Theatre
There is an appropriate air of military precision and quiet crowd control at the SECC as the audience queues…
‘The Winter’s Tale’ contains possibly the most well known stage direction in theatre – ‘exit, pursued by a…
It was an intriguing old photo from a Glasgow newspaper that had belonged to my Dad that led me to find out…
It can be a terribly difficult thing not to fall into clichés when writing a piece such as this.
It must be a difficult job satirising politicians. Not to tarnish them all with the same brush or anything,…
Even with the immediacy of today’s communication, it is still slightly disquieting to deal with harsh living…
It is no mean feat to telescope a six-part television series in to a 2 and a half hour stage play but that is…
This year’s Imaginate Festival, Scotland’s international festival of performing arts for children and young…
200 years on, meet David Livingstone through the eyes of the Africans who knew him.
Frank Zappa, a Leonardo da Vinci anatomy exhibition, chinese heavy metal, and a theatrical journey to a "new…
Edinburgh wouldn't be the same without the Edinburgh International Festival.
The inspiration for Clean, we are told in an off-stage voiced prologue, arose from a conversation between the…
The 25th Edinburgh International Science Festival (23 March-7 April) will be opening its doors in the evening…
With the likes of Django Unchained and Lincoln dominating our movie theatres and news outlets over the past…
An American who hasn’t heard of KFC or McDonalds?
Riotous Road Show comes to an unscheduled halt.
The 1970s have been lovingly set in aspic for this revival of Mike Leigh’s unforgettable 1977 play, Abigail’s…
Douglas Maxwell’s ‘A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity’ offers a range of responses to that possibility.
Ambition, Power, Sex and Greed… Just another day at the office!
Journalistic shorthand for immense and serious human situations deeply belies the tragedy that impacts on…