanks to all the artists, partners, teachers and especially the young people for being part of our journey. See you all in 2025!

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Recently as part of Creative Encounters, our flag ship schools project, the Forthview team interviewed Belinda McElhinney, Imaginate’s Chief Executive to find out all about her role.

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Go behind the scenes with Greg Sinclair and Cédric Audinot who have recently been filming some schools resources to accompany Tongue Twister, one of commissions by Imaginate for #EdChildrensFest2025.

Keep an eye out to see more soon.

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📣 Family Day small scale commissions call-out 📣

We are looking to commission two small-scale performances for children and families to be performed in noisy spaces. Commissioned with @APAWhatsOn and @weareoneren. 

https://t.co/uTCjyNbX3g
Deadline 27 Jan 25
📸 Ruth Armstrong

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Really happy we were able to host the brilliant @nedglasier up in Scotland the past few days. What a thoughtful, provocative workshop. Thanks to the wonderful group of people who took part & to our partners @ImaginateUK, @the_work_room, @PlatformGlasgow & @CreativeScots.

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We at Imaginate have been nominated for a Movement for Good award through the @benefactgroup!
Help us boost our chance at winning by continuing to nomiate via the link below - every nomination helps! Deadline Decmber 20.
https://t.co/xceSUB1xE2

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Congratulations to @Jack_Hunter95 on the completion of his 15 school tour as part of @tiss_scotland with One of Two, his one-man comedy-drama about two twins growing up with cerebral palsy.

Read more about the tour experience
https://t.co/A0MB9DGbQt
Produced by @indeartsprojects

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#NoArtWithoutArtists #celebratingourcreativecommunity
Cleo Rose McCab

Cleo is a costume, designer, supervisor and maker based in Edinburgh. She is currently working on The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl which will premiere at #EdChildrensFest in 2025.

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Ginger took the biscuit! 🎂🍪

What a time we had on tour across Scotland, bringing the kitchen to school halls up and down the country. ✨ Thanks to the whole team for a tour filled with lots of gingerbread. 👏

Produced by @TortoiseinaNut

@tiss_scotland @NTSonline

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Last day to apply for New Curators 2025! Deadline midnight tonight.⏰

Find out more 👇
https://t.co/qbIk2DWuLa

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New Curators 2025 - International Opportunity

Apply now for a funded development opportunity to visit the Krokus Festival in Belgium with #EdChildrenFest’s, Festival Director, Noel Jordan.

Find out more here https://t.co/qbIk2DVWVC

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Through Creative Encounters, @ImaginateUK's project in partnership with @northedinarts, young people look at the incorporation of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and how they connect with these rights.

Find out about on our website. https://t.co/udoaPbWXoY

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Make sure to get your voice heard!

The deadline for consultation for the introducing of a visitor levy is 15 Dec 2024 and you can fill in online survey here.

https://t.co/TI0dItcNhh

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Congratulations to We Are Here Scotland for publishing their directory of Black and POC cultural professionals and creatives working in industries across Scotland. 👏👏👏

We look forward to using the directory in the future.

View the full directory 👇
https://t.co/KfqcdsSwDX

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What an evening we had at the #ScratchNight over the weekend hosted by @ImaginateUK and @captheatres. 👏👏

Four new pieces of Scottish work aimed at children and young people were performed while, artists, freelancers and industry peers were able to give feedback.

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We have entered the final week of shows for One of Two, the one-man comedy-drama about two twins growing up with cerebral palsy written & performed by @Jack_Hunter95. Good luck Jack with the last few shows and we can’t wait to see what happens next. Produced by @indeartsprojects

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Theatre director and dramaturg Lu Kemp has been in Oslo with Greg Sinclair working on his new show Tongue Twister which will debut in 2025.

While in Norway there will be showings as part of Showbox Festival to gain feedback at this formative stage in the development process.