The Fenlands of East Anglia are strange. Misty, moist, flat, ancient, sinking. Dan Canham and his company give us a visual, aural and emotional account of life in this place. Of generations of farmers, cow-men, horse-men, eel-men. The work is solitary and hard and they love it. The traditional methods, the life on the soil […]

Set within the wonderfully evocative spaces of the Small Animal Hospital in the ex-veterinary school that is now performance venue Summerhall, this immersive film and installation piece is filled to the brim with tangible qualities of history and intrigue that make it a delight to participate in. Tales of Magical Realism is created by Sven […]

A lonely whale researcher, the birth of a pirate radio station, the science of sonar (as demonstrated using a pair of ukeleles), and the real life story of the 52hz whale are woven together in Dumbstruck, an ambitious and rather uneven tale by the band-cum-theatre troupe Fine Chisel. The company ricochet us around from lecture […]

By the time we reach the thirteenth verse of the St Stephen’s Border Ballad, the foundling has had a child of her own, become a painter, escaped to the Highlands via the A9, and been battered by forces internal and external, but we have yet to find out where we stand on the issue of […]

70s archive footage of muscly young men in too-tight shirts, Tommy Cooper wobbling across an ice rink and Eric Morecambe clowning around with dodgems in the background play out in the orangey/turquoisey tones of the decade on a centre-stage screen as we enter the space. The Libertines swell through the speakers – it’s an old […]