National Theatre of Scotland partners with Edinburgh International Festival on their new project, Digital Direction to support Higher and Advanced Higher Drama students across Scotland.

The project will connect students with leading theatre practitioners to enrich these courses and inspire students during the current COVID –19 outbreak, when they are unable to access live theatre.

Digital Direction - Scenes for Survival

Digital Direction - Scenes for Survival features video interviews with:

• Brenna Hobson, Executive Producer and Deputy CEO at National Theatre of Scotland
• Seth Hardwick, Video Producer at National Theatre of Scotland
• Cora Bissett, Associate Artist at National Theatre of Scotland and director of John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues
• Hannah Lavery, Associate Artist at National Theatre of Scotland writer of Disco with Mum

• Thierry Mabonga, actor in Black Scots.

Plus it features an overview of the Scenes for Survival films.

Free to all Drama teachers and their students in Scotland.

Please contact learn@eif.co.uk for more information.

Scenes for Survival is a new season of 50+ digital artworks created in response to the current COVID-19 outbreak, in association with BBC Scotland, Screen Scotland, BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine project and Scotland’s leading theatre venues and companies, with support from Hopscotch Films.