REVIEW: Noisenight – Mariam Batsashvili
Reading Time: 3 minutesMariam Batsashvili is a young Georgian pianist whose mastery of Liszt has brought her critical acclaim the world over.
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REVIEW: Heisenberg
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Arcola Theatre’s new production of Simon Stephens’ play “Heisenberg”, which first debuted in 2015, takes a new spin on the two-hander by queering the original narrative. Taking place in the Arcola’s studio space, this intimate revival brings to life a bit of the magic of the original with much-needed fresh representation.
REVIEW: Girls Who War
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen three young women in a flat share receive a letter informing them to nominate a poor soul to fight in an unnamed war, personalities clash with bitterness, desperation and sass.
REVIEW: Puppy
Reading Time: 2 minutesCreated by Naomi Westerman, Puppy is an outrageous, sex-positive comedy about dogging, queerness, porn, face-sitting and Nick Clegg.
REVIEW: Murder, She Didn’t Write
Reading Time: 2 minutesMurder She Didn't Write is a hilarious whodunnit inspired by Agatha Christie and is completely improvised based off of the audience’s ideas
REVIEW: Seven Last Words
Reading Time: 2 minutes A stirring evening of music The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Strings and Chorus captivated a packed Greyfriars Kirk on Saturday evening with a powerful Special Event performance of James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words. The hour-long programme was rich in…
REVIEW: Sarah Roberts: Silkworm
Reading Time: 2 minutesSarah Roberts is determined to unapologetically be her (hot, talented and baffling) self Sarah Roberts is hot and talented. Those are the two takeaways she sets out at the start of Silkworm, her now-touring 2024 Edinburgh Festival…
REVIEW: The Argument
Reading Time: 3 minutesA promising premise about reality and performance What starts out with a very promising premise descends into confusing chaos. The core conceit, according to writers Alfie Lanham-Brown and George Abbot, is that through the power of arguing,…
REVIEW: ASMF with Anthony Roth Costanzo
Reading Time: 2 minutesA night of immense spiritual and acoustic comfort One week prior to Good Friday 2025, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo joined forces with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under the direction of Tomo Keller. The…
REVIEW: The Sorcerer
Reading Time: 3 minutesA charming but risk averse production of one of the more flawed G&S operettas The Sorcerer remains one of the middling Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, not necessarily in quality but in popularity. It sits neither on the…