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Fringe Review: PALS
This production is ‘a wonderful way to be entertained and laugh’, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★ This is a funny, slightly chaotic play that will leave you uplifted. PALS is the tale of four Edinburgh girlfriends. Their natural milieu is nail bars, All Bar One and nightclubs so a camping trip organised by the protagonist, Sadie,…
Read MoreFringe Review: Gamble
A bittersweet multimedia show about addiction and its effect on families, friends and communities, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★ This play is dealing with a weighty matter, the consequences of gambling. Not the Grand National once a year flutter gamble but the compulsive, corrosive and ultimately destructive result of gambling addiction. It’s difficult to get the…
Read MoreFringe Review: 1984
Jeremy Welch praises Sofia Barvsevich’s near sell-out production as ‘brave, brutal, disturbing and absolutely relevant’. ★★★★★ ‘War is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength.’ George Orwell. Almost everyone knows this dyspotian quote from Big Brother. This production is quite remarkable as in one hour it condenses Orwell’s 1984 novel perfectly. There is almost…
Read MoreRenowned Scottish Interior designer John Amabile to open new showroom in Aberdeen
Sponsored Content | Leading Scottish based Bathroom Specialist and Plumbers Merchant William Wilson has invested more than £120,000.00 in their new bathroom showroom at Hareness Road Aberdeen. Scottish born and designer kilt wearing Interior Designer John Amabile will make a personal appearance at the Aberdeen showroom on 12 September. John has over 40 years of…
Read MoreFringe Review: Sex, Camp, Rock ‘N Roll
Ailsa Bath on this musical cabaret fantasy that explores sexuality and sex work. ★★★ With star of the show Ryan Patrick Welsh dressed in sheer, glittery assless chaps and not much else, and flanked by two backing performers with an anatomically blunt moniker, this cabaret is not for the bashful. Sex Camp and Rock n…
Read MoreFringe Review: Alison Larkin, Grief… A Comedy
Alison Larkin grips the audience with this production, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★★ Alison Larkin was adopted from America by an English family and grew up in England. Deciding to find her birth mother she returned to America, found her, got married to an American, started a family and then got divorced. In her middle years…
Read MoreFringe Review: Nina Gilligan, Goldfish
Ailsa Bath finds Nina Gilligan ‘achingly relatable and effortlessly funny’ in her performance Goldfish. ★★★ Nina Gilligan’s Goldfish was a humorous meander through the life of a middle aged woman. She openly acknowledged that her target audience were women above 40 and men under thirty which meant several references flew right over my twentysomething head…
Read MoreScotland’s language: Scottish authors help contribute to Doric’s revitalisation
By Marisha Worsnop The brilliant thing about language is that it’s in control of the speaker. Change, variation, and innovation are all at the hands of those using it. We as speakers say what goes and as long as enough people agree with us or understand us at the very least, we can do whatever…
Read MoreFringe Review: Rouge
Jeremy Welch samples the circus for grown-ups, with the award-winning Australian circus cabaret sensation Rouge. ★★★★ Rouge is an Australian production with a professional and talented troupe of artists. The show is advertised as ‘….a celebration of the astonishing, surprising, subversive and supremely sexy.’ It is all of the above featuring – circus acts with…
Read MoreThe Strathmore Community Rugby Trust: ‘Rugby has the power to change lives for the better’
By Marisha Worsnop. Team sports can do so much more than just keeping us physically active. It can teach us important life skills such as teamwork and respect for others and create a sense of community and belonging. Since June 2017, The Strathmore Community Rugby Trust (SCRT) has seen the potential rugby has for…
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