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Orgy of Tolerance

Orgy of Tolerance

2 Apr 2009

A quick glance at the poster for Jan Fabre’s latest show, Orgy of Tolerance tells you the Belgian artist clearly isn’t afraid to push people’s buttons. On it, a bearded, long-haired performer stands wearing Y-fronts, a gold-link chain and a crucifix…

The BFG

The BFG

2 Apr 2009

PREVIEW STAGE ADAPTATION Nineteen years after his death, Roald Dahl remains as popular as ever with the bedtime crowd. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches – the list goes on, each of them bringing delight to…

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2 Apr 2009

CLASSIC The prospect of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen sharing a stage as the leads in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is both thrilling and slightly intimidating. The two thesps have known each other since the mid-1970s when they were members…

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Fool’s paradise

2 Apr 2009

The large scarlet doors marking the entrance to the former Lawson’s Timber retail site on Edinburgh’s Lady Lawson Street look innocuous enough. What the guidebooks don’t tell you is that this is actually a portal to another world. Behind the Big Red…

Cabaret

Cabaret

(2 stars)2 Apr 2009

MUSICAL Kander and Ebb’s signature musical beautifully harnesses source material by Christopher Isherwood to recreate the exhilarating debauchery of Weimar Berlin, shot through with punchy reminders of the Nazis’ rise to power. This award-winning…

The Curse of the Starving Class

The Curse of the Starving Class

(4 stars)2 Apr 2009

AMERICAN DRAMA In Sam Shepard’s still-relevant 1978 black comedy we meet an alcoholic father (Christopher Fairbank) whose violence towards the structure of his own dirt-poor rural house looks like threatening put-upon wife (Carla Mendonca). Her…

Denise Mina

Denise Mina

2 Apr 2009

The award-winning Glasgow crime writer takes time out of from her play, short story and novel writing to set her stall on home turf and talk about her collection of works, including her newest, Still Midnight. Thu 16 Apr, Lost in Fiction, 114 Byres…

Behaviour

Behaviour

2 Apr 2009

Theatre, it’s fair to say, suffers from an image problem. Despite being an utterly flexible and inventive art form, most people still associate ‘theatre’ with a red plush seat and the passive consumption of a story for two hours (perhaps pausing briefly…

Scottish Ballet Spring Season

Scottish Ballet Spring Season

2 Apr 2009

BALLET With the news that Scottish Ballet is returning to the Edinburgh International Festival this year, and its new home at Tramway nearing completion, the company has never been in finer fettle. When he first arrived at Scottish Ballet, artistic…

Interiors

Interiors

2 Apr 2009

NEW WORK We’ve all seen those moments when a friend wants to stay in the pub for an inordinate length of time, less for the need to drink than for pure companionship. Matthew Lenton, artistic director of Vanishing Point is looking toward that sense…

Setting the stage - Edinburgh International Festival

2 Apr 2009

EIF artistic director, Jonathan Mills, referred to the ‘menace and magic’ of this year’s festival programme, as he unveiled the highlights last week. In keeping with 2009’s Homecoming celebrations the Edinburgh International Festival launched works rich…

Puppet Animation Festival

Puppet Animation Festival

2 Apr 2009

PREVIEW FESTIVAL Tall oaks from little acorns grow, and the Puppet Animation Festival has grown into quite an oak. From humble beginnings at the Netherbow Theatre in Edinburgh, the Festival has spread its seeds to cover the entire country. In 1984…

Victoria/Campo: Venizke

Victoria/Campo: Venizke

2 Apr 2009

DANCE THEATRE When mental instability is spread across the front covers of Heat and Hello, it’s easy to forget that a real human lies being behind the mask of celebrity. Deconstructing the desire to be famous – and the pleasures and pitfalls it can…

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

(3 stars)2 Apr 2009

LITERARY ADAPTATION You can see what attracted Ian McDiarmid to Andrew O’Hagan’s novel Be Near Me. The tale of a cultured, flawed priest who takes over a small parish in a stagnating Ayrshire community, becomes enchanted by a shrewd but low-achieving…

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