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Domesticated

Playful to the point of parody, Frenchman’s seventh album lacks finesse

Monkey Barrel Records

News

Monkey Barrel launch vinyl record label

Comedy club’s first releases will include top shows from last year’s Fringe

Dogstar Theatre [via Vimeo]

Circling A Fox [ONLINE]

Gripping documentary about one man’s remarkable life

Wales Millennium Centre [via Vimeo]

Only The Brave [ONLINE]

Rousing wartime musical celebrates human spirit

Sparks A Steady Drip Drip Drip

Sparks
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

More inspired stuff from the much-admired Maels

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Opinion

Protected: President Obonjo under house arrest

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Ben Seal

Interview

Ben Seal

Fife composer talks lockdown living and power ballads

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Monkey Barrel Records

Monkey Barrel launch vinyl record label

Comedy club’s first releases will include top shows from last year’s Fringe

Actors

NTS reveals details of new shorts series

The first Scenes for Survival will feature pieces by Janey Godley, Morna Pearson and a new Rebus

Wet Wet Wet

Musicians gather for charity live-streaming event

The ten hour event on 30th May will raise funds for Nordoff-Robbins and ViseUp

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Husbands

A slightly flawed study of all the facets of toxic masculinity

Dream Demon

Understandably forgotten but competently made Elm Street-inspired knock-off

A Play, A Pie, and A Pint [via YouTube]

Spuds [ONLINE]

Daft chippy-based comedy musical serves up a treat

The Zim

Intense depiction of the impact of the Zimbabwean land reform act

End of Sentence

Road movie delves into the heart of a dysfunctional father-son relationship

A Rainy Day In New York

Tepid, lawsuit-laden bore

Sébastien Tellier
Domesticated

Playful to the point of parody, Frenchman’s seventh album lacks finesse

Bleed From Within
Fracture

Glaswegian metallers swing for the big leagues on epic fifth LP

Starless
Earthbound

Former Friends Again member Paul McGeechan delivers an ambitious and impressive follow-up to his 2016 debut

Nicole Atkins
Italian Ice

Nashville-based singer-songwriter excels on splendid fifth album

Kevin P. Gilday & The Glasgow Cross
Pure Concrete

A boozy, eloquent ode to Glasgow

Dogstar Theatre [via Vimeo]

Circling A Fox [ONLINE]

Gripping documentary about one man’s remarkable life

Lockdown Life

Dogstar Theatre [via Vimeo]

Circling A Fox [ONLINE]

Gripping documentary about one man’s remarkable life

Wales Millennium Centre [via Vimeo]

Only The Brave [ONLINE]

Rousing wartime musical celebrates human spirit

Actors

News

NTS reveals details of new shorts series

The first Scenes for Survival will feature pieces by Janey Godley, Morna Pearson and a new Rebus

theatre

Spuds

A Play, A Pie, and A Pint [via YouTube]

Spuds [ONLINE]

Daft chippy-based comedy musical serves up a treat

Gecko Theatre [ONLINE]

The Time of your Life [ONLINE]

A visceral production depicting a man’s journey through his memories

The Show Must Go Online [via Zoom]

William Shakespeare’s Star Wars [ONLINE]

Self-isolated cast delivers excellent performances of Ian Doescher’s incongruous adaptation

Spuds

A Play, A Pie, and A Pint [via YouTube]

Spuds [ONLINE]

Daft chippy-based comedy musical serves up a treat

The Cockpit

Love in a Nutshell

A comical, charming evening of Chekhov’s short stories

Eden Court

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns

A celebration of Burns brimming with bawdy banter

comedy

music

Angela Musk

Angela Musk

West Lothian singer-songwriter wins over her crowd with a moving and memorable set

Sleater Kinney as duo

Barrowland Ballroom

Sleater-Kinney

Portland indie-rockers silence all doubters with an imperious display in an early gig of the year contender

Royal Concert Hall

Explosions In The Sky / A.A. Williams

Texans celebrate 20 years of instrumental post-rock splendour with a fan-pleasing set heavy on nostalgia

Gecko Theatre [ONLINE]

The Time of your Life [ONLINE]

A visceral production depicting a man’s journey through his memories

Summerhall

Fault Lines

Bold visual theatre that dares you to look away

Summerhall

Transfigured

Oceanallover deals an ace with their Manipulate offering

dance

spoken word

Traverse Theatre

Within Sight

A passionate and poetic breath of fresh air

Scottish Storytelling Centre

Loud Poets: Six Candles

Poetry with a contemporary edge deserving of plaudits

Banshee Labyrinth

The Crow’s Mouth: A Storytelling Show

Twa Corbies provide classical, spooky storytelling but with misaligned delivery

Husbands

A slightly flawed study of all the facets of toxic masculinity

Dream Demon

Understandably forgotten but competently made Elm Street-inspired knock-off

The Zim

Intense depiction of the impact of the Zimbabwean land reform act

film

Sebastian Tellier Domesticated

Sébastien Tellier
Domesticated

Bleed From Within Fracture

Bleed From Within
Fracture

Starless - Earthbound

Starless
Earthbound

Nicole Atkins Italian Ice

Nicole Atkins
Italian Ice

Kevin P Gilday Pure Concrete

Kevin P. Gilday & The Glasgow Cross
Pure Concrete

Sparks A Steady Drip Drip Drip

Sparks
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

Albums

Patrick Baker
The Unremembered Places

Mark Haddon
The Porpoise

Romy Hausmann
Dear Child

Laura Lam
Goldilocks

Shelley Klein
The See-Through House

Jamie Fewery
The Way Back

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