Arika 13: 20 & 21 Apr, Tramway
By . Published 09 May 2013
Arika's second outing in 2013 is themed around the idea that 'freedom is a constant struggle,' examining the black radical tradition in relation to jazz, poetry and history. Fred Moten,...
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Arika 13: 18 & 19 Apr, Tramway
By . Published 09 May 2013It’s Thursday evening, and upstairs in Tramway, M. NourbeSe Philip is laying down the groundwork for what will prove to be one of the festival’s standout moments – a collective...
Running on the Cracks @ Tron
By . Published 18 February 2013The Tron Theatre Company, in cooperation with Pilot Theatre bring the premiere of Running on the Cracks , directed by Katie Posner. Based on a book by Julia Donaldson and adapted...
Dirty Dancing @ The Playhouse, 5 December
By . Published 06 December 2012'Remember – this is the summer of 1963,' intones the voiceover guy as the lights dim. That means rock 'n' roll, a holiday resort in the Catskills, an unexpected nod...
My Shrinking Life @ Tron
By . Published 14 November 2012Twelve years ago, celebrated Scottish actor Alison Peebles was diagnosed with the degenerative condition multiple sclerosis. This unsparing show for the National Theatre of Scotland deals through semi-autobiographical monologue, dance...
Closer @ The Old Hairdresser's
By . Published 05 November 2012Closer, a play by Patrick Marber concerning honesty, co-dependency, trust, love as object-obsession and other heady themes, holds some considerable acumen, having won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New...
The Great Disappointment Of Santa Muerta @ Oran Mor
By . Published 05 November 2012The doubts, neuroses and motivations of the jobbing actor are explored in this lyrical, pithy play, written and performed by the brilliant Amanda Monfrooe. We follow her backstage, hearing her panicky...
Arches Live: Gelatin (Solo) / Update
By . Published 05 November 2012Gelatin (Solo) performed by Thomas McCulloch, is an intimate study in ritual and the limitations of the human form. McCulloch, clad only in boxer shorts walks in a circle around...
Whatever Happened to Harry @ Arches Live
By . Published 05 November 2012Seated in a blue Benz with the door hanging open, it is hard to anticipate what is going to happen. To the sound of a reggae beat, a woman with...
Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut @ The Macrobert
By . Published 26 October 2012Straight from this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gilded Balloon and the Tron Theatre companies present Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut. Jimmy Chisholm explains in his mini-prologue that the cast, consisting of...
Sonata For A Man And A Boy @ The Macrobert
By . Published 26 October 2012A well-dressed man in a grey suit and bare feet sits on a black workbench. As the audience - consisting mainly of schoolchildren - shuffles in, he begins to play with some...
THAT Festival @ The Macrobert
By . Published 19 October 2012It's THAT festival again...THAT festival returns with some of the freshest performances in theatre.
Wonderland @ The Royal Lyceum Theatre
By . Published 17 September 2012Wonderland does not take its main influence from Lewis Carroll but from tales of sexual exploitation and mistreatment. This approach sets precedence for the performance and the severe themes that...
The Shit (La Merda) @ Summerhall
By . Published 17 September 2012Silvia Gallerano is perched on a pedestal in the centre of the stage. She is completely naked and so is the stage itself. Gallerano spends the entire performance sitting awkwardly,...
Cinderella @ Festival Theatre
By . Published 10 September 2012OK, let's get the obvious stuff out of the way. It's the Mariinsky Ballet, without you having to travel to St. Petersburg to see them. It's conducted by Valery Gergiev,...
Juilliard Dance Triple Bill @ Edinburgh Playhouse
By . Published 10 September 2012The prestigious Julliard Dance School in New York has been nurturing young talent since merging its music and dance departments in 1951. Opener The Waldstein Sonata is bittersweet, having been...
Rubber Dinghy @ Zoo Southside
By . Published 04 September 2012Two male business partners stuck in a life raft. They're engaged in a scam involving getting rescued at sea and adopting new identities. Apparently there's money to be made by...
The Static
By . Published 03 September 2012A darkly comic coming-of-age tale about what happens when our darkest dreams come true
A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It) @ King's Theatre
By . Published 03 September 2012Love and Farce
Nights At The Circus @ The Space
By . Published 01 September 2012The circus is a world of illusion, where things are not as they seem. Angela Carter's bawdy novel on which this play is based, directed by Steven Green, explores what...
