Living by the Sword
The hardships of prehistoric life on North Uist have been revealed with islanders battling starvation, sand storms, rising tides and floods that drove them out of their homes around 5,000 years ago.
Living by the Sword
One of two shows brought to this year’s Fringe by the legendary Gandini Juggling, Gibbon has a dual personality. During the slow opening, and at various points throughout the show, it attempts to create a rehearsal atmosphere.
Living by the Sword
Yellow star, pink triangle, brown triangle. These were the badges, stitched to clothing, that marked out the Jewish people, homosexuals and “gypsies” – or Roma people – who were the main victims of the...
Living by the Sword
The composer of Jerry Springer: The Opera is in three Fringe shows this year. Mark Fisher catches up with Richard Thomas
Living by the Sword
The composer of Jerry Springer: The Opera is in three Fringe shows this year. Mark Fisher catches up with Richard Thomas
Living by the Sword
You can’t throw a balled-up flyer in Edinburgh during August without the risk of hitting a troupe of young actors doing an ensemble comedy-drama based on the thrilling adventures of, well, themselves.
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Gandini Juggling is on a constant mission to find new and interesting ways to deliver its craft. We take skill and precision as a given with this company, it’s what they’re going to do with it that constantly surprises, as previous hits Smashed and 4x4 Ephemeral Architectures have shown.
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Alexander Fleming, who revolutionised medicine with his discovery of penicillin, was born on this day in 1881.
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#NotAllMen have written a play about gender, but those who have are all at the Fringe, writes Joyce McMillan
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She has a reputation in some quarters as the most feared critic on the Fringe – and her presence in the room has been known to put the fear of death into some comics.
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When David Greig and Gordon McIntyre’s Midsummer first appeared, in the financial-crash autumn of 2008, it was a gossamer-light, almost throwaway show playing in Traverse 2, while more heavyweight plays occupied the theatre’s main stage.
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Is it possible to get too much Vivaldi? I doubt Saturday’s capacity audience minded either way. Any chance to hear Nicola Benedetti is excuse enough. That her programme with the Academy of Ancient Music...
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Three of Banksy’s early artworks at Glasgow’s famous Arches club are to be saved -- 11 years after they were accidentally covered with grey emulsion paint.
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Fringe performers are facing the biggest shake-up in the comedy landscape for decades in the wake of the growth of the #MeToo movement, the organiser of the festival’s most prestigious prize has said.
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A young woman is in critical condition in hospital after three people became ill at Coloursfest, the dance music event held at Braehead.
