Posts by Scottish Field
Fringe Reviews: Jo Caulfield, Bad Mood Rising & Dan Rath, Tropical Depression
Jo Caulfield’s Bad Mood Rising is one of the best comics at the Fringe. A must-watch, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★★ Jo Caulfield is scathing of shows with themes, and people in new relationships, and men’s fashion and just about everything else. The title of her show, Bad Mood Rising, is apt. She wears a bright…
Read MoreEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Ten Thousand Hours, Cirque Kalabanté & Playing Love
Ten Thousand Hours, performed by the Australian acrobatic troupe, Gravity and Other Myths, is the most extraordinary thing I’ve seen at the Fringe this year, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★★ It’s not just the apparent ease of the feats (and somehow these performers do make it look easy), but also the choreographed falls, faults, stumbles. A…
Read MoreTop 5 things to do at Scone Palace International Horse Trials
Sponsored Content | This summer, for the first time, a brand-new equestrian spectacle is galloping onto Scotland’s sporting and social calendar, we take a look and some of the best things to see and do at the event this year. Promising four thrilling days of sporting action this August from 21-24, Scone Palace International Horse…
Read MoreAlasdair Becket King at the Fringe: ‘A brilliant, genuine comedy great’
I saw Alasdair Beckett-King at the Fringe in 2022 with his Nevermore show and it was one of the highlights of that year’s Edinburgh festival for me. This year he’s back, and on top form, says Alister Tenneb. ★★★★★ I am surprised that Beckett-King is not more of a household name by now – apparently…
Read MoreEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Adele Cliff & A Poem and a Mistake
Adele Cliff believes that all comics are liars, and she’s here to own the consequences says Frankie Reason. ★★★ This is Cliff’s eleventh visit to the Edinburgh Fringe, and it shows. She’s entirely at ease on the stage, and dialogues with her audience as comfortably as she would an old friend (perhaps whom she hadn’t…
Read MoreReview: Alan Davies, Think Ahead
Alan Davies is undoubtedly one of the biggest comedy names at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe – and for good reason, says Alister Tenneb. ★★★★★ Sometimes it’s great to go to a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe knowing you’re going to see someone who has the experience, skill and material that’s made them successful…
Read MoreFringe Reviews: Our Brothers in Cloth & Eli Matthewson Night Terror
Our Brothers in Cloth is not just a play about the shadow that has been cast over the Catholic Church, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★★ Set in religiously conservative rural Ireland a brother tries to make sense of the suicide of his sibling, his death a second one in the community. There is one other factor…
Read MoreReview: Ballet Nights, Glasgow
The critically acclaimed Ballet Nights smash hit live dance show makes its long-awaited Scottish debut in July at Glasgow Theatre Royal, finds Lisa Simonis. The ballet world descended upon Glasgow recently with the Scottish debut of Ballet Nights. Walking to the venue in the drizzle, I could spot the queue in front of Glasgow’s…
Read MoreGardening Column, Hamish Martin: ‘Whenever I see Red Clover growing wild I can’t help but internally rejoice’
Let me introduce you to one of my favourite wild friends, Red Clover. Whenever I see it growing wild I can’t help but internally rejoice, it’s bright red flower acting like a beacon, pulling me in. I will always pick some and bring them home to make herbal health tea. It is so interwoven with…
Read MoreMartyna and Magda Michalak: The Edinburgh twins taking the art world by storm
Lisa Simonis sits down with the Polish sisters Martyna and Magda Michalak – the Edinburgh twins taking the art world by storm. While most sibling relationships are complex, the stakes suddenly heighten when it comes to twins, who seem to inspire a unique kind of societal fascination. Imagine having someone with whom you’ve shared everything…
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