Hivemind- I need your help with a new show idea! According to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything… AND right now I AM 42. But I want to know what you think are the ultimate questions? So hit me. What do you want to know about life, the universe, and everything? I’m going to try to get answers to these questions- big or small or silly or profound. All questions are welcomed.
📸 @brave.lux
Have you ever wanted to be a unicorn? We’re leading a new community based project for the Commonwealth Games and it’s gonna be a big one! We’ve been awarded the Glasgow Festival Fund to spread joy across the city during the games with a Unicorn Dance Party Flash Mob! Watch this space for ways to join our unicorn herd and be part of the fun! 🦄🥳🏴
Brilliant session on the Choreography of Parenting led by @the_work_room_dance and @pipacampaign . I’m incredibly grateful to have support from so many wonderful institutions I get to work with and equally am surprised by how many companies haven’t embedded more parent inclusive budgets and practices into their projects?! Big thanks to all the artist parents before me who navigated these waters and have advocated for changes so that we can continue from there. So many great resources, insight, and learning freely available! #artistparent
⛰️ “My Friend, The Mountain” comes to Studio Theatre Moffat on Saturday 21st February. 7:30pm. Tickets £5 available from the venue’s website.
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“The hills are where Skye feels safe. They are her comfort, her sanctuary, her friends. When her life starts to unravel, The Mountain is her trusted confidant and a place to walk solo, but not alone. Out here she has the freedom to feel and talk. The Mountain hears her and knows what she needs. But does Skye? A love letter to the hills of Scotland, the release they give us from the pressures of hustle culture and how the simple joy of putting one foot in front of the other is always enough.”
For tickets, visit Studio Theatre’s website.
#PerformanceCollectiveScotland #MyFriendTheMountain
It’s been one year of Imogen! And one year of becoming a mother. AND one year of no sleep, tears, and chaos. And one year of pure joy, wonder, and complete magic. I’m feeling all the feels. Proud to have reached this chapter marker, blown away watching this wonderful little person become her amazing self, and so grateful to get to embrace all of it.
Our next project, VOYAGER, is in the works! So excited to share what mayhem we’ve been tinkering with at the Manipulate Festival! Details below:
✨ Snapshots at Manipulate Festival ✨
Our platform for Scotland-based performance artists to test bold new ideas. This year we have exciting new pieces from Alys Williams & Duncan Geoffrey MacLeod, Jenna Watt, Ruxy Cantir & Sarah Rose Graber, Sarah Cosgrove, and Andrea Cabrera Luna. Many pieces first seen here go on to full productions, just like The Raft of the Crab, Size Matters, and Auntie Empire, all world premieres at Manipulate Festival 2026.
Today’s experiments are tomorrow’s world premieres. 🎭
🗓️ 8 February 2026, 3pm
📍 The Studio, Capital Theatres - Festival Theatre, Studio & King’s Theatre
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🎤 Call Out for Performance Collective Scotland’s 10th Residential Development Lab!
Are you a creative, age 16-30, from or living in rural areas of Scotland?
Performance Collective Scotland is looking for performers, writers, designers, directors, filmmakers and all other creatives to join our tenth Residential Development Lab!
Our tenth Residential Development Lab will take place between the 19th – 22nd February 2026 at Studio Moffat and is FREE for all participants. We will help you sort travel, and accommodation and food completely covered. We are thrilled to share that the Lab will be facilitated by our Artistic Director, Sarah Rose Graber, and co-facilitated by Artistic Associate, Drew Taylor-Wilson.
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit your name, age, where you are from and where you are based. Then send us a written statement answering the question- Why is art important to you and the world right now? (no more than 200 words)
Email this to our Artistic Director Sarah Rose, at [email protected]
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 5pm on Friday, 6th February 2026.
Any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to ask.
#pcs #PerformanceCollectiveScotland #Lab10 #CreativeDevelopment
What a pleasure getting to perform with the World Clown Festival in Shanghai! I’m still pinching myself- there were so many brilliant moments, incredible audiences, and joyous cultural exchange. It’s total magic getting to share creative work in different countries and China was pretty spectacular. Definitely one for the memory books. 😍
Had THE most magical (and surreal?!) start to 2026... 🤩 We were special guests for the New Year celebration in Shanghai and got to bang the ceremonial drums for the official countdown! I’m still pinching myself and hoping there’s a lot more memory making experiences like this in 2026! 🥁🧧🥳
Woo hoo! Excited to share that we’ll be heading to China with Unicorn Dance Party! We’ll be performing at the Shanghai Children’s Art Theatre and we can’t wait to get the joint jumpin’! 🇨🇳 🦄 🎉
Tah dah! We have officially re-launched our company under our new name- Performance Collective SCOTLAND! We are now nationwide; working with emerging talent from remote or rural parts of the country developing and touring new work, providing bespoke one-to-one mentoring, running residential artistic development labs, and building community. We have such an exciting programme for the year ahead and I’m so proud of our amazing ensemble and the incredible work being churned out by these creative talents! Watch this space and be sure to like and follow @performancecollective.scot to hear about what’s coming!
