Helen Glassford: ‘My paintings draw on memories of the remote areas of Northern Scotland’

An exhibition featuring 40 new paintings by Scottish landscape artist Helen Glassford is opening at The Strathearn Gallery.  Renowned for her emotionally resonant, immersive works, Helen captures the raw beauty and atmosphere of Scotland’s wild, untamed landscapes.   Her richly layered paintings explore the fleeting interplay of memory, atmosphere and light, inviting viewers into a deeply…

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Fringe Reviews: The Aquatic Melody, The Fahrenheit Alliance V, Hey Stop!!!, Saloon Girls & Hibiscus Thistle: A Panorama of Hunan

The Aquatic Melody ★★★★ In the corner of a small but sold-out venue, a stage with a single table and chair draws our attention. A softly strummed stringed instrument signals the beginning of the show and our male protagonist Lin Jiaxing makes an entrance with his low timbred voice. Our female protagonist, dressed in a…

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Fringe Reviews: Ha, HAHAHA-HAMLET, Jeju

Ha is a phenomenally poignant and daring piece with a message just as haunting as its delivery. ★★★★★ A woman sits on a chair in the dark. A stage light illuminates a face with her mouth wide open and hints at her naked form. The sound of her breath starts slow before becoming irregular, and…

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Fringe Reviews: Dance and Theatre

Is there work on Mars ★★★★ In a Dystopian world, a young woman named Xue is being interviewed for a Move to Mars Worker’s Visa as a lawyer with Nylon Tusk’s SpaceX. Through a series of tests and questions – all whilst doing a beep test – the audience are eyewitness to systemic barriers and…

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Fringe Reviews: Circa: Wolf, Garry Starr & Ascension

Circa: Wolf is an astonishing, feral acrobatic spectacle, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★ Performers snarl at one another from across the stage, negotiating, imitating one another’s movements, and the ‘pack’ repeatedly forms and disperses, repelling any lone wolves that attempt to penetrate the fold.  The choreography is charged with an unexpected intimacy, raw and animalistic, bodies…

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