Granite Noir 2018 launch
Jan Simpson reports back from the launch of Aberdeen's crime fiction festival.
Jan Simpson
@daisyofeastegg
Jan is a PA, writer, editor and PhD researcher based in the North-East. For more than two years she compiled reviews with her late husband Tom. Tom adored theatre, comedy and live music and was especially adept at squeezing in as many Fringe shows as possible into three or four days. One of their first dates was to see Little Shop of Horrors in Coventry in 1990, perhaps not the most romantic night out but where it all started anyway.
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Abrahadabra
Experiment with tablet footage challenges narrative.
Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus)
A nostalgic yet refreshing take on romance in Paris both warms and delights.
The Hunt (Jagten)
Intense, compelling drama with utterly absorbing performances.
Videotape
Poignant and unforgettable journey set in Aberdeen.
His Final Bow
Tale of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth shows the danger posed by hatred, ambition and vanity.
The Play That Goes Wrong
Aberdeen welcomes the best comedy play seen on stage for a generation.
Aftermath
All too real exploration of loss
Uncles
Burnistoun pair Robert Florence and Iain Connell bring famous Glaswegian banter north
The Crucible
Thrilling new production of Miller's allegorical tale full of lessons for these strange times