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Italia ’n’ Caledonia

Italia ’n’ Caledonia

Unpretentious tales of the family history behind Valvona and Crolla

(3 stars)23 Aug 2010

Two amiable old boys (Mike Maran and Philip Contini) sing and gag their way through the history of the families that formed Edinburgh culinary institution Valvona and Crolla. Along the way we hear of their struggling starts as entrepreneurial emigrants…

Confined Human Condition

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Inventive musical theatre from Cathie Boyd's Cryptic

3 Sep 2009

Cathie Boyd’s Cryptic have long been associated with inventive, often visually striking presentations of music. There’s often, as well, an exploratory and creative use of multimedia running through the work. But with this latest piece, the electronic…

I Went To The House But I Did Not Enter

I Went To The House But I Did Not Enter

Musical reflection of literary masters

(3 stars)29 Aug 2008

There has been no shortage of theatre that examines the disaffection and atomisation of modern life over the last century, but it’s less common to find a piece that selects four noted 20th century authors to explore the theme, then translates their work…

Music at the Brewhouse: Helter Skelter

18 Jun 2007

NEW WORK If there’s something about the circus that thrills us when we’re children, there’s also a darker undercurrent within the spectacle of it all. This is perhaps why clowns have so often been lifted from their traditional locale and into horror…

The Directors

13 Nov 2006

It may not be very apparent yet, but Scotland’s summer festivals are feeling seismic tremors. On the one hand there are new chiefs heading up two of Edinburgh’s prestigious festivals. On the other, there’s a new, upmarket music festival outside Glasgow…

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