Ask a Stripper does exactly what it says on the tin. Two professional strippers, Gypsy Charms and Stacey Clare, offer their time to answer questions from the audience. ANY question. They introduce themselves by first taking all their clothes off, ensuring that everyone has had a good 360-degree view of their bodies – which isn’t particularly hard to achieve, since it’s sold-out and we’re all stuffed on the top deck of a bus. The directions that the conversation can take ...

A sociological and neuroscientific demonstration

Nobody does political analysis in a light-heartened way quite like Hidden Track. Their interactive games are not only intelligent, but also good fun to get stuck in to, whether as a player or simple onlooker. A considerate policy on audience participation ensures that nobody ever gets involved against their will. Before the show, we are all handed a business card that reads “No, thank you!”. It is enough to hold this up at any point to be left in peace ...

An open-hearted coming of age that smashes the boundaries between performing arts.

I am a real sucker for the human voice. Usually though it’s when it’s being used as an instrument and not to make the most incredible array of sound effects heard from the mouth of Lewis Doherty. Because Doherty is a one-man beatboxing sound machine. Boar, on the face of it, isn’t a show that would have cross section appeal. Its basis is very much in the fantasy realms of Game Of Thrones and Lord of The Rings. The story ...

The brain is a wonderful machine. Able to store incredible amounts of information and produce a huge range of feelings and emotions. But what happens when it stops working properly? How can we salvage those precious moments, the knowledge and memories built over a lifetime? Led by Max Barton, the seven-strong band Second Body addresses this matter in an emotional musical journey. Interspersed with poetry, verbatim and a live score, it tells the story of how Max’s grandparents met and ...

quite simply another fine example of the rich vein of Scottish spoken word performers

an hour of energy and strong storytelling from four artists at the start of their careers

Billed as a spoken word performance, it’s a slight surprise when our host begins proceedings as a presentation, and not in the flowing proses you would normally expect; another example of the scope of this oft misunderstood genre. As she slips on her white lab coat, for this is a properly conducted experiment after all, Rose Condo explains what she is attempting to do; to survive 24 hours without her smartphone in an effort to reconnect with the world, to ...

Mary Shelley's timeless novel with the use of shadow puppetry, projections and live music