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16 Oct 2008
Halloween events highlights - Our Ladies of Sorrow, Cheesecake – Night of the Living Tease, Ghostly Goings On, National Tell a Story Day: Halloween Tales, Halloween Myth and Magic, Supernatural History Tours, City of the Dead Hallowe’en Festival, Samhuinn
It’s often seen as an ill omen if a play of some antiquity is seldom revived. Yet, in the case of JM Barrie’s seldom seen play Mary Rose, this suspicion might not be justified. Certainly, in the year of its release, the play was well received…
The war waged by Halloween on its Celtic relative, Samhuinn, has virtually erased the ancient festival from the public consciousness. In the United States, where All Hallows Eve has become a $2.5 billion industry, the most prominent pop cultural…
It’s Halloween, so it must be time for the latest instalment in the most extreme survival horror series out there: Saw V. More than a simple gorefest, there’s a cruel intelligence at play with its villain, Jigsaw, the latest in a long line of horror…
First up, annual Optimo (Espookio), one of Glasgow’s most enduring terror-filled dress-up nights, which is appearing on both coasts this month, commandeering Cabaret Voltaire for its first Edinburgh fright fest (Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 25 Oct…
Across in the capital, you cannot go wrong with a jaunt to Armstrongs (0131 220 5557). Lurking in the shadows of Edinburgh Castle, and in an area known for its public hanging and body snatching in days gone by, this vintage clothing emporium has the…
Refining that old platitude that everyone’s got a novel in them, the Scottish Book Trust launched their Days Like This project earlier this year, looking for ordinary people’s stories of their extraordinary days. ‘Days Like This is really about…
In the background, Jamie Lee Curtis is having trouble with some guy called Michael, toffee apples litter the floor, and the smell of rotting pumpkin fills the air. All hail Halloween, the one night of the year when it is acceptable to dress as a walking…
Delude yourself into thinking that there was actually a summer this year with the sun-drenched programme of this year's Hispanic Festival. Sweaty samba clubs, civilised poetry readings and a chance to learn flamenco. Various venues in Edinburgh, Thu…
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