Archive for August, 2024
Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Mark Howie
Lung Ha at 40
To mark its 40th anniversary, Lung Ha theatre commissioned a series of portraits of the 25-strong company from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. We are publishing a new portrait every fortnight. Today our spotlight is on Lung Ha actor Mark Howie.
Book Festival: Final round-up
Performance and discussion at the Futures Institute
The Book Festival closed its first year at the Futures Institute with the normal eclectic mix of events. The centrepiece of the second week as far as performance was concerned had to be Justified Sinner – New Myths. Writer Kirsty Logan, folksinger Kirsty Law and harpist Esther Swift came together for an intriguing combination of story, music and visuals.
It’s a wrap
#NoArtWithoutArtists as EdFringe posts 2.6 million tix
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has posted near-final figures of 2.6 million tickets issued for EdFringe 2024, along with a severe warning from Chief Executive Shona McCarthy against boring and elitist art.
A Girl Gets Naked In This
★★★★☆ Intimate and raw
A Girl Gets Naked In This from St Andrews-based People You Know, is a series of raw monologues about sex from nine young women’s perspectives. While all of the monologues are broadly about sex, they manage to cover a lot of ground – the good, the bad, and the mohawked.
Trainspotting Live
★★★★★ Visceral
Overstimulating, intense, shocking, and emotional, Trainspotting Live at Pleasance at EICC isn’t afraid to take it too far – and has become a sensation by doing just that.
Book Festival round-up part 2
Writing and performance from all corners of Scotland
Now firmly at home in the Edinburgh Futures Institute, the Book Festival continues to feature theatre-related events, performances and much else of interest.
An American Love Letter to Edinburgh
★★★★☆ Enchantingly Earnest
Equipped only with a book and a glass of water, storyteller Rick Conte masterfully intertwines the true tales of two Edinburgh visitors separated by nearly 250 years in An American Love Letter to Edinburgh at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died
★★★★☆ Inspiring
Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died, from The Joe Hill Project with Joey Shaw at C aurora, is an old-fashioned piece of political street theatre performed with clarity and focus.
Casual Encounters
★★★☆☆ Dark sex comedy
It is Saturday night and, following advice from a counsellor that he and his wife should have more sex, middle-aged Morningside banker, James, played by Ade Smith, is looking forward to his first experience of wife swapping.
Black is the Color of My Voice
★★★★☆ Stirring
Created by Apphia Campbell, Black is the Color of My Voice from Seabright Live looks back at the life of a musician, singer, and civil-rights activist on what seems to be the eve of her father’s funeral, as his death inspires her to seek clarity and redemption.
