Five performers, two female, three male, walk through the audience, down the aisles, making their way onto the small, round stage in the centre of the Spiegeltent. They are dressed in a tasteful palette of maroon, stone, and dove-grey. A red pendant lamp hangs over the performance space and the five group around it – […]

Please NOTE this performance contains: HAZE, GUNSHOTS & LOUD NOISES, FLASHING LIGHTS, FOOD THAT YOU MIGHT BE ALLERGIC TOO, AUDIENCE MOVEMENT, SHEEP. Well, with a welcoming notice like that, you can’t help but be excited! What will happen? What will happen to us? As it turns out, we are the sheep. Right from the start […]

We are led to a wooden cabin at the rear of Summerhall, a wee building put together lovingly using a quirky assortment of new pine and found wood, like a little fairy-tale house in the woods. We are grateful to get out of the torrential rain. Somewhere to shelter; a temporary home. Yinka has entered […]

In two adjoining rooms in Summerhall’s basement, sounds of the sea intertwine with flickering projections of an abandoned place, given over long ago to the ravages of the wild Scottish weather. Personal possessions are grouped throughout the space, poignant little glimpse of a life once lived. This deeply evocative multimedia performance installation offers an abstract […]

A heavily symbolic exploration of the effects of drone warfare on those with their fingers on the trigger, Swivelhead aptly meshes the personal with the political, creating a tangible atmosphere of the ever-escalating pressure inherent in such a profession. Based on testimonies of serving drone pilots, the production utlilises a striking scenography underscored by sharp […]