Interview
GFT: October
It’s an eclectic mix which pits heavy cinema and bleak subject matter against celebrations and festivals this October at GFT.
Scottish Orchestra Seasons
A round-up of the winter season’s three main orchestras from Edinburgh to Aberdeen.
Glasgow Theatre Preview: October
Round up of all that’s best in Glasgow’s theatres this October.
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
We may understand the severity of the effects of HIV and AIDS, but still campaigns to raise awareness continue. Inside Out’s production of the Broadway hit signifies the importance of the arts in doing so.
Street Scene
Kurt Weill’s dark, brooding American Opera full of jazz tinged arias comes to Edinburgh Festival Theatre.
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance: FAR
Experimental cross platform dance magic from the fertile mind of Wayne McGregor.
Rhinestone Mondays
A musical big-hitter which tosses up a mix between regenerated stage careers and renowned TV stars.
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.
Glasgow Gigs O’T’Week: @ Arches – I’m From Barcelona & Death Disco
Saturday night features a (rescheduled) gig with I’m From Barcelona and a double dunt of Death Disco who have a line up heaving with such quality they’ve had to rope in the SW3 Studio Warehouse.
Lyceum: 2011/12 Preview
From marriage to friendship, religion to science, Dundee to Edinburgh: it’s all about collaboration…
GFT: Ken Loach
Marking Ken Loach’s 75th birthday and 50th year behind the camera, GFT will be screening four films from the auteur’s Scottish anthology.
The Fringe Firsts
We are a country with a reputation for producing splendid things: should we risk losing it all by favouring the mainstream?
Glasgow Gigs O’T’Week – Wye Oak (w/ The National) & Darren Hanlon (w/Shelly Short)
This week in Glesga there’s much to be said for quality bands’ quality support acts and a £4 gig from one of the most acclaimed indie soloists in his own CONTINENT?
The Great Outdoors
Fight the claustrophic Fringe venues with some outdoor theatre: Allotment in Inverleith (weather permitting).
Festival Music – Week 4: Withered Hand (Thurs)
Local indie hero Withered Hand is joined by a cast of some of the capital’s aces for a celebratory show, this Thursday at The Queens Hall.
Edge Festival Week 3 | Part 2: Chad VanGaalen w/ Jesus H Foxx, Tom Gilbert
Canada’s Chad VanGaalen’s spot in Sneaky Pete’s will try stemming the tide of drunken hordes mid-Cowgate with his scuzzy folk ensemble on the 19th.
Edge Festival Week 3 | Part 1 – Shonen Knife, Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Another week, another nippy gig clash to kick things off this coming Monday: power pop from Shonen Knife, homegrown folk from Kitty Daisy & Lewis…
Edge Festival Week 2 – Admiral Fallow, Washed Out, Drop The Lime
This is ‘dreich week’ of the Edinburgh Festival that sorts the lightweights from the arts nuts and from the Edge Festival point of view you’ve a tough gig clashing decision at the end.
The Fringe begins
Emma finally gets round to planning her Fringe; uninspired, she resorts to spontaneity.