Paddy Towers in new Children’s Reporter film

14th January 2021
By Ruth Hollyman

Agency client Paddy Towers appears in this very important short film for the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Paddy Towers Headshot by Paul Johnston

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Oct 20

Our agency client and patron @tallulahgreive has been long listed for #BIFA2021 in the Breakthrough Performance category for her performance as lead role Orla in feature film Our Ladies. We are so proud! See the full list here: https://www.bifa.film/news/bifa-new-talent-longlists-2021/

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Oct 19

The first episode of series 6 of #Shetland airs tomorrow night at 9PM on @BBCone and iPlayer, featuring our wonderful client Lewis Gribben as Fraser Creggan.
Catch him at the end of the trailer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09y4qqw

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Oct 5

Strange Town are delighted to announce the publication of two scripts, ‘Balisong’ by Jennifer Adam & ‘Love Bites’ by Sam Siggs.

‘Balisong’ was commissioned by No Knives Better Lives and produced by Fast Forward in collaboration with Strange Town. The tour ran for three consecutive years with three different cast delivering 225 performances to an audience of over 44,000 young people.

‘Love Bites’ was commissioned and produced by Strange Town and was first performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in 2012. It has been revived several times since then.

Both plays were performed as part of the Strange Town 10th anniversary celebrations. You can buy copies through Salamader Street Publishers.
CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to Jen Adam, Sam Siggs and George Spender
https://strangetown.org.uk/breaking-news-publication-of-two-strange-town-scripts-balisong-by-jennifer-adam-and-love-bites-by-sam-siggs/

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Sep 27

Our Stage Manager is having fun moving around lots of coloured notes on a large piece of paper - the first stage in creating the Strange Town Christmas Performances schedule. How exciting to plan for live performances again!

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Sep 20

Strange Town is delighted to welcome actor Julia Brown as our second patron. Julia starred as Lois Bennett in the BBC/PBS America TV series World on Fire and in Jimmy McGovern’s Anthony for the BBC. Brought up in Edinburgh Julia said “”I am thrilled to be asked to be a patron of Strange Town. They are exemplary in their field and offer excellent Edinburgh-based performing arts opportunities for young people. It will be an honour for me to play a part in nurturing breakthrough talent from my own hometown.”

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Sep 13

We are very excited to watch #SilentWitness on @bbcone tonight and tomorrow (13th & 14th September) as Strange Town Agency client @gribbenlewis will be appearing on the show this week 🎉

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Sep 10

It's been great to have youth theatre sessions up and running this week! We still have some spaces in our 8-10s Theatre & 8-11s Improv groups (both on Fridays) read more about via the link in our bio or email admin@strangetown.org.uk to sign up now!

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Sep 3

Agency news 🎉 @cinderellamovieofficial starring @tallulahgreive alongside @camila_cabello and @nicholasgalitzine is now available on @primevideouk we can't wait to watch!

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Sep 2

We are very excited for our youth theatre sessions to start up again next week, most groups are full but we have some spaces in our 8-10s Theatre & 8-11s Improv groups (both on Fridays) read more about them via the link in our bio, email admin@strangetown.org.uk to sign up now!

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Aug 27

Today's the day! Our Ladies is released in Cinemas- we are so excited for everyone to see our wonderful Tallulah Greive as Orla. Please note the film is suitable for ages 16+

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Aug 11

There's just a little over a week left to apply for the role of Agency Assistant to support our growing young actors' agency.

This is a full time position; fixed term 12 months. To find out more and download the recruitment pack please visit the link in our bio.

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Jul 30

We are recruiting a full time agency assistant to support our growing young actors' agency.

This is a full time position; fixed term 12 months. To find out more and download the recruitment pack please visit the link in our bio.

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Jul 22

SO thrilled about this! Starring our wonderful @gribbenlewis @channel4 @clerkenwellfilms 👏👏👏

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Jul 20

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Seeking full time-administrator (maternity cover) to support all of Strange Town’s activities. To read more and download the recruitment pack, please click on the link in our bio. Deadline: Friday 23rd July at 5pm

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Jul 18

At last! So happy about this! Featuring our very own @tallulahgreive giving a wonderful performance as Orla, ✨ Our Ladies is to be released across UK cinemas on 27 August! 📽️

The coming of age film from Director Michael Caron-Jones follows a group of Catholic girls on a riotous daytrip to Edinburgh to compete in a choir competition.

View the #OurLadiesMovie feature 👀 https://www.screen.scot/film-in-scotland/made-in-scotland/film/our-ladies

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Jul 16

Delighted to finally announce that our wonderful Aaron MacGregor has been cast to voice lead role Michael in animation feature Kensuke's Kingdom, also starring Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins, Ken Watanabe and Raffey Cassidy 👏 @lupusfilms @britishfilminstitute @ffilmcymruwales #bumpybox @le_pacte_officiel

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Jul 16

The deadline to apply for this role is coming up on Monday 19th July (at 5pm) - Full time administrator (maternity cover) to support all of Strange Town’s activities. To read more and download the recruitment pack, please click on the link in our bio.

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Jul 14

And that's a wrap on stage 1 of this phase of the 4ID project: 3 pieces of theatre created by young performers & directors in Scotland, Slovenia & the Netherlands - all connected by technology & the theme Me vs Me: Online vs Offline. See you all in November-face to face we hope! @glejgledalisce @theaterschip

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Jul 10

Strange Town is recruiting a full time administrator (maternity cover) to support all of Strange Town’s activities.

This is a full time position; maternity cover for 10 months. To read more and download the recruitment pack, please click on the link in our bio.

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Jun 26

Tonight is your last chance to catch Gen Z: The Future is Unwritten online- book by 6pm, the show starts at 7pm and you’ll have access to it for 24 hours. Pay What You Can tickets available here: https://strangetown.org.uk/tickets/