What an opening !! So much effort from everyone involved 🙏the detectives and all at the archive team loved welcoming so many friendly faces. Thanks to all who arrived to give their statement. Can’t wait for tomorrow .. late night too 👏🏻11-7.00 get that statement up to the GCU x
What a great first morning at
#TaggartPeoplesArchive
! Lots of people sharing their fond memories and memorabilia from the Taggart days. Congrats all involved!
Blazing Griffin Pictures presents GLASGOW TOWN starring Blythe Duff, directed by Michael J Ferns.
Music by Alexander Wells based on the song by JJ Gilmour. Produced by Lauren Lamarr and Margarita Veberaite and written by Joanne Thomson.
Can’t wait for a member of the public to cut the crime scene tape on the 6th September at the GCU archive centre! Would love to see you all. Get that evidence looked out. X
🔎The investigation is on! We have been working away with
@weeblythy
and cannot wait to welcome you all to our mock police station. This Archive needs your stories!
#TaggartPeoplesArchive
Get involved 👇
Thank you again to everyone who came along to the
#TaggartPeoplesArchive
event last week and to all those who have contacted us online. You can still submit your 'statement' and 'evidence' online here:
🚨 You've got until Saturday 30th September to submit your Taggart stories! 🚨
Whether you were involved in location shoots, worked as an extra or played a corpse - submit your 'evidence' at the online form here:
@gcuarchives
@stvstudios
Spent the last 3 hours with
@eddireader
didn’t even leave the house! Such sublime musicality,singing and mood enhancing arrangements.I’ve waltzed around my living room and reminisced about asking my then neighbour, to your concert in ‘97. Thanks Eddi… you changed my life 😉♥️
Paul English has done a fine job about TAGGART: The People’s Archive 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 See you at the GCU Wednesday - Friday. Drop in and give us your statement and any evidence. Can’t wait to see you. Blythe x🕵️♀️🎬🚔
In today's paper:
• Meet the man on a mission to visit every named beach in Scotland
•
@weeblythy
on quest to create Taggart archive
• Scottish comic book masterminds
@grantmorrison
and
@robbiegmorrison
compare notes ahead of Bloody Scotland appearance
1/4 SYFF are delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new week-long internship with our partners at
@BlazingGriffin
!
Participants will spend the 6th–10th of November at the Blazing Griffin studios in Glasgow learning about film production & development from industry pros.
🚨Just one more week to go!🚨
We'll be collecting your Taggart stories on the 6th, 7th and 8th of September - make sure you're included in the
#TaggartPeoplesArchive
#FundedPHD
#Taggart
Deadline: 4 August 2023.
Looking for someone with the ability to handle and analyse scripts and ability to interview Ms Duff and her professional associates.
The last months have stressed & stretched thin every theatre professional I know, working in such difficult circumstance’s. Today has been the worst circumstance imaginable but it’s a privilege to see this show/family come together with such kindness & compassion for each other.
I’m almost crying reading this! Congrats! I wish I had taken a pic of every dressing room I’ve been in. For every green room- if there is one - where you can’t find a spoon. I hope people treat this with respect and look after this brilliant green room 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Earlier in the year we asked what you needed from a Green Room. We listened. We have made some big changes. We were really struck by how many of you needed somewhere to rest between a matinee and an evening show, so, we have converted a dressing room into a Bunk Room. 💤🛌😴
From extras to fans to those whose homes became locations - we can't wait to hear your Taggart stories.
We will be collecting witness statements for the
#TaggartPeoplesArchive
from 6th-8th September at the GCU Archive Centre. See you there!
For more👇
What a bloody treat this is! I’m in awe of the musicianship in the room. Can’t wait to send it out with some beautiful poems linking the the two worlds… jazz and traditional.
Thank you
@Nicola_Meighan
for chatting to Blythe Duff about the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra's Tales of the Tribe
@BBCRSAfternoons
Catch "Tales" - featuring Phil Cunningham, Julie Fowlis, Megan Henderson & Michael McGoldrick - at Aberdeen tonight and Edinburgh tomorrow.
@colinmccredie
bought me this as a birthday present. I brought it to set and in between shots we tried to solve it. I had to produce the biscuits in the end to retrieve the final piece ! Good times.
Among all the murder in Blythe Duff's papers we find a specially personalised
#Taggart
jigsaw puzzle game produced in the '90s. This Blythe bespoke version has a kidnapper on the Taggart crew holding the last piece hostage until payment of M&S biscuits is paid in full!
To mark 40th anniversary of Taggart those involved in making the detective series are being invited to share their memories.
Special archive being set up
@CaledonianNews
& they hope to hear from extras and even people who played corpses.
We'll speak to
@weeblythy
#bbcgms
0750
@PeterAlanRoss
Ooft this reminds me of the year I spent Pre lockdown living just off the strand and my walk to and from the Palace Theatre.I haven’t missed it until right now.Rabbie Burns surveying the stunning floral display in Embankment gardens. The deafening hubbub from Gordon’s wine bar♥️
@CaledonianNews
@GCUArchives
So delighted! Really excited to see what the next three years will reveal. (I of course have insider knowledge !!) really nice to have another creative with such a helpful background who will investigate my 40 years in the industry. Looking forward to connecting. B x
@BarbaraDickson
Uch Barbara it’s hard to take in. He took me to afternoon tea in May. Turned up as dapper as always and we gabbed for 4 hours. He talked so fondly of your endearing friendship. How lucky are we, that we had him in our lives. X
@alisonjfwatt
@edbookfest
Ooft weeping throughout this. I am so envious of your relationship. (I realise this is a strange thing to say as I type it) but the conversation allowed us an ‘in’ to that connection. Thanks to both of you. Such a treat. X
These playwriting notes are becoming my Twitter treat. Short and succinct. Brilliant for writers, actors, directors… the whole industry. He plans to release 101 notes.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Playwriting note39: I never imagine my characters sitting down. If they do I find the scenes plateau. I have to feel with each line that they are pushing into the space or pushing out of it, drawing closer to another person or away. I call this the hidden kinetic dance !
I had the utter joy of hanging out with Rab and watch him craft this song which was a second away from being a wonderful song and he just honed it to perfection as only Rab could. X
And here is the end of the song Rab completed after 61 years, playing with
@jamthrawn
. Out of Sight, Out of Mind. After spending the weekend in Rab’s company I decided to ‘be more Rab’. A good motto for life!
#bemoreRab
.
@rabnoakes
(2 of 2)
@NicolaMRoy
Don’t know if this makes me really depressed that you sat your exams in 2002… let me think 🤔 yes, it does. Keep telling people sober or not. It just makes them feel old … result. Might not be the response which salves but it’s a result (as was your £100.00 well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻)
@weemo67
@traversetheatre
@PlayPiePint
How brilliant Mo. And your body of work in 42 years is immense. In quality and quantity. Such a great credit to add to the many. Congrats 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻
@jrdouglasesq
John you were outstanding. Watched the show on Thursday. What a great venue for your witty repartee and your soulful voice. A real treat. Congrats. B x
@OrlaOConnorCast
Hate to say it but I’d started to get used to it at the bottom. I even started to enjoy that trickery where I had to jog my brain to find it…I’ll get my coat.
@Adrienne65
@colinmccredie
@theJohnMichie
Wow 27 seasons 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 that’s a lot of murders. If you can’t come to the GCU archive on the 6th/7th/ 8th sept it would be lovely if you want to submit your witness statement online to TAGGART:The PeoplesArchive.
@rickyaross
Oh this is adorable 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 hip hip happy birthday dear one … hope you’re shaking that tambourine for all it’s worth … it’ll help to blow out the candles 🤣 … what?🤷🏼 what did I say. 🙄 Love ya 😘
@inScotland80
@secretcoastsong
@sonyaphotoart
I have to agree I turned up with 13 single words on a sheet of paper and it was worked up in to a song. It’s fantastic! Well worth it. And the encouragement from all attending is perfect.
@sonyaphotoart
@inScotland80
@secretcoastsong
Well I played the guitar when I was 21 (not yesterday !!) and I’ve started again. I’ve started to remember chords and my fingers are less painful! I’m really enjoying it and if I can play one song that I can sing to I’m happy!!
@sonyaphotoart
@inScotland80
@secretcoastsong
I wanted to go to the retreat to hang out with creative, like minded learn from others. It’s a demo.I was happy with what I achieved. I wrote a song and sang on it. I adored singing on others songs. It’s nice to do something just for our own enjoyment.
@inScotland80
@hollow_wall
Early 80’s I did a theatre piece with Moira called ‘For a few Dollars More’ about the Lee Jeans factory, sit-in. She was great in it. It was a play with songs so heard her fantastic singing voice every night. Great to see this !
@alisonjfwatt
Just beautiful, thought provoking, calm, gentle exhibition. Really needed it. Hope you had a good Christmas. Happy new year when it comes. X
@LiamRudden
@glennchandler
It’s also for all the theatre and companies I’ve worked with … and there have been many!!! Obviously Taggart takes up a good few boxes though. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@MarkRavenhill2
Mark I’m loving these … what a gift … for whatever way you come at this industry but really interesting for actors too. Hope all well with you. Best Blythe x
@PaulEnglishhack
@DailyMailUK
Thanks Paul … when we filmed and the series would go out 8/10 moths later it was strange how a story would emerge which coincided with out plot. Oh how I wish this headline hadn’t been so poignant today. … strange how things work. RIP. The real singing detective x
@KittyTConnell
Oh what a treat to have Aiden with us and what a moving effortless performance. He made it easy to feel emotional ..just looking at him. I’m sure it’s a tough watch. X
@KittyTConnell
We do put our families through the wringer … it’s one of the the down sides of our job. I love that pic playing the guitar ♥️ he’s a delight ! And your daughter x
@MarkRavenhill2
I adore punctuation. As an actor I find it incredibly revealing/helpful.
Could live without the … although I use them myself when writing 🤷🏼(txts and cards etc. Writing is not my bag ) x
@sonyaphotoart
@inScotland80
@secretcoastsong
My husband was at the last one. He didn’t play an instrument. He loved it. Was delighted with his song and has been learning to play the guitar ever since. It inspires folk in different ways.