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Those Radiohead boys really know their way around a film score. The cult band’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood has become one of the film world’s most... Read more »

The idea of musical collaborations is not a new one – as Russian Doll’s Nadia would say: “Collaborations. What a concept.” But some o... Read more »

As the iconic Scottish indie label Lost Map Records turns ten this year, label boss Johnny Lynch – aka Pictish Trail – has teamed up with seven o... Read more »

Best Kept SecretHilvarenbeek, The Netherlands, 8-10 Jun2018 will see The Netherlands' Best Kept Secret festival celebrate its sixth edition, held on the grou... Read more »

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival is nothing if not self-aware. Taking place annually in Hawick, the festival is alive to the fact that its celebration ... Read more »

An existential quest, this is an ambitious piece exploring the contemporary emptiness of Western/European society in its post-war context, but sometimes less... Read more »

Stunning videos and humourous use of text, mime, speech and movement, make this an inventive piece of experimental physical theatre, full of authenticity abo... Read more »

Long awaited, after the smash-hit success of The Moira Monologues, Alan Bissett's new drama, is an equally hilarious series of monologues all played by Bisse... Read more »

Fruitful Ties by former Royal Ballet member, Matthew Hawkins and Steinvor Palsson is outstanding: an elegant, stylish and stylised multi-layered piece, perfo... Read more »

This is the kind of  Zen koan that came to mind watching We Think Not. These are two different  works of  great interiority.  I felt like... Read more »

This is visceral dance theatre at its best. Inspired by Alice in Wonderland,  Polish Aleksandra Borys's piece is steeped in Lewis Carroll but it is... Read more »

The acclaimed company Communicado is back at full throttle: reminiscent of the legendary 7:84 company, many of the cast can sing, dance and play a tune on tr... Read more »

Heads Up is a smorgsbord of delights over 3 days, each day a new, last-minute programme of extracts of what's on at Dance Base, but also a cornucopia of... Read more »

Re-settings in historical eras seem to be de rigueur for opera productions nowadays, so why not set Fidelio in futuristic outer space, with  21st centur... Read more »

Hilarious, delicious, Faulty Towers: the Dining Experience is a Fringe Legend.  Now in its sixth consecutive year at Edinburgh, the show plus ... Read more »

Stuart is a homeless man suffering from motor neurone disease, a larger-than-life motormouth, enchanting but unpredictable, and at risk, criminal and ment... Read more »

The Wooster Group's Hamlet is an experimental, challenging work with an avant garde genesis but a more general appeal through its sense of humour and use of&... Read more »

Tradition and modernity meet head-on in this stunningly beautiful interactive performance of dance, film and innovative computer-generated visuals by a husb... Read more »

A delightfully varied taster of different dance styles, Heads Up is a midday pick-me-up with three different programmes and a mixture of professional and com... Read more »

"So…" begins Luke Murphy in that engaging Irish way of beginning a story. For both these shows, Your Own Man [★★★★☆] and Mad Notions [★★★★☆], are half... Read more »

A treat. What better way to celebrate the festive season than this rambunctious, zany version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland written and directed ... Read more »

What is the sound of one hand clapping ? This is the kind of Zen koan that came to mind watching We Think Not. These are two different works of great int... Read more »

With all the famed wit and verve, hospitality, and gift of the gab of the Irish, not least a cup of tea and a piece of cake (Oh go on, go on), this... Read more »

Away from the razzmatazz of the festival, I slipped into the chapel of St John's to experience Leave to Remain, where former Traverse playwright in residenc... Read more »

Rosie Kay returns with Brazilian Guilherme Miotto in a fascinating new show, which invades consciousness through its physicality and mesmeric power. A fusion... Read more »

Pointe ballet shoes, bare feet and boots sum up this contemporary ballet inspired by Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, superbly played by the Royal Scottish N... Read more »

Subtle, intelligent, playful and moving, Life in Progress exemplifies Sylvie Guillem’s attitude through the 39 years of her dance career: balancin... Read more »

Sacrifice of Roaring (★★★☆☆), is a descent into the Taiwanese spirit world combining modern choreography with traditional Asian movements. A man li... Read more »

Stephanie Mann graduated from Edinburgh College of Art MFA in 2013 and works from her studio at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. Upcoming show: The transparent... Read more »

Inspired by Richard Drew's photographs of a man falling from the World Trade Center, this is a memorial to those who died on 9/11. Inevitably the question ... Read more »