Fringe Review – The Starship Osiris (rating: 4/5) Riotous, yes. Almost anarchic. Was there a script for this? Of course there was, though the cast does almost convince you that their falling out over missed lines and one character’s unhappiness at even being in Edinburgh is genuine. The roars of laughter from a mainly student-aged […]
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Rock Choir ready to make their big debut
Festival Preview – Rock Choir A cast of more than 1,400 singers will perform to audiences over 23 nights, in what will be the biggest ever show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Rock Choir will hold their debut Festival run featuring performers from across Scotland and the North of England at the Royal College of Surgeons […]
Jupitus draws an audience to sketch on an iPad
Art experience: Stand-up comedian and television personality Phill Jupitus returns to the National Galleries of Scotland this summer to sketch some of his favourite artworks on an iPad and encourage others to join in. Sketch Comic is part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and follows the success of two hugely popular runs in 2014 and […]
Revealing life and times of the forgotten realists
Art exhibition: A forgotten generation of talented British artists is the subject of this summer’s Festival exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. True to Life is the first exhibition to explore the realist tradition in British painting of the 1920s and 1930s, bringing to light the work of dozens of once-celebrated artists whose […]
Men looking good in exhibition of self-image
Art and photo exhibition: The evolution of men’s fashion, masculine identity and the male self-image over the last 500 years is the subject of an exhibition which has opened at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Looking Good: The Male Gaze from Van Dyck to Lucian Freud explores how men have indulged their enthusiasm for fashionable clothes, careful […]