Katherine Adam

Cocktail Kudos

4 Sep 2008

Chris Stock, the newly appointed assistant bar manager of Edinburgh's Bramble Bar, shares his latest cocktail innovation with The List: 'I invented this one especially for cocktail competitions, and call it The Green Dragon Julep. I make it by smashing…

Joe Acheson Quartet

A soundclash of electronics meets jazz can’t be beat

21 Aug 2008

Edinburgh’s favourite sound bending quartet has collaborated with visual artist and filmmaker, Ivan Torres Hdez, creating visuals that he manipulates live on stage for each individual track. Their cinematic effect is enhanced by two drum kits conversing…

Phantomysteria

Apocalyptic open-air performance

14 Aug 2008

A chimp-pig like creature and a sinewy torn-suited survivor find solace in each other before enforcers aggressively intervene. The planet is destroyed and those who remain are living at the beginning of an era where new laws reign. But because humans…

Regretrosexual – The Love Story

14 Aug 2008

Dan must confess to girlfriend Colleen that he went through a ‘gay period’. Unfortunately, she has a hang-up about ‘gays’ after finding her (now) ex-fiancé with a fella. Will she be able to take it? Every character in this comic ‘coming-out’ and…

Somewhere Over the Westway

14 Aug 2008

An irreverent take on The Wizard of Oz in street, pop-panto style. With help from an anarchist fairy, pregnant celeb-gazing Dee and her zany crew journey to find answers from the legendary wizard Bob Gandalf. After much cheeky banter, the unruly crew…

5 Reasons To Go See - Orkestra del Sol present The Moveable Feast

7 Aug 2008

Their music is famously euphoric. Their riotous live shows are packed with hot brass-driven melodies, 100-mile-an-hour polkas, seductive waltzes, driving percussion and roguish charm. They’ll make you grin from ear to ear on the night, and they’ll put…

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

Snappy, sassy and show stoppin'

7 Aug 2008

A feisty, sun worshipin', gum chewin', all singin', all dancin' trio of girlfriends (who can't help poking their noses into other people's business) gradually divulge the scandal going on in the bosom of their beloved Florida trailer park. Nicely…

Markus Birdman

7 Aug 2008

This man sympathises with those who've sold their soul to the devil. Thanks to natural acumen and a touch of charm, his reckoning is delightfully comic, despite some risky confessions and vivid observations of human nature. Topical, controversial and…

Gilbert, or Death by Obituary

7 Aug 2008

How can an obituary writer find self-fulfilment when he lives in a town where nobody dies? When he's befriended by a lonely old woman, we learn of the three worst deaths of his life in this multi-character black comedy skilfully performed by one actor.

Hippos in the Shower

7 Aug 2008

Taxi driver George and his strange musical crew sing of life's wonders and weirdnesses in this eccentric, psychedelic and silly piece of entertainment.

Cocktail kudos

17 Jul 2008

Shervene Shahbazkhani recently won the Scottish heats of the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup in Edinburgh with her innovative cocktail, ‘Bring the Beat Back’. She describes how she made it; ‘I tend to follow what my instincts tell me to make. Most cocktails…

Orkestra Del Sol - The Moveable Feast

22 May 2008

WORLD, JAZZ AND BEYOND (SolMusic Recordings) Fast, fun and furious Edinburgh-based ten-piece Orkestra Del Sol let loose a riot of rebellious global street music for this, their second full-length offering. With considerable talent, energy and…

Balkanarama

8 May 2008

BALKAN/FOLK Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 9 May Saska Haramina, who organises Balkanarama, tries to sum up the night: 'It evolved out of a celebration of the Balkans' cultural diversity reflected in its musical diversity; upbeat riotous gypsy brass…

Peter’s Yard

13 Mar 2008

Across Britain there are around 3000 craft bakeries. In France, with a similar sized population but a rather different attitude to bread, there are 35,000 craft or artisan bakers. French, German and Eastern European traditions have exerted the strongest…

Club Welto

28 Feb 2008

ECLECTIC The Village Bar, Leith, Fri 8 Feb This new night is the very definition of a mixed bag, throwing differing musical styles and other entertainment in with pleasing, if variable, results. Wounded Knee (Drew Wright) opens the proceedings…

Chungking

Album

16 Jul 2007

Electronica CHUNGKING Stay up Forever (Ecstatic Peace, Kill Rock Stars, -5RC, Three Lobed) Sean and Jessie have produced a slick, chic, dirty and danceable reason to stay up all night. It makes you think of Goldfrapp but with that…

Wooden Wand

Album

16 Jul 2007

INDIE/FOLK WOODEN WAND James and the Quiet (Institute) Toning down from the eccentricities of his previous work, James Jackson Toth endeavoured to follow his muse and create something altogether different. Yet a style comparable to…