Fun day working with the first two cohorts of Youth Theatre Arts Scotland's Next Generation programme which provides support, development and training for their working lives as practitioners in the arts.

Extraordinary gig tonight from @albertinesarges.bsky.social + Save Face + Sally Stenning at Sneaky Pete's - playful, multilayered and ambitious (including a Genesis cover 😀). Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/albertine-sa...

Here's one for #ThrowbackThursday - this is Chris Thile onstage in #Edinburgh 12 years ago today. He was a complete gent who not only allowed us to shoot his soundcheck & show but also got the whiskies in when we took him & engineering legend Dave Sinko to the Bow Bar after the show 👍👍👍

Class gig from Matt Wilde + Eloi tonight at Sneaky Pete's 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/matt-wilde-e...

Fab atmosphere tonight at #Edinburgh Diwali 10th anniversary celebrations at the Ross Bandstand.

Heart swooning at tonight’s Mote 102's Moonrising event with gorgeous mix of art, words, movement and music from @haileybeavis.bsky.social + Nomoss alongside Emma Macleod + Emily Randall’s exhibition ‘Under the Full Moon of Late Summer’ 🌔 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/moonrising-n...

Great time documenting @edinburghnapier.bsky.social autumn graduation ceremonies at Usher Hall in #Edinburgh - such a treat to experience up-close the culmination of so many peoples' hard work 👏👏👏

Always good to be back in the room with Youth Theatre Arts Scotland's community and had a fun time documenting their first Regional Hub in Fife at Kirkcaldy's Adam Smith Theatre including a nerve-wracking game of Blood Potato 😀

How Friday Ends: another brilliant @infrasisters.bsky.social #MyRideOurRight ride through #Edinburgh in partnership with @cyclinguk.bsky.social Glow Rides 👍 (including support from an unexpected glowing juggler 😀)

How Friday Starts: words kinda fail me... 🎃 + 🐄 = 😂 Fairly standard photoshoot at National Museum of Rural Life ❤️

🌟 1 day until our #RightToGlow ride in Edinburgh! Grab your lights & be part of the movement for safer cycling. 🧮 Fri 24th Oct 📍 Middle Meadow Walk ⏰️ Depart 7.30pm Ride lasts c90 minutes 💡 Light up your bike, your streets & the call for safe cycling. #MyRideOurRight #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights

Gorgeous set from The Utopia Strong + Andrew Liles at Sneaky Pete's tonight, full of texture and interplay 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/the-utopia-s...

Indecent amount of fun for a Tuesday night with amazing beats'n'rhymes from Cannibal Ox + Double A.B. + Jay Hill at Sneaky Pete's 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/cannibal-ox-...

Fab talk from writer / presenter James Crawford and exhibition curator Louise Pearson on the opening of @nationalgalleries.bsky.social excellent 'Alfred Buckham | Daredevil Photographer' exhibition (with unexpected gem about Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's interest in airships 🤘)

Queen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. Add Your Own Caption: [ The bike lane made me do it ] [ It doesn't say you can't park here ] [ I'm not on the double yellow line ] Good to see enforcement happening but can you change this type of behaviour with just a fine?

Brilliant ‘Leaky Bodies and Touchy Software’ concert last night with @xeniapestova.bsky.social + Martin Parker + Olivia Palmer-Baker bringing together the future and history of music creation in unique location of St Cecilia's Hall 👏

Friday night al fresco dining experiences with otters and soprano pipistrelles down the Water of Leith @wolct.bsky.social ❤️

Cracking day documenting the Fashion at the Museum Study Day at National Museum of Scotland with A+ creativity from the young people of Firrhill High School 👏

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: apparently we can't solve climate change but at least your kettle has wi-fi and will be future-ready ozonecoffee.co.uk/products/fel...

"To give someone their dignity, you must show their complexity" Great talk from @damianbarr.bsky.social with @sarasheridan.bsky.social at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social discussing his excellent new book 'The Two Roberts'.

Cracking album launch show from The Shell + @obakegaku.bsky.social tonight at the Voodoo Rooms. Definitely give their album a listen at the-shell.bandcamp.com/album/the-sh... 👏👏👏

Part 2 catch-up from the inaugural #Edinburgh Indiepop All-dayer with @fightmilkband.bsky.social + Lande Hekt + The Cords + The Proctors closing the day on a high 👏 Big shout out to organisers, artists + staff who made it a great day 😀 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/edinburgh-in...

Part 1 catch-up from today's super-fun inaugural Edinburgh Indiepop All-dayer at The Mash House with cracking sets from @thejustjoans.bsky.social + Maison d'Etre + @fomachete.bsky.social + Josie 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/edinburgh-in...

How Thursday Ends: revisiting @strangetownco.bsky.social visceral production of Jennifer Adam's 'HER' which has only got more powerful since its 2023 premiere. Definitely see it if you get the chance (last @traversetheatre.bsky.social show is Fri 3 Oct, 7pm).

How Thursday Starts: ace morning taking photos of @dunedinconsort.bsky.social 'A Baroque in Motion' project at the Donaldson Trust in Linlithgow featuring a beautiful mix of music and movement 👏

"The Grateful Dead get their own Pantone colours" Clumsy brand tie-ins are GO! musically.com/2025/10/01/t...

4.55pm on a Tuesday afternoon are BBC Radio 4 are playing Swans with a jolly anecdote about a dad taking his daughter to see them live and her being physically sick because of the volume / noise. Our work here is done. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

"Our brain 'swivels' to focus on sounds from different directions" Well done brain: www.newscientist.com/article/2498... via @newscientist.com

If you don't have Rachel's in your life, now is the time to get it sorted: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Inspiring night taking photos for Cutting Edge Theatre as they celebrated their 30th birthday at the Festival Theatre with a powerful introduction by Daniel from their youth theatre 🎂

"The locations chosen in West Sussex to double for the environs around Loch Ness were superb and apart from the lack of mountains, you'd be hard-pressed to tell that it wasn't shot in the Highlands" It's always good to take a positive approach, right? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fun times at today's Friday Friends event at National Museum of Scotland 😀 Friday Friends is a monthly event for D/deaf and visually impaired children and their families, organised in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council's Additional Support for Learning Service www.nms.ac.uk/events/frida...

💙 FST’s bursary applications are officially open💙 These paid opportunities could allow you to gain experience by working within an established organisation or with an established practitioner in the performing arts for up to 12 weeks ✨ Find out more 👉👉👉 www.scottishtheatre.org/sector-suppo...

How Thursday Ends: always a treat being able to document the work of @dunedinconsort.bsky.social and their current 'Bach’s Italy' programme sounds amazing 👏👏👏 (hear it at @rcsofficial.bsky.social #Glasgow - Fri 26 Sep / St John's Kirk, #Perth - Sat 27 Sep)

How Thursday Starts: ace morning capturing the excitement at the National Museum of Scotland when pupils taking part in the Wee Explorers workshop got to see the Lewis Chess pieces for the first time 😮

📸 We've just launched a new round of our bursary for museum marketing photography. Accredited and non-Accredited museum organisations in Scotland can apply for up to £1,000 to spend on commissioning photography for marketing purposes. Applications close at 9am on 20th October 2025.

Packed day documenting @edinburghnapier.bsky.social Open Day with hunners of potential students visiting the three campuses (and getting the photographer to clock up a bonus 🚴 20km + 🚶 10K) 😀

Perfect mix of skill, anger and humour at a legendary night from M(h)aol + @malloryhawk.bsky.social + Sloth at Sneaky Pete's (with optional M(h)aol pub quiz 😂). Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/mhaol-mallor...

Last visit to see loveable doofus Qabid, the greater one-horned rhinoceros at @edinburghzoo.bsky.social, before he says au revoir for pastures new. During his time in Edinburgh he got his head stuck in both a feed bucket and a tractor tyre so he's sure to make an impact at his new home 😂)

How Saturday Ends: couldn't resist another blast of DITZ at Glasgow's CORE festival - short, surreal, savage ❤️ Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/ditz-13-sept...

How Saturday Starts: fun times at today's Dogs & Ducks event at National Museum of Rural Life when visitors got turned into a slalom course for a border collie and its flock of Indian Runner Ducks 😂

Wild, beautiful and unbelievably tight, DITZ's gig tonight at The Mash House c/o 432 reinforces their position as one of the best bands in the UK. Glasgow pals shouldn't miss them at The Hug and Pint tomorrow night 👏 Photo album with Company > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/ditz-12-sept...

Fun day documenting all the good stuff at this year's 360 Fest at National Museums Scotland's National Museum of Flight including the Extreme Mountain Bike Show not being limited by boring things like gravity 😳

Edinburgh Psych Fest 2025 bows out with some cracking sets from Dead Letter + La Sécurité + Do Nothing + Swiss Portrait 👏👏👏

Quick peek at the ongoing fun'n'mischief happening at today's Edinburgh Psych Fest with Heartworms + Blind Yeo + Orchestra (for now) + Anna Erhard 👏

That's Edinburgh Psych Fest 2025 (AKA Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Fest) out of the blocks with a storming set from Moonlandingz at The Queen's Hall including guest slot from @nadineshah.bsky.social 👏

After another depressing week of senseless cruelty and political cowardice, it was good to join today's Time to Take Action protest march to Bute House 🇵🇸 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/time-to-take...

🌙 Want to help shine a light on safer cycling? On 22 Oct 2025, communities across the UK will join mass Glow Rides as part of #MyRideOurRight Host your own ride & be part of the movement for safer, visible cycling. 👉 cyclinguk.org/glow-rides

Young Team Fox making mischief tonight down the Water of Leith @wolct.bsky.social until they got a lesson in manners from the local neighbourhood badger 😂

Final festivals show of 2025 is a belter from @ducksltd.bsky.social + Former Champ at Sneaky Petes' showing a perfect mix of exuberance and economy 👏👏👏 - don’t miss their show at Nice'n'Sleazy on 26 Aug 2025. Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/ducks-ltd-fo...