Persona. Your public face. The sum of your external behaviour traits. The way you talk to other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person. The image or personality that a person presents to other people. An assumed character for a fictional representation… Four people – four personae – present […]

Hurrah. It’s my annual ‘If Edinburgh Fringe Circus Shows Were An Album’ review again, where I get to combine my two passions and indulge my inner muso-geek. 2017 was a pretty brilliant year overall and once more a delight and privilege for me to represent my venue in sponsoring the Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane […]

‘No rehearsals. No preparation. Just a sealed envelope and a different actor every performance reading a script for the first time.’ On 20 August 2017, Nir Paldi, actor and co-artistic director of Theatre Ad Infinitum, took part in Nassim, the latest work by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour.  Home. Mother. Boy. Balcony. Tomatoes. Photos. Salam. Hello. […]

The Last Great Hunt burst onto the scene in Edinburgh back in 2011. The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, solo creation of puppeteer/artist Tim Watts, presented a new virtuosity of visual storytelling, stylishly blending hand puppetry, animation and music with emotional depth charges of narrative in this tale of bereavement as a perilous quest. Their follow-up […]

Summerhall are all-victorious in the Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form category of the Total Theatre Awards 2017  There is an irony, says Rachel Mars, picking up her Total Theatre Award, in making a show about competition and envy that goes on to win an award… Her show, Our Carnal Hearts, is a total delight. […]