Performing Arts
Liam Rudden: Him and her off the telly at the Fringe
CINEMA and TV stars have become a regular sight at the Fringe over the last few years. Everyone from Michael Barrymore to The Hoff, Benidorm’s Madge to Matthew Kelly and Lorraine Chase have headed to the Capital come August for a bit of Fringe fun.
1 commentTheatre review: Paul Bright’s Confessions Of A Justified Sinner, Glasgow
IT’S the famous final line of the journal of Robert Wringhim, the tortured hero of James Hogg’s 1824 novel The Private Memoirs And Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
Theatre review: The Changeling, Glasgow
CONDENSING Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s unsettling English Renaissance tragedy into 45 minutes was always going to demand savage cuts.
10 things to do in Scotland this week
The pick of the best one-off events and festivals in Scotland this week, including the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Royal Highland Show, St Magnus International Festival, Insider Festival and Scottish Traditional Boats Festival.
Review: Leith Festival, Edinburgh
SOMETIMES, in any city, an area emerges as the hub of creative life for a whole generation of artists; and that’s what’s happening right now around Edinburgh’s old port of Leith.
Theatre reviews
Dance review: Siobhan Davies Dance, Glasgow
“CAN you help me walk across the room, please?” asks dancer Helka Kaski, as I wander past her in the gallery.
Theatre review: Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors, Edinburgh
A FIRM favourite with parents, children and award panels alike, CBBC’s Horrible Histories has been hailed as one of the funniest things on TV.
Theatre review: Porridge In The Morning, Glasgow
Adapted from the diary 16-year-old Colin A Fraser kept throughout 1911, by his nephew, Alister Fraser, this time capsule of Glasgow working-class life is brought to life by spirited performances from a Scottish Youth Theatre cast.
Theatre review: Some Other Mother, Stirling
NEXT week is Scottish Refugee Week; and this weekend, the Tron Theatre plays host to this challenging new play about the fate of two asylum seekers in Glasgow, written by AJ Taudevin, and first seen at a rehearsed reading last year.
Theatre reviews: Let The Right One In, Dundee Rep | Volpone, Glasgow
John Tiffany’s farewell to the NTS is a heartfelt interpretation of a nightmarish story that focuses on the results of neglect and complacency
Dance reviews
Dance review: Siobhan Davies Dance: Every Day, Glasgow
“CAN you help me walk across the room, please?” asks dancer Helka Kaski, as I wander past her in the gallery.
Dance review: Siobhan Davies Dance, Glasgow
“CAN you help me walk across the room, please?” asks dancer Helka Kaski, as I wander past her in the gallery.
Dance review: The Professionals on Ice, Edinburgh
UNSHACKLED from their celebrity partners on ITV’s Dancing on Ice, in this show the professionals finally get a chance to shine in their own spotlight – which, once you factor in the theatrical lighting, glistening ice and copious sequins on display, is really quite bright.
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Wednesday 19 June 2013
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