Tag: Edinburgh International Festival

THEATRE – Peter Gynt at Edinburgh International Festival

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John Glover - August 5, 2019

IBSEN’s three-act verse- drama, Peer Gynt, was written in 1867 with the intention never to be performed and perhaps, it would have been better...

MUSIC – St Vincent brings transgressive pop to the Playhouse

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Jean West - August 28, 2018

Few people can claim to have performed in front of an audience of hundreds in their under garments and successfully pulled it off with...

MUSIC – Joan As Policewoman performs at Lau-Land Festival in Edinburgh

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Jean West - August 28, 2018

BY JEAN WEST Joan Wasser of Joan As Policewoman, from across the pond in New York, had a notion of what Leith was all about before her recent visit. The dynamic...

THEATRE – Geoff Sobelle builds a HOME at the International Festival

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Jean West - August 27, 2018

BY JEAN WEST I hadn't intended to get married when I left the house this afternoon. But by 5pm, I had a new husband - a stranger I...

THEATRE – Midsummer, a revitalised retelling by The National Theatre of Scotland

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Jean West - August 26, 2018

BY JEAN WEST 'Change is possible,' said the words on the parking meter as Helena balked at having to cough up so much for this...

MUSIC – Mogwai bring new and nostalgic sounds to Leith Theatre

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Jean West - August 23, 2018

BY JEAN WEST 'Beautiful terrorists,' that's how I heard someone describe Mogwai after last night's Edinburgh International Festival, ear-shattering showdown at a rejuvenated Leith Theatre, where they engineered rapture...

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