Posts Tagged ‘show’
Fringe: An early show that’s worth getting up for
White Girls is one of the earlier shows of the day and well worth setting your alarm clock to make sure you go. The show tells the tale of naive voluntourism within the Calais Jungle refugee camp. This could have turned into a political rant at the incompetence and uselessness of global governments. It wasn’t,…
Read MoreTV show goes behind the scenes at Scots hospital
A new BBC documentary series is going behind-the-scenes at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital which, each year, gives life-changing treatments to thousands of boys and girls across the North of Scotland. Narrated by David Tennant, The Children’s Hospital observes the dedicated work of the hospital team, exploring the lives of patients and staff at one…
Read MoreFringe: To entertain so well is certainly Le Coup
To be super rich would be a wonderful thing, to drift from private yacht and then to soar the heavens in private jets – how nice. But what do you do to entertain your equally rich friends who have seen and done everything before? It’s obvious, you hire the troupe of Le Coup! This production…
Read MoreGame of Thrones whisky in running for luxury award
A Scots business has been shortlisted in the Special Edition Pack – Drinks category of the 2019 Luxury Packaging Awards for the Game of Thrones Single Malt Whisky Collection, Award-winning drinks packaging company McLaren Packaging, based on Port Glasgow, is in contention for its with in the collaboration between HBO Entertainment and Diageo. The collection…
Read MoreFringe: A Brexit comedy as funny as Brexit itself
Lolly Jones: I Believe in Merkels was advertised as comedy with niche burlesque. It was neither. The show consists of a series of TV news reports projected overhead on a screen of EU politicians and their commentary during the May years as Prime Minister. Between these Lolly Jones provides a hackneyed commentary as repeated and…
Read MoreFringe: High schools, musicals and acrobatics
Filament are a young troupe of talented dancers and acrobats – and they will get even better over time. The performance is more acrobatic physical theatre than circus. The theme is ‘coming of age’, rather High School Musical in storyline. The trials and tribulations of growing up are all there; geeky boy accepted into the…
Read MoreFringe: Lucie Pohl offers a mixed bag of laughs
Okay, here’s a few things you should know about stand-up comedian Lucie Pohl. Firstly, she’s a short (5ft 1in) and hyperactively talented German-born New Yorker who dances like no-one’s watching and is inventively potty-mouthed. Despite being pint-sized, this failed former actor (her words) nevertheless exudes the sort of charisma which registers on Geiger counters. She…
Read MoreFringe: A timely reminder of historical horrors
A young woman rescues a drowning man on a beach in South America and the ensuing conversation between the two reveals the true nature of the man – and why he is what he is. This is not a play about the well documented mass murder and experimental atrocities committed by Josef Mengele, it is…
Read MoreFringe: One man and his bagpipes with a sad end
Thunderstruck is a one man show written and performed by David Colvin who acted in the acclaimed play The Black Watch. David tells the story of Gordon Duncan and how this Highland genius bin cleaner of a bagpiper changed his life. Gordon Duncan was, like so many exceptionally talented musicians, gifted with both the classical…
Read MoreFabulous fusion with north east artist Joe Fan
The sparkling granite buildings, tranquil parks and peaceful beaches of Aberdeen are far removed from the towering skyscrapers of the densely populated, bustling Hong Kong. But for Joe Fan, the two places are inextricably linked. Born and raised in the East Asian city, Joe found the land of opportunity in Aberdeen when he arrived from…
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