{"id":6027,"date":"2022-09-12T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=6027"},"modified":"2022-09-12T12:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:53:16","slug":"scots-language-awards-2022-national-library-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2022-national-library-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2022: Jaimini Jethwa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Weel duin tae Jaimini Jethwa wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Writer o the Year sponsored by National Library of Scotland in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 24th September at 7pm. Tickets for the ceremony are available to buy here: https:\/\/dundeeboxoffice.co.uk<\/a>. If you cannae make it you can hae a swatch o it online. You can a buy an online ticket here for that.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We askit Jaimini Jethwa o National Library Scotland thae speirins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
I\u2019m a playwright and Screenwriter based in Dundee, recently my new play \u2018Hindu Times\u2018 was produced with The Royal Lyceum and Dundee Rep, also showcased Edinburgh Fringe. My previous play was sold out Edinburgh Fringe and Dundee Rep \u2018Last Queen of Scotland\u2019 I was also shortlisted with BBC radio and BBC Social as well as Sketchatopia . I was also part of the The Stand, Red Raw live stand up comedy. I write in Dundonian and celebrate the local dialect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
I\u2019ve aye been completely besotted with the Dundee dialect and the comedy of the culture is what led me to write in the voice of the the people, the lingo is so gud to write, it\u2019s infectious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
My first play \u2018Last Queen of Scotland\u2019 sold out Edinburgh Fringe. I was featured on BBC and interviewed by Janice Forsyth Show and Reporting Scotland. My play \u2018Hindu Times\u2019 was featured in Soundstage with The Royal Lyceum and showcased Edinburgh Fringe. I was shortlisted with BBC Scotland for my Radio Drama and BBC Social sketch. I wrote for The Guardian and Sunday National and also presented my show at Dundee Rep. The Guardian featured several articles on my play \u2018Hindu Times\u2019 – a divine night out in Dundee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
To write my new play \u2018Johnny Cash Saves The Trip\u2019 and get right in about this exciting opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about National Library Scotland<\/a>
https:\/\/www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk\/playwrights\/jaimini-jethwa.aspx<\/a>
Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jaimini.jethwa.7<\/a>
Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaiminiJethwa<\/a>
Instagram: https:\/\/linktr.ee\/jaiminijethwa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 24th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/dundeeboxoffice.co.uk<\/a> Performing on Saturday 24th September include Bruce Fummey, Hamish Macdonald, Beth Malcome and Robyn Stapleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com\/handsupfortrad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weel duin tae Jaimini Jethwa wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Writer o the Year sponsored by National Library of Scotland in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 24th September at 7pm. Tickets for the ceremony are available to buy here: https:\/\/dundeeboxoffice.co.uk. If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2022","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2022\/09\/E9351963-4551-4AB2-A7D7-B6A6A3AF6694-600x450-1.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1zd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6063,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions\/6063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}