Reviews
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FestivalsThe Duke @ Pleasance Upstairs
Shon Dale-Jones, the actor behind regular Fringe favourite Hugh Hughes, has shown up with an autobiographical story this year – or, almost Read more »| 16 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsBlackCatfishMusketeer @ Summerhall
BlackCatfishMusketeer is a clever, funny, and poignant look at online dating Read more »| 16 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsWild Bore @ Traverse Theatre
Zoë Coombs Marr, Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott's genre-defying show suggests that bad art may be the highest art form of all. Read more »| 16 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsForeign Radical @ King's Hall
Foreign Radical sees 30 participants take part in an immersive performance exploring privacy and freedom of expression in the age of cybersurveillance Read more »| 15 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsThe Divide @ King's Theatre
Stale, arrogant, exhausting – Alan Ayckbourn’s Edinburgh International Festival premiere is best avoided Read more »| 15 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsScribble @ Assembly Roxy
The subjects of anxiety, OCD and paedophilia are too lightly explored in this fast-paced two hander Read more »| 10 Aug 2017
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FestivalsWorkshy @ Summerhall
The uneven tone and lack of substance in Katy Baird's Workshy overshadows its intriguing message and delivery Read more »| 09 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsTogether Alone @ Dance Base
Together Alone, danced by the brave choreographers Zoltán Vakulya and Chen-Wei Lee, is a duet of closeness rather than intimacy Read more »| 09 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsMeet Me At Dawn @ Traverse Theatre
Zinnie Harris's new play is an eerie, touching reflection on grief Read more »| 09 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsThe Whip Hand @ Traverse Theatre
Douglas Maxwell’s new play offers an insightful critique of power, obligation, and the lies we tell each other to bury the past Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsAssessment @ Gilded Balloon
The old are ‘shafting’ the young: an ageing population is becoming an ever-larger drain on a welfare state already squeezed and politicians are running out of ideas as to how to reduce the deficit. Read more »| 07 Aug 2017 -
ReviewsDaphne Oram's Wonderful World of Sound @ Tron Theatre
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is something that seems archaic in how forward-thinking it was. In days when the BBC itself has to justify its own right to exis... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
ReviewsVoid @ Dance International Glasgow
Running skittishly through the concrete milieu that is Glasgow’s Southside (because you stayed too long at the previous performance’s post-show c... Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
ReviewsEach Other @ Tramway, Glasgow
If contemporary art often falls back on the ‘it’s open to interpretation’ line, Each Other, by contrast, seems to cry out for meaningful ex... Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
ReviewsA Machine They’re Secretly Building @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
A theatrical documentary of sorts, combining archive footage and original video with live performance, A Machine They’re Secretly Building traces the h... Read more »| 05 May 2017