“Maybe I’m interested in this”
Safe Harbour: Open Sea team member Geraldine Heaney reflects on the unique experience of both growing up, and returning years later to work, in Fittie.
Travels With Fittie
In this Blog post, co-founder Lesley Anne Rose looks at the evolution of Open Road's Culture Collective project through the lens of her experience as a travel writer.
The Future of Journalism?
Sharing and hearing under-represented voices is fundamental to the work of Open Road. In this blog Dr Lucinda Rose Stroud shares her research and opinions... Read More
Open Doors: What artists in Aberdeen need
On receiving a New Playwrights Award from Playwrights’ Studio Scotland in 2019, I travelled down to Glasgow for the day to meet the other writers... Read More
We made the world we are living in and we have to make it over
“We made the world we are living in and we have to make it over.” James Baldwin I was in Ballymun when the phone call... Read More
Lockdown Diary One
LOCKDOWN DIARY ONE MONDAY 20 APRIL 2020 The start of week four of coronavirus lockdown in Scotland and the wider UK. I’m luckier than most... Read More
Santa Fe: A Place for Dreamers
“Santa Fe, it’s a place for dreamers” a local artist told me as I bought one of her prints called ‘Beginnings’, its colours as vibrant... Read More
Why theatre in Aberdeen is well placed to tell the story of now
I was recently asked to deliver a presentation on my perspectives on New Narratives within my practice and my work considering both Aberdeen and theatre.... Read More
Paris 19 – 23 January 2017 : Inauguration of the 45th President of the United States
I hadn’t intended to march. In the weeks leading to Trump’s inauguration day I’d asked myself repeatedly how to mark a moment. A moment in... Read More
Nashville: 21 April 2016: the day that Prince died
“Whatever you do, don’t be afraid of it. Don’t let history down” Sam Phillips, the man credited with inventing rock ‘n’ roll I was waiting... Read More