CommonSpace theatre critic Tara Fitzpatrick reviews Paula Varjack's take on the thorny issue of trying to finance making a living in the arts

SHOW ME THE MONEY is a performance and personal discussion by writer and theatre maker Paula Varjack about working in a creative industry and the value we place upon it.

Specifically, the play is about money, or rather the lack of it within creative fields and the struggles this presents for people who try to make a living in the arts.

Minister gives green light to film studio to boost Scotland’s cultural power on world stage

SCOTLAND’S FIRST NATIONAL FILM STUDIO will get the go ahead from Scottish ministers this week as the government grants planning approval for a facility on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

The £230m studio will be located in Straiton 9km from the outskirts of the nation’s capital and is to be built on land developed by PSL Land.

Up to 900 jobs will be created on the 86 acre site according to PSL Land and chief planner John McNairney .

Two glam rocking academics use rock & roll magic with radical history to find a solution to the social problems of today

RADICAL POLITICS AND THEATRE have had a long and established relationship around the world and in Scotland.

So it made sense to a couple of academics turned artists, from the school of culture and creative arts at the University of Glasgow, to express the idea of radical policy through dramatic dialogue.

In a time of Trump, the Audacious women festival opens this weekend in Edinburgh urging women to have fun while reclaiming spaces

THE AUDACIOUS WOMEN FESTIVAL is inviting women all over Scotland to take part in a festival where they do activities that challenge and reclaim public spaces for women.

Television classic returns in "new purpose-built fighting arena in Glasgow"

IT BROUGHT fire, technology and 'do it yourself engineering' to millions of viewers. Now the classic TV show 'Robot Wars' is set to return, after BBC 2 commissioned Mentorn Scotland to bring the show back to life.

Mentorn, which also produces BBC Question Time, will recreate the show in Glasgow set in a "new purpose-built fighting arena", while promising "more robots, more battles and more science than ever before".