French Institute
Singing Willows
★★★☆☆ Whimsical
Singing Willows at the French Institute is the brainchild of Alexandra Borghino, a French artist who has adapted her book of the same name into bilingual tunes for wee ones, to teach French and English through songs and pictures.
Skins and Hoods
✭✭✭✩✩ Gets under the skin:
Young critics scheme review
After its world debut in the Avignon Festival last year, Cie du Veilieur brings Gustave Akakpo’s exploration of identity to the French Institute for the 2015 Festival Fringe.
Skins and Hoods
✭✭✭✩✩ Overcomplicated:
Skins and Hoods at the French Institute is an ambitious multimedia production whose most successful elements are those closest to traditional theatre.
Wordly Wisdom for a short month
Resident poet J. A. Sutherland reports back on recent goings-down in the world of Edinburgh’s spoken word events – and keeps us up-to-date with its goings-on in a month short in days, but not in spoken words…
Æ preview – The Beautiful Game’s most beautiful game…
Heroic Endeavour Trumps Outrageous Villainy at the Bongo Club By Thom Dibdin As Scotland’s football referees go on strike for the weekend, Edinburgh’s stages are host to a reminder of a first class game in which a clear and obvious foul went unpunished. A Scot, Robert Valentine, was on the touchline but it was Dutch […]
