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Traverse debuts »

**
The Dogstone: *** Nasty, Brutish and Short: ** Presented as a double-bill as part of the Traverse Theatre’s Debuts season, these two new plays "take an unflinching look into the darker side of Scottish families." According to the publicity material, ...

Fri 14 Nov 2008 by Eoin McGreevy | Read more »

The Presets »

****
In The Presets, Australia might just have a group good enough to consign the musical monstrosities that are Men At Work and INXS to the history books. With their brand of dirty, dance inspired electronica, this is as visceral, addictive and entertainin...

Fri 14 Nov 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »

The Intimate Portrait »

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***
Portraiture is arguably one of the hardest genres of art to embrace, conjuring images of domineering, monumental figures frowning down from inside heavy gilt frames. Portraitists need to work hard to dispel the indictment of "boring" with which their a...

Fri 14 Nov 2008 by Colleen Patterson | Read more »

All quiet on the western front »

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***
Even if you have not read the book, it is fair to assume from the start of All Quiet on the Western Front that a play about a group of German soldiers in the First World War is not going to end with japes and a wedding. The ensemble cast do an excelle...

Fri 14 Nov 2008 by Richard Dennis | Read more »

Langlands and Bell - Films and Animations 1978 – 2008 »

***
It is unusual to find an exhibition almost entirely made up of film, but the current Langlands and Bell show at the University of Edinburgh’s Talbot Rice Gallery is packed with 13 projections, filling every possible space. Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell ...

Fri 14 Nov 2008 by Kate Wieteska | Read more »

Musseling Inn »

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While it is the perfect antidote to a long day pushing past grey faces on Princes Street, the Mussel Inn is not the restaurant to celebrate a special occasion in, its dining room a bland sweep of plain walls and plainer furniture. The only decor that i...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Ailsa Ross | Read more »

Mary Rose »

Mary Rose

***
Long overshadowed in popular culture by fellow J. M. Barrie creation, Peter Pan, Mary Rose is a later, darker work. Written shortly after the First World War, in which many of Barrie’s friends were lost, it again unlocks the notion of the ageless...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

Noah and the Whale »

Noah and the whale

**
When not helping to up the sales of plaid shirts in urban Britain, folk act Noah and the Whale have found time to craft a highly calculated on-stage formula. While this approach works to keep the music tight and crisp, it does invite a definite impress...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Jacqui Kavanagh | Read more »

Wuthering Heights »

****
Adapting one of the best-known works of literature into a stage production can be problematic on many levels – die-hard fans will inevitably complain, while a slavish following of every word can lead to accusations of a lack of inventiveness. Apr...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Anna Fenton | Read more »

Midsummer »

Midsummer

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After a night of drunken passion they should never have shared and a chance meeting the following day, Bob and Helena are confronted in the Castle Terrace car park by the humble ticket machine, whose scrolling screen innocently informs them that "chang...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

The camera loves you »

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Directors Antonia Alonzo and Finlay Gall haven’t given themselves an easy job in taking on Attempts on Her Life: the original script of Crimp’s play is devoid of description or direction. Yet the creation of a play from the dialogue alone a...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Claire L Jarvis | Read more »

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