Mark Petrie

Interview - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

Musician Sam Duckworth on politics, change and the future

17 Feb 2011

5 Questions. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. 1. The List: The first single from the new album is entitled ‘Collapsing Cities’. Was the song inspired by the recent collapse of the economic system? GCWCF: It was more a reaction to the collapse and an…

Mitchell Museum and White Heath

Edge Festival, Electric Circus, 11 Aug 2010

7 Sep 2010

There some confusion early on tonight as to whether the five young guys occupying the stage are completing their soundcheck before the main act or or are the support act. As it turns out, it's the latter, and the youthful audience are treated to the…

Following Wendy

Unconventional take on the Peter Pan story

27 Aug 2010

When a young girl Wendy disappears from a house party she has thrown in the absence of her parents, (through an upstairs window and accompanied by a boy with no shadow apparently!?) her friend Sebastian is arrested in connection. Following an argument…

The Diary of a Sentimental Killer

27 Aug 2010

The setting is simple: one man, one chair and one extraordinary story to be told. In the close nit environment of the small venue it is not difficult to become engrossed in the poetic retelling of life as an international hit man. Nearing the end of a…

Alcatraz

27 Aug 2010

On the surface of things, this play sets itself as an exploration of the comings and goings of a lonely hotel bedroom which is doused with minute traces of those who have spent the night; set across the city of Alcatraz, of course, nothing is as it…

Winner By Submission

Self destructive ethos

25 Aug 2010

A play based on the self destructive ethos which seems to be felt by many of the current generation of American youth. With little to no direction in life, including no signifying rituals as right of passage to adult hood, many are finding solace in…

His Name Is Tim

A melancholy understanding of first love, lust and desire

25 Aug 2010

The story of the affable young man Tim is a compelling one; we are taken through his early teen years of fantasising about school teachers and falling in love with girls at the supermarket, smartly incorporating this to explain how he now sits at his…

Allsopp and Henderson’s The Jinglists

Refreshingly outrageous jingle-based show

23 Aug 2010

Top quality radio jingles are hard to come by, when written well they will stubbornly refuse to leave your immediate head space, you may often find yourself uncontrollably singing along without even realising you knew the words. The two thirty-something…

Of Women and Horses I Have Known

A life in English eccentricity through comedy, theatre and music

23 Aug 2010

The true tale of the formidable Jean Hislop, a true eccentric from the English upper classes. The story charts her life living through the First World War to her days as a prize winning breeder on the horse racing circuit, causing controversy along the…

Mrs. Bang: A Series of Seductions in 55 minutes

An arrogant persona backed up by a powerful and diverse voice

23 Aug 2010

After theatrically conveniently being stood up by her band, Mrs Bang is forced to fly solo and rely on audience participation to make it through her debut cabaret/comedy performance at the Fringe. Playing the part of the slightly bitter performer whose…

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Fri 13 Aug 2010

20 Aug 2010

Whilst the fast-expanding crowd assemble for the arrival of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, we are treated to energetic three-piece The Xcerts, a melodramatic rock/pop outfit from Scotland. With the charismatic bassist being an irregular pitchfork, this band…

An Evening with Dementia

Solo show raises big questions of our future with intelligence and understated humour

19 Aug 2010

With an ever increasing portion of the British population living longer lives, the unfortunate condition of dementia is an issue which more and more families, as well as society at large, are faced with. Complex, often life altering changes are required…

Find Love Make Love Die

Young cast show maturity but fail to avoid cliche

16 Aug 2010

The set up of this production is not altogether original one; 4 schools kids comprising of the popular girl, the outcast unpopular boy, a well off swatty kid and the rebellious girl with a chip on her shoulder find themselves trapped in each others…

Modest Mouse

O2 ABC, Glasgow Thu 10 December

20 Jan 2010

The stage in Glasgow already looks slightly overcrowded with a vast array of instruments including a large viola and two drum kits, even before a 6–strong Modest Mouse emerge. Lead singer Isaac Brock is clearly a passionate musician, but seems reluctant…

Stuck in a rut

Utter nonsense

17 Sep 2009

For many of those students graduating in the centre of recession, the prospect of unemployment and mountains of debt to repay is a very real and current problem. This show is very loosely based on the dire situation much of the class of '09 are facing…

The Temper Trap

16 Sep 2009

Australia’s The Temper Trap have been rapidly gaining momentum in the UK of late, having based themselves in London to effectively have a decent crack at breaking into the conscience of the general populace. Thus far, things are going very much…

Music highlights in Glasgow and Edinburgh

10 Sep 2009

Long before SuBo hit the scene, Scotland had ample reason to be very proud of its musical exports – and with good reason too. From the mighty Mogwai to The Jesus and Mary Chain and Cocteau Twins, via the Vaselines, Teenage Fanclub, Franz Ferdinand and…

Further afield: Exploring Dundee, Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling

10 Sep 2009

Dundee Branded the ‘City of Discovery’, Dundee is uniquely placed to offer a mixture of culture for those who wish to discover it. The long established DC Thompson prints daily publications of The Courier and The Telegraph, as well as many specialised…

Calvin Harris

10 Sep 2009

The Dumfries born disk jockey and all round music maestro is riding high on the success of his latest album ‘Ready For The Weekend’ charting at number one in the UK, cementing his position as the premier recording DJ in Britain. His first album, the 80s…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

10 Sep 2009

The formidable front lady Karen O along with guitarist Steve Zinner and drummer Brian Chase are on the road again in the UK, bringing with them some of their enviable creative spirit and musical passion. Now onto their third album, the band have built a…

Catch

Finding love is not as easy as buying it on the internet

1 Sep 2009

A show surrounding the upsurge in the mail order bride industry is, if nothing else, an bizarrely original concept. The show incorporates comedy, dance, acting and,ahem, simulating oral sex with a suitcase, in an attempt to understand why people resort…

Bamboozlement

Audience interaction with much charm and wit

1 Sep 2009

Not the first act to blend comedy and magic in the same show, although they may just be the youngest. Unusually dressed in lapels and dinner jackets along with finely tended facial hair makes these boys look more like Amish school kids than magical…

Tim: Against All Odds

Truly entertaining and adventurous show

1 Sep 2009

Having reached the conclusion that the Tim's of the world tend to be a little boring, unnaturally unlucky and generally have little to boast about; our hapless hero Tim is relentlessly determined to buck the trend and make a credible name for himself…

The Other Side

Hefty political issues and rational solutions

27 Aug 2009

Tackling some of the hefty political issues surrounding Israel and Palestine is no easy task when we consider the immense and often brutal circumstances of the conflict between the two nations. This is done very cleverly however by The Other Side, which…

Andrew Lawrence: Soul Crushing Vicissitudes of Fortune!

A show about how luck can change our lives

13 Aug 2009

Returning to the Fringe for the fourth year in a row, Andrew Lawrence muses and mulls over the role that luck plays in our lives from the cynical stance of a young comedian. On the butt end of his jokes this time around, among others, are Ainsley…