Best of the Fest – Edinburgh's Festivals 2011

Michael Strobel as NUM president Arthur Scargill from the Edinburgh Fringe play

Highlights of some of my assignments during Edinburgh’s festival season, including commissions for theatre companies and the press.

Left: “Dust”, a Fringe play about NUM president Arthur Scargill, a photocall pictured at the Scottish Mining Museum.

Outbreaks of Smiles In All Areas

BBC Scotland Weather presenters on maternity leave with their babies - Gail McGrane with Eilidh, Judith Ralston with twins Max and Georgina, and Gillian Smart with Michael

The forecast is bright for BBC Scotland’s Weather team’s presenters – Gail McGrane, Judith Ralston and Gillian Smart show off their newborn babies after giving birth within just one month of each other. Pictures for BBC Scotland.

 

Fringe's Oldest and Youngest Performers

 
“A Conversation With Carmel”, a dance show featuring the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s youngest and oldest performers – renowned dancer Diana Payne-Myers, aged 83, and 13 month old Otis Gilmore.

 

Jungle City's Tangy On The Factory Floor

Tangy the Jungle City orangutan at Paterson Arran's factory in Livingston

 
Tangy the Jungle City arts festival orangutan sculpture swings in to Paterson Arran’s factory to lend a hand. The Livingston factory is sponsoring one of the key artpieces of Jungle City, part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

Dreams And Coal Turn To Dust

Arthur Scargill, the miners leader who went to battle against Margaret Thatcher in 1984 by calling a national coal strike, is the central character in “Dust” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Pictured at the Scottish National Mining Museum for Quidem Productions / Universal Arts.