Spoken word review: Darren McGarvey AKA Loki: Scotland Today, The Stand's New Town Theatre
Finding that second act after a break-out bestseller is the lucky author’s nightmare, while the risk of losing artistry and edge to success is one that haunts every artistic enfant terrible.
Darren McGarvey AKA Loki: Scotland Today, The Stand's New Town Theatre ***.
Darren McGarvey won the Orwell Book Prize for political writing with his first book Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain’s Underclass. He brought a live version to the Fringe in 2018. The recovered addict who raps as Loki found himself travelling first class as the writer of “brutal unflinchingly honest poverty porn” he tells us.
Until 25 August