Posts Tagged ‘fringe’
Isle of Harris whisky sells out after more than 25,000 people queue for the dram
The first whisky to be made on the Isle of Harris sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000 people queued online to get their hands on the dram. Islander Murdo MacLeod was the first to purchase the Scotch at the distillery, having camped outside since 2am on 23 September to…
Read MoreFestival Review: Bluebeard’s Castle
Megan Amato reviews Bluebeard’s Castle. When I was first given the program for the upcoming International Festival, I immediately clicked yes for Bluebeard’s Castle without much thought. As a lover of classic fairy tales reimagined through different mediums, I assumed I was in for Bela Bartok’s classic operatic tale of a woman forcing open doors…
Read MoreFRINGE REVIEW: FLAMENCO GUITAR ODYSSEY WITH PHILIP ADIE
Rosie Morton reviews Philip Adie’s Flamenco Guitar Odyssey. ONE man and his guitar. Amidst the madness of The Fringe, it pays to keep things simple. Aberdeen-born Philip Adie, who now lives in Seville, did just that with his ‘Flamenco Guitar Odyssey’. Taking to the stage in Alba Flamenca, an intimate venue on East Crosscauseway, Adie…
Read MoreFringe Review: Trash Test Dummies
Alister Tenneb reviews Trash Test Dummies at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. THIS acrobatic/circus/slapstick performance essentially revolves around three wheelie bins – doesn’t fill you with delight? The show is geared towards kids ten years and under and judging by the near constant shouts, shrieks, squeals of laughter from their younger attendees they certainly know their…
Read MoreFringe Review: Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt
Alister Tenneb reviews Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. I FIRST saw Frank Skinner more than 30 years ago, performing in one of the smallest rooms in the Pleasance Courtyard, a couple of years before he won The Perrier Award. I think there were about five people in the crowd.…
Read MoreFringe Review: Paul Foot: Dissolve
Alister Tenneb reviews Paul Foot: Dissolve at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. PAUL FOOT enters the room and immediately is right up shouting into people’s faces in a pretty full-on manner – possibly it’s his way of laying down the rules for audience engagement. I’m glad not to be on the receiving end of it. He…
Read MoreFringe Review: Alexander Bennett: I Can’t Stand the Man, Myself
Alister Tenneb reviews Alexander Bennett: I Can’t Stand the Man, Myself at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. HAVING arrived just in time for the performance, I was dreading sitting at the front and where the only empty seat was in this sell out production – I was very relieved that Alexander Bennett made a point of…
Read MoreInternational Festival Review: The Rite of Spring
Megan Amato reviews The Rite of Spring at the Edinburgh International Festival. PINA BAUSCH’S The Rite of Spring returned to Edinburgh on 17 August with pan-African dance company École des Sable, The Pina Bausch Foundation and Sadler’s Wells. Composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1913, Bausch transformed the pagan Russian performance into the stark battle between…
Read MoreFringe Review: Clara Pople
Jeremy Welch reviews Clara Pople at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. WORKING as a reviewer during the festival is a bit like working on an oyster farm – you shuck away at the oysters in the hope of finding pearls. More so when you review shows in the Free Fringe. My admiration for these artists that…
Read MoreFringe Review: Let the Bodies Pile
Jeremy Welch reviews Let the Bodies Pile at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. HENRY NAYLOR is a fantastic playwright with justifiable awards and accolades heaped upon him. This production is typical Naylor, probing, questioning and leaving the audience to judicate. Is it his best work? No, but it is great theatre all the same. The play…
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