Opinion
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OpinionStreet 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 -
OpinionYear 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 -
OpinionTheatre 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 -
OpinionNew Works New Worlds at The Arches
Now that the New Works New Worlds Festival has found a home within its caverns, The Arches is establishing itself as Glasgow’s home for performance art... Read more »| 08 Jul 2009
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Opinion
Give Opera a Chance (It's Like World Peace, Only With More Wigs)
Opera isn't the most snooty artform. It often gets that bad press; but, having been for the first time properly recently (twice), I'm pretty certain it's not... Read more »| 21 May 2009 -
Opinion
Scotland: the Continental Fringe
Scottish theatre is more European than England's is. European Prize winner Rodrigo Garcia’s Scatter My Ashes Over Mickey would not surprise The Nationa... Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
Opinion
Waiting for Shitness, and, Rolling with the Shitness
The touring production of Waiting for Godot, that comes to the King’s Theatre this month and stars Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Simon Callow, is g... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
Opinion
National Review of Live Art
Gareth K Vile consideres the complexity of this year's performance extravaganza Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Opinion
A theatrical Christmas
The Skinny doesn’t sleep over Christmas. While the sensible world tucks into mince-pies, chortles at faded celebrities and shouts at the baddies in pan... Read more »| 21 Nov 2008 -
Opinion
September theatre
In last month’s editorial, I suggested that while performance might not be damaging to the social structure, it is, at best, morally neutral. This posi... Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
Opinion
The theatre of participation
Watching art does not make us better people. If it did, art historians would be renowned for their compassion and sensitivity, dance critics would not go int... Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
Festivals
Arches Theatre Festival - 8-19 April
All the companies have some kind of edge to them, something challenging and courageous. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Festivals
Arches Theatre Festival
All the companies have some kind of edge to them, something challenging and courageous. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008