In its seventy five years since premiering, Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning play has inspired several ballets and an opera, as well as the 'definitive' screen version, staring Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh in the staring roles. With their ...
Sun 20 May 2012 by Sean Watson | Read more »
From the 23rd-28th April on its final UK Tour, Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre proudly presents the touching true story of the Yorkshire Calendar Girls. The performance is excellently directed by Jack Ryder, who previously starred in the BBC soap Ea...
Sun 20 May 2012 by Francesca Parker | Read more »
Italia 'n' Caledonia is an historical tale about the Italians who emigrated to Scotland from the mid eighteenth century onwards and the contributions they made to Scottish culture and society. The story is centered around the ancestors of Philip Contin...
Sun 20 May 2012 by Kate Adams | Read more »
Set against the backdrop of the bombing of Berlin during the Second World War, an old acrobat, Otto Witte, crouches in a makeshift shelter of a caravan and recounts the tale of how he managed to be crowned the King of Albania. A motley bunch comprisin...
Sat 19 May 2012 by Vivek Santayana | Read more »
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Thu 10 May 2012 by Gareth Llewellyn, Sian Williams, Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | Read more »
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Harold Pinter once remarked ‘I'm not an authoritative or reliable commentator on the dramatic scene, the social scene, any scene’ he was also reluctant to divulge or even acknowledge the politics and critical theories in his work. However, it's a commo...
Wed 09 May 2012 by Charles Tyrer | Read more »
Applause and laughter flood the audience as Peter Arnott leads an hour-long performance flitting between the philosophical, religious and moral. Arnott is the playwright in residence with University of Edinburgh’s ESRC Genomics Forum and the piece bein...
Wed 09 May 2012 by Jared Cohen | Read more »
If a reviewer were being facetious he might say that Tony Swain’s subject is The Guardian. In his new exhibition at the Fruitmarket, the ubiquitous broadsheet is pasted, painted, and generally altered to the artist's content. But Swain does more than ...
Wed 09 May 2012 by Isaac Nugent | Read more »
Edinburgh’s Liquid Room is the busiest I have ever seen it. From my position on the balcony, looking down upon the heaving mass of tangled limbs, I get a fairly concrete idea of why some bands develop such God complexes. Thankfully Little Drago...
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One of the most attractive features of Aki Kaurismäki’s films is their setting: the Finnish director has a talent for creating warm, vivid atmospheres from places that one would usually consider drab and uninspiring. He has done this many ti...
Wed 09 May 2012 by Alexandre Johnston | Read more »
This is a book for people who revel in language, taking the reader on a delightful trip through the exotic origins of English words. Forsyth’s account is tumultuous, whisking the reader between Viking invasions, Starbucks and monks as he meanders...
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When one edits a newspaper section devoted to life’s culinary pleasures, one is often asked the same questions: “Are there are any nice restaurants in Edinburgh?” “Isn’t it all deep-fried?” “Do you even like wh...
Wed 09 May 2012 by Caroline Bottger | Read more »
Wed 09 May 2012 by Jak Purkiss, Sean Gibson | Read more »