Opinion
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Opinion
Burlesque: Subversive or not?
Is Burlesque still subversive? Or is it just porn for middle class people? Our Theatre Editor gets his dictionary out for the crowd Read more »| 05 Nov 2013 -
Festivals
Scotland vs Poland on the Edinburgh Fringe
Poland versus Scotland: it might lack the clarity of a sporting contest, but theatre does bring out the national identity Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Festivals
Beyond the Fringe
The Fringe: not just for August Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Homegrown Theatre Talent At The Edinburgh Festivals
Welcome to Edinburgh. This year, we've decided to eschew the traditional preview of the transplanted excitements of the South and offer our guests some local flavour with the Scottish performance highlights of the Festivals. Alba gu bràth Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Open Season: Refugee Week & West End Festival
Multi-talented and multi-cultural – we welcome the start of the festival season with an overview of the Central Belt's June offerings Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Festivals
Mayfesto: A New Theatre Festival for Glasgow
As Mayfesto returns for a second year, our Theatre editor takes a closer look at their programme of politically-inspired performance Read more »| 05 May 2011
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Opinion
A Theatre Critic's View: Escaping State Funding
Arts funding is under attack: is there an alternative way to get performance on the stage? Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
Opinion
Into The New: Plunge into the Future
"Into The New is our graduating students' festival," explains Kate Stannard, teacher on the RSAMD's Contempory Performance Practice course. "It kicks off in ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Festivals
Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival: Performance. Strings. Death. Despair. Puppets
Manipulate returns to Edinburgh in February with a celebration of puppetry and visual theatre Read more »| 11 Jan 2011 -
Opinion
Freak Out and Show Everything
It is rare to see the audiences for Live Art and burlesque overlap – even though both genres share a great deal and could learn from each other. Mat Fr... Read more »| 28 Nov 2010 -
Opinion
What's Your Point, Mr Bennett?
I recently interviewed Pamela Carter, author of An Argument About Sex. Carter suggested that Scotland lacks critics, but has plenty of reviewers. She went on... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
Opinion
A Public Apology - The Tron's Open Stage and Ankur's Social Rage
My misgivings about The Tron’s Open Stage competition – that the public vote would ensure mawkish, safe drama - are squashed by Sea a... Read more »| 17 Oct 2010 -
Festivals
Arches Live – Friday 24th September
Fiction writing’s just therapy isn’t it? It’s all just self-justifying interior monologue dressed up as social commentary, of more utility ... Read more »| 06 Oct 2010 -
Opinion
Finding my Dirty Paradise
These are the thoughts of Chairman Vile. The current estimate that one in four people suffer from mental ill-health at some point in their lives are a gross ... Read more »| 01 Oct 2010 -
Opinion
Get Decadent with Itsy
In days gone by Burlesque was something enjoyed by a handful of Goths, misfits and retrophiles. Now it’s discussed on This Morning, flaunted in H... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010