Nick Marks

Get ready to shoe-gaze with the finest line-up of twee/indie bands this side of Derbyshire.

THEATRE Masterfully written by Ian Winterton, this understated morality play deserves a far larger audience than it received. A true gem at this year’s festival.

SKETCH SHOW This may not have the brutal destructive beauty of Sassoon, Graves or Owen but it does contain a certain uneasy poignancy.

THEATRE Stories of overly expectant girlfriends and the rebelling against his father lifestyle fail to deliver the belly laughs that the stories and anecdotes deserve.

DANCE Music and dance clash together brought into unity by the sheer hard work of both musician and dancer into a seamless narrative that kept my two left feet tapping happily away.

DANCE FREE SHOW. Rapid-fire tap dance troupe backed up with music incorporating funk, salsa and beat-box. Sunday 21st at the EICC 6:30pm

Taken from Dr Oliver Sacks book, the Rambert Dance Company offer a daring and ultimately triumphant evening.

Updated, sung in English and seeped in excellent production values, another hit for Scottish Opera.

The Russian Ice Stars take to the stage, perhaps overstaying their welcome but utterly captivating on their skates.

Scottish Opera perform their fourth Handel piece, updated to 1940 swapping the Charlemagne army for the RAF with Tim Mead and Sally Silver.