Alexandra Wingate
Reviews: 78
Other Articles: 48
Beauty (Skoonheid)
Obsession, manipulation and violence: the tragedy of a closet homosexual trapped in a “typical” straight life.
Carmen
An affordable chance to see some impressive singers, far superior to what’s usually expected of an amateur production.
Damsels in Distress
This film doesn’t quite know what it is – or, at least, doesn’t quite have the courage to get there.
Write Shoot Cut
Neil Rolland, creator of Write Shoot Cut, speaks to Alexandra Wingate about his quirky new evening dedicated to short films.
Close Up Kurdistan
A valuable contribution to an otherwise underrepresented and misunderstood issue.
Turtles Can Fly
Sensitive, eye-opening and entertaining, this film is mysterious and not afraid to experiment.
Passing Through
A mediocre production that falls far short of igniting that familiar February flame.
Preview: Passing Through
This looks to be an unpretentiously high quality production – and well worth checking out.
Goodbye, Mr Christie
With stripped-back animation and audio, Mulloy’s heightened emotion is diminished by a scribble of a narrative.
The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean
Understated and delicate, this is a simple but carefully crafted feel-good production that will keep the inner child entertained.
Beloved (Les bien-aimés)
Despite its length, Honoré’s plot moves forward too quickly to really care about what his underdeveloped characters are going through.
Special Flight (Vol Special)
A massive breach of human rights from the country that created the Red Cross.
Interview: Tom Freeman
Tom Freeman talks theatre, sci-fi and the wee man ahead of his tour of the Overcoat in Finland this week.
The Barber of Seville
A rookie mistake with the music lets down an otherwise high quality production from Scottish Opera.
Miranda
With some rising names of the dance and music industry, this production acts as a showcase for theatre that aspired to the visual richness so common in Scottish Opera.
Saturday Night
The fourth wall develops a whole new meaning in this production that no two observers will interpret in the same way.
Midnight in Paris
This is a feel-good film that reminds us to appreciate what we’ve got, because human nature’s inherent longing for the past will never be productive.
Days of Wine and Roses
Highly observant reflections on what it means to be an alcoholic in this iconic play directed by Kenny Miller.
GFT: September
As the Fringe rolls out of town and Edinburgh suddenly feels like a comparative cultural desert, the place to be this September to quench your film thirst is GFT.
Korean Drum – Journey of a Soul
DANCE & PHYSICAL THEATRE
In a spectacle that is nothing short of mesmerising, this is a captivating fusion of mindblowingly precise dancing and drumming, giving a taste of traditions of the East.
The Boy With Tape On His Face
COMEDY
Audience participation is the name of the game in this silent sketch show, back by overwhelmingly popular demand after a sell-out run at last year’s Fringe and a string of awards.
Kitty Cointreau’s BraHaHa
BURLESQUE/CABARET
If you haven’t really had much exposure to burlesque or cabaret, this variety show is a good place to start.
Kafka and Son
THEATRE
With such a complex literary figure being made accessible in a way that so fully utilises the possibilities of the stage, this is faultless theatre that must not be missed.