Opinion
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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 -
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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 -
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Arches Live Friday 17 September
As a man with strong feelings about superfluous punctuation, Not_With (Music) did not immediately endear itself to me. But I like a good sound installat... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010
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Arches Live Saturday
Having explored my own inner demons on Friday night – it appears that I can appear on stage without staining either the chair or my trousers too heavil... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Arches Live!
Sarah Hopfinger struggles to escape her past in Away Into the Night. It's an autobiographical piece about letting go of "twenty-two years of... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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The International Festival
Summer heats up in Edinburgh Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Opinion
Gardens and Labyrinths
A man stands on stage, a row of silver chains attached to his forehead by hooks. He removes them gently, allowing the blood to pour down his face. Cinderella... Read more »| 20 Jul 2010 -
Opinion
Torturing the Artists
One of the hottest topics in contemporary performance criticism- that is to say, the subject that most often is inflicted on my decreasing circle of friends ... Read more »| 16 Jul 2010 -
Opinion
Questioning Dance
It has not, so far, been a vintage year for dance in Scotland. Tramway seems to have withdrawn from its traditional programming of left-field European choreo... Read more »| 27 Jun 2010 -
Opinion
But Will a Scotsman Never frae this Vile Growth be Freed
William Sweeney first orchestrated A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle in 1992, during one of Tramway's golden ages when the West Coast became a powerhouse for ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2010 -
Opinion
A Lot More Fun
Having read Elaine C Smith's autobiography, in which she castigated critics for being failed perfomers, I was inspired to prove her right. A few quiet shows ... Read more »| 27 May 2010 -
Opinion
Time Off For Good Behaviour
Since I don't mind a spot of emotional manipulation - both on the stage and, if anyone is interested, in my personal life, the finale of Beady Eye's Everythi... Read more »| 20 May 2010