Alternative
Fancy something a bit different from the norm? Something immersive, or something taking place in a caravan perhaps? Here you’ll find reviews of some of the most interesting and unique shows that we’ve seen.
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STYX, Zoo Southside (Main House) – Review
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…
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Ane City, Assembly Roxy Downstairs – Review
quite simply another fine example of the rich vein of Scottish spoken word performers
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Fires Our Shoes Have Made, C aquila Temple – Review
an hour of energy and strong storytelling from four artists at the start of their careers
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The Empathy Experiment, Banshee Labyrinth Banquet Hall, Review
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…
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Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein, Underbelly, Bristo Square (McEwan Hall) – Review
Mary Shelley's timeless novel with the use of shadow puppetry, projections and live music
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Loud Poets: Best of Fringe, Scottish Storytelling Centre – Review
with three unique performers, there is always going to be something for everyone.
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Blood and Gold, Scottish Storytelling Centre – Review
A young woman is entrusted by her dying mother with a wooden box containing all the stories and words she knows. But not prepared to listen to them again, the bereaved daughter hides the box under her bed, wanting to…
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Drawing the Line, Deptford Lounge – Review
Part game, part social experiment
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Little Death Club, Underbelly – Review
Black clad, sparkly and glamorous, Bernie Dieter is the suitably bawdy host to the Little Death Club, inspired by the Kabarett Club of the Weimar republic. Following the lifting of censorship laws the Weimar club performances were dominated by two…
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Macbeth, Jacksons Lane – Review
Sitting in a busy Jackson’s Lane auditorium five minutes in to Proteus Theatre’s Macbeth I was smiling, totally convinced by the setting and excited about what was to come. Presumably thanks to the involvement of movement consultant, George Mann, the…