Opinion
-
Festivals
Arches Live! - Music as a force in theatre
Once regarded as 'the twelfth best club in the world', the Arches' status as a world class music venue is hard to ignore. And music is a dominant force in mu... Read more »| 07 Oct 2009 -
Opinion
Walking On Eggshells: Arches Live!
There is a consistency of tone across the Arches Live this year that has given the festival a coherent and intimate atmosphere. Many of the works are autobio... Read more »| 26 Sep 2009 -
Festivals
Charleville Festival de Marrionettes
When I told friends I was going to watch puppets in France, their eyes had this strange habit of glazing over - focus shifting to the middle distance, unsure... Read more »| 26 Sep 2009 -
Opinion
Pushing Boundaries: Arches Live!
What our theatre editor thought of the Glasgow venue's latest venture Since Jackie Wylie took over at The Arches, it has pushed the boundaries of drama towa... Read more »| 23 Sep 2009 -
Opinion
Dicks, Tits and Chip: Arches Live
The Arches Live launch night hit the ground running on Thursday with plenty of dicks, tits and ass from performance poet Drew Taylor. Apparently shipped over... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
Opinion
Vanishing Point: The Beggar's Opera
At this year’s Critics’ Award for Theatre Scotland, Vanishing Point swept the board with the intimate Interiors. For latest production, The Begga... Read more »| 16 Sep 2009
-
Opinion
Seeing Stars: What's in a review?
Somehow during the Fringe, between aborted romances, editing a daily magazine, seeing six shows a day and following the coffee, nervous energy and forgetting... Read more »| 09 Sep 2009 -
Opinion
Trilogy, and a few home truths
I took my Mum to watch Trilogy last week. That’s not the most exciting news for some people, but it was a big thing for me because I was inviting her i... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Opinion
LIVE from Stockbridge, yeah?
I started working for The Arches at the end of July. I cycled to work through the city - through Kelvingrove park, down Sauchiehall Street - before being suc... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
Opinion
A Skinny Take: A medium please
Ryan returns to take us through the spirit world. ---- The human impulse to explain is a source of great imagination: never content to simply not know, his... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009 -
Opinion
Street Performers (or why freaks should stay in the circus)
Felice guides us through her Festival ---- The first thing most people will find out about me is this: I hate most people. The second thing most people wil... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009 -
Opinion
Year of the Free show?
If 2009 should prove to be the year of the free show, then that’ll be due less due to the recession itself (paid shows a the big four are still selling... Read more »| 13 Aug 2009 -
Opinion
Amnesty International: Free the Fringe
Free the Fringe! By Steve Ballinger, Amnesty International I was at David O’Doherty’s (fantastic) gig last night and he... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
Opinion
Theatre Laid Bare
While Anti-Christ is upsetting cinephiles with its explicit violence and apparent misogyny, this theatre critic doesn’t understand. Anti-Christ i... Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
Opinion
Itsy Bitsy Theatre
Frustratingly, in a period when the theatres have either gone dark or are saving their resources for August in Edinburgh, there is a clash of events on Fri... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009