Spoken Word

Elegies

Elegies

★★★★☆ Evocative and relevant

The Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland’s dance adaptation of Hamish Henderson’s Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica is an evocative piece of theatre that is particularly relevant to our troubled world, despite being published in 1948.

Nov 12 2023 | By | Reply More
Animate Lands: Mythic Celtic Tales

Animate Lands: Mythic Celtic Tales

★★★★☆ Accomplished storytelling

Animate Lands: Mythic Celtic Tales at the Scottish Storytelling Centre is a fascinating hour of stories from Scotland’s Celtic heritage presented by Dougie Mackay and Freya Rae.

Aug 6 2023 | By | Reply More
EdFringe 2023: Cabaret; Comedy; Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus; Spoken Word

EdFringe 2023: Cabaret; Comedy; Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus; Spoken Word

Edinburgh-made comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus and spoken word at #EdFringe 2023

Beside all the theatre and musicals on offer here are 36 shows with a theatrical bent in the cabaret, comedy, dance and spoken word sections of the EdFringe portal.

Aug 3 2023 | By | Reply More
EdFringe22: Dance, Cabaret & Spoken Word

EdFringe22: Dance, Cabaret & Spoken Word

Dance, Cabaret & Spoken Word, made in Edinburgh at EdFringe 2022

Edinburgh’s theatre companies have come back strong after the pandemic with 116 theatrical productions at the Fringe including many new shows and a handful of returning favourites.

Aug 4 2022 | By | Reply More
Quines

Quines

★★★☆☆  Poetic history:

Quines from Gerda Stevenson at Paradise in the Vault is one of those home-grown, quietly accomplished shows that will never hit the headlines but are the backbone of the Fringe.

Aug 23 2018 | By | Reply More
Electric Contact – A Jazz Tribute to Tom McGrath

Electric Contact – A Jazz Tribute to Tom McGrath

★★★★★   Explored:
Three Thomases – Tom, Tommie and Tam – got the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s retrospective tribute to the late, great Tom McGrath off to a belter of a start on Friday night.

Jun 25 2017 | By | 1 Reply More
Science festival Theatre

Science festival Theatre

The Ideas Factory in performance:
This year’s Edinburgh Science Festival has been launched as the Ideas Factory, a hub for information, ideas and innovation, taking place in Edinburgh from Friday 4 to Sunday 19 April 2015.

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Wordly Wise: As one door closes?

Wordly Wise: As one door closes?

It is a sad day at Æ, where our resident poet, the one and only J. A. Sutherland, has decided that he will have to cease being resident. So here, for the May Day weekend, he says adieu or, we hope, à la prochaine.

May 3 2014 | By | Reply More
Giving Voice – Wordly Wisdom for All

Giving Voice – Wordly Wisdom for All

For his round-up of spoken word events during the last weeks of April, resident poet J. A. Sutherland looks at events drowned out by the louder voices – in particular, those that don’t claim to be ‘spoken word’ but in which words are spoken and/or read aloud.

Apr 14 2014 | By | Reply More
Wordly Wise: Coming up this week…

Wordly Wise: Coming up this week…

It’s no April Fool, that there’s some top spoken word action in Edinburgh this week. Not least behind the hidden doors of the Hidden Door festival. Here’s J. A. Sutherland’s round-up.

Apr 1 2014 | By | Reply More