Mark Petrie

6.0: How Heap and Pebble Took on the World and Won

When sport, movement, poetry and comedy collide

13 Aug 2009

Heap and Pebble are two would-be ice-skating champions, were it not for an inconvenient change in climate which has made ice dancing as they knew it obsolete. And so our innovative champions make the switch to dancing off ice, but retain the outfits…

Janis

Challenging the legend behind the music

13 Aug 2009

A one-woman show charting the rise and demise of Janis Joplin, one of the greatest blues singers and most personally troubled stars of the 1960s. The scene is a hotel room in Hollywood, where the singer is believed to have died from a heroin overdose.

Warren & Hanbury: All to Bare

Comedy sketch show in the flesh

13 Aug 2009

These two small-town girls are a funny and smart comedy duo from Wales and Canada respectively, silly and sassy in perfect quantities and indeed willing to bare all (in the name of good humour, of course). They bring to Edinburgh sketches about lonely…

The Devoured

A harrowing tale of the Holocaust from one family’s point of view

11 Aug 2009

From the Badac Theatre Company, whose work is usually centred around issues of human rights, comes this one-man show that aims to highlight the pain and suffering endured by a normal Jewish family during the Holocaust. From the moment their city is…

Hangover

The morning after the night before

11 Aug 2009

A play based on a hangover is something that many people could relate to. While at first appearing to follow some generic conventions relating to alcohol abuse (one-night stands and donor kebabs feature heavily), it becomes clear after a while that this…

Graceless

Five women’s stories collide

11 Aug 2009

Issues of female empowerment, identity and the ability to teeter in impossibly high heels are worked through in this powerful show doused in symbolism and metaphor. Seeking to understand the female position in society, the play looks at how women think…

Tom Tom Crew

Hip hop acrobatics and human beatboxing

11 Aug 2009

Australia’s Tom Tom Crew make a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their high-energy hip hop inspired show. Having been described as a 21st century circus, this show is in an incredible spectacle of young talent and infectious enthusiasm. Break…

Patti Plinko and Her Boy

Husky vocals from an endearing songstress

11 Aug 2009

What strikes hardest about Patti Plinko as she unravels herself from the snakelike coil in the centre of the stage is the profound huskiness and charm in her voice as she seductively cackles and howls her way through opening track ‘Sway’. Her band…

Your Number’s Up

A gritty tale of north London knife crime

11 Aug 2009

Malcolm collapses on a Camden street following a suspected drug overdose. Gradually nine other teenagers gather around him, and it becomes clear that there is more to this assembled crows than meets the eye. Did fate bring them together or is it just a…

Southern Fried Festival - country music comes to Perth

23 Jul 2009

Glen Lyon, 1982, is as good a place to start as any. That summer Andy Shearer, son of the local deerstalking ghillie, met Will Oldham, a young American holidaying on the estate with his family. They struck up a friendship and began to swap music…

Foundation Glasgow – The Growth of a City

23 Jul 2009

A new exhibition is being launched in Glasgow next month, chronicling the history of the city. Foundation Glasgow – The Growth of a City will be a free animated exhibition charting the historic emergence and development of Scotland’s largest city.

Bronto Skylift and The Gap Year Riot

23 Jul 2009

Two-piece bands are an irregular find these days, especially ones who can make this much noise. With a simple set-up of drums, guitar and one hell of a screeching set of lungs, Glaswegian duo Bronto Skylift easily cram this modest venue with their…

Master Shortie - ADHD

23 Jul 2009

Adopting a grassroots approach to music, taking control of his own marketing and distribution shows this 19-year-old Londoner is determined to be master of his own musical destiny. What he presents is a diverse blend of hip hop, grime infused with…

The Airborne Toxic Event

T in the Park - Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage

13 Jul 2009

For a relatively little know band from Los Angles with immense competition from Blur on the Main Stage, it is perhaps surprising that this small tent is as busy as it is. Fans have been waiting eagerly at the front railings of the stage for the band to…