The Alchemist
Gary McNair’s rhyming adaptation of a Jacobean farce is literal poetry in motion
An Inspector Calls
Twenty-seven years on, Stephen Daldry’s production is still enthralling
Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown worthy of its title as Scotland’s National Book Town on the evidence of this charming festival
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The Stornoway Way
Dogstar Theatre Company brings Gaelic storytelling to the stage
Broken Silence
A powerful account of how the Franco regime affects one woman and her village
The Eternal Feminine
A powerful yet truncated look at professional and personal equality in 1950s Mexico
Ben Elton
Ranty bane of the Tories is still very entertaining, if a little unquestioning these days.
Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story
Passionate dance biopic is playful and fleet-footed
Toxic Holocaust
Primal Future: 2019
Thrash revivalists play it fast and play it loud on fabulously entertaining albeit unoriginal sixth album
SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland
Impressive and bold collection of the best in Scottish short film-making
Sonia Aste: Made in Spain 2
Topical tapas are on the menu in this festive hour of comedy
Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd
Gadd corrals his audience tightly with tale of stalking trauma
Pink House
A small-scale and subtly powerful play about the ghosts of the past and cultural legacies
Hard to be Soft: A Belfast Prayer
A charged evening of dance addressing the city’s toxic gender image
Orfeo ed Euridice
Despite some impressive performances, concert sorely misses opera’s theatricality
Alistair Moffat: An Abandoned Mythical Land
A pilgrimage to rekindle the feelings this place once made the author feel
Rory Stewart: Lessons from Literature for Today’s Politics
The surprise leadership contender from this year’s race to be PM proves himself to be a breath of fresh air in politics
Robert Macfarlane: A Journey into Deep Time
An engrossing but sometimes troubling look at what’s beneath
The Stornoway Way
Dogstar Theatre Company brings Gaelic storytelling to the stage
The Alchemist
Gary McNair’s rhyming adaptation of a Jacobean farce is literal poetry in motion
Ben Elton
Ranty bane of the Tories is still very entertaining, if a little unquestioning these days.
What’s In A Name?
Entertainingly provocative comedy held back by underdeveloped characters
The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook
Four-piece display impressive musicianship in tribute to the late musical pioneer
The Stornoway Way
Dogstar Theatre Company brings Gaelic storytelling to the stage
Fires Our Shoes Have Made
Engaging and energetic mix of slam poetry, fairy tale and Bildungsroman
Broken Silence
A powerful account of how the Franco regime affects one woman and her village
The Eternal Feminine
A powerful yet truncated look at professional and personal equality in 1950s Mexico
Big Thief
Two Hands
MNNQNS
Body Negative
Toxic Holocaust
Primal Future: 2019
Amber Run
Philophobia
Chastity Belt
Chastity Belt
