Magnetic North
A Walk at the Edge of the World
✭✭✭✩✩ Beautiful but rambling
A meditative walk through the beautiful environs of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art leads into a slightly rambling dramatic monologue in Magnetic North’s A Walk at the Edge of the World.
Cool for Edinburgh CATS
Edinburgh’s theatres and theatre companies come out particularly well in the shortlists for the 2012/13 CATS, the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, which have just been announced. Eighteen of the 41 nominations are for Edinburgh-based productions with a further eight for shows touring to the city.
Pass the Spoon up for CS Award
Edinburgh-based Magnetic North’s Pass The Spoon is one of 39 finalists from across Scotland which have been shortlisted for inaugural Creative Scotland Awards.
Review – Sex and God
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Complex and enthralling, Linda McLean’s new play for Magnetic North reveals the lives of four 20th century women as interweaving – yet never quite interlocking – narratives.
Live stream for Pass The Spoon
Pass The Spoon, the collaboration between David Shrigley, Red Note Ensemble and Magnetic North, is to be streamed live over the internet on Sunday night from its performance at London’s Southbank Centre.Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Review – Pass the Spoon
★★★★★ Dancin’:
Magnetic North and the Red Note Ensemble’s collaboration in David Shrigley’s “sort of opera” is a feast of fun with moments of utter genius. If you love the absurd or bizarre then see it!
