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Glasgow Film Fest – Blind (Eskil Vogt, 2014)
Blind, the impressive debut feature from Norway’s Eskil Vogt feels both confident and accomplished from the start, guiding you through a small group of...
The Nutcracker, Festival Theatre
The Nutcracker is the lightest, most accessible of all Tchaikovsky’s ballets. It’s a Christmas delight, telling the story of a young girl named Clara...
Review – Aladdin at The King’s Theatre
Year after year, a trio of talented actors holds the King’s Theatre pantomime together. Allan Stewart as Widow Twankey, Andy Gray as Wishy Washy...
Hayao Miyazaki: The Master of Animation
There are very few directors who have a firm grasp on both reality and fantasy quite like Hayao Miyazaki does. Creating kinetic castles, bear...
Edinburgh International Festival 2014 – REVIEW – Delusion of the Fury *****
Quadrangularis Reversum, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Belly Drums, Spoils of War: even just the names of the outlandish instruments invented and constructed by American maverick composer...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – Dan Clark: Me, My Selfie and I...
Dan Clark: Me, My Selfie and I, Pleasance Dome 8:20pm, until 24 August, £12.50 (£11.50 concessions)
Best known as the creator and star of the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – Frank Skinner: Man in a Suit ****.5
Frank Skinner: Man in a Suit, Assembly George Square, until 24 August, See venue for ticket availability and pricing
To be frank, Skinner is a...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – Jack Dee’s Help Desk ***.5
Jack Dee's Help Desk, Assembly George Square 6:30pm, until 24 August, See venue for ticket availability and pricing
Known for his generally glum persona, Jack Dee's...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – The Reluctant Dragon ****
The Reluctant Dragon, theSpace @ Surgeons Hall 2:05pm, until 23 August (except 17), £9/8 (£7/£6.50 concessions)
Written in 1898 by 'The Wind in the Willows'...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – First Class ****
First Class, Laughing Horse @ Espionage 12pm, until 24 August, Free
Arriving at the atmospheric 'Pravda' platform in Espionage is First Class, a combination of emotional journeys set on...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 REVIEW – FunBags a Go-Go! ****
FunBags a Go-Go!, St John’s (9 Victoria Street) 3:45pm, until 23 Aug (except 13, 20), Free
If it's a very likeable sketch comedy trio you're...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – Croft and Pearce: Give and Take ****
Croft and Pearce: Give and Take, Gilded Balloon Teviot 5:45pm, until 24th August (except 11th), £10 (£8 concessions)
Accomplished and adaptable, Croft and Pearce return to...
REVIEW – Watching the Sun EP by Jack Rowberry
Jack Rowberry was awarded Best Acoustic Act at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards last month and he is straight back on the scene with...
REVIEW – British Sea Power at Liquid Room
British Sea Power had one of their most productive years in 2013. Not only did they release an ordinary studio album called Machineries of Joy,...
REVIEW – The Feeling at Liquid Room
Remember 'Fill My Little World', 'Sewn' and 'Love It When You Call'? The Feeling wrote those, and no they haven't disappeared into the big...
Disclosure at Edinburgh Corn Exchange
The last year has been sensational for Disclosure. From small venues to near-enough arenas, they have managed to grab tonnes of fans along the...
REVIEW – Communion New Faces Tour at Electric Circus
It is the inaugural year of the Communion New Faces Tour – a tour that showcases some of the brightest talents that are tipped...
REVIEW – Bastille at Edinburgh Corn Exchange
It was only a year ago Bastille were playing Liquid Room which sold out on the day of the gig. A year on and...
REVIEW – Newton Faulkner at The Usher Hall
There's only so much you can do with a guitar, but that doesn't apply to Newton Faulkner. The acoustic architect didn't even break a...
Film Review: 12 Years a Slave *****
There are very few films where the audience leave the cinema without saying a word, (Schindler's List was one of them) such is the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 – Review: Hirsch ***
Hungarian-born John Hirsch was orphaned by the Holocaust, and after wandering penniless for three years in post-war Europe wound up in Canada. The gay...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW — Where The White Stops ***
The White, in Antler Theatre’s collaborative production, is a vast, symbolic tundra that takes months and hundreds of thousands of steps to traverse. It’s...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 REVIEW – Andrew Lawrence – There Is No Escape ***.5
Andrew Lawrence - There Is No Escape, Pleasance Courtyard 8:50pm, until 25 Aug, £13.50 (£12 concessions)
After a tedious twenty minute delay due to a...
Edinburgh Reporter Radio Review Show
Edinburgh Reporter Radio popped down to Sofi’s in Leith, armed with one simple question: What’s the best thing you’ve seen in the Fringe?
In response,...
Edinburgh International Magic Festival review: Michael Neto – UPCLOSE (*****)
It’s impossible not to like Michael Neto. The Portuguese-born, Glasgow-based magician has such boundless energy and wide-eyed enthusiasm that his Edinburgh International Magic Festival...
Edinburgh International Magic Festival review: Bruce Glen – The Gentleman Magician (***)
Not for nothing is Australian magician Bruce Glen’s entertaining show called ‘The Gentleman Magician’. Right from the start, you feel welcomed and put at...
Edinburgh International Magic Festival review: Colin McLeod – Sheer Luck? (****)
Young Scottish mind-reader Colin McLeod’s often mind-boggling one-off performance at the Edinburgh International Magic Festival took the deductive skills Sherlock Holmes for its inspiration....
Restaurant Review: Cucina at Hotel Missoni
Super Sleek Dining in the Heart of the Old Town
Hotel Missoni on George IV Bridge is home to the delicious Cucina. Cucina is the...
Review – The Muppets
by Ryan McNeely
The Muppets
Go. Just go. Right now.
I am so, so very happy. This is the Muppets movie I deserve. Jason Segel gets it....
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Truly Medley Deeply (****)
This Cambridge University Trio are a very skilled, fun-filled group who play medleys of pop songs using mandolin, synthesiser, violin, drum and guitar. They...
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