Fuselage is one of the most moving shows you will see @edfringe.bsky.social this August. Annie Laureau lost many friends as Pan Am flight 103 plummeted towards Lockerbie; now she honours their memory in this stunning piece of theatre @pleasance.co.uk.
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Jack Brownridge-Kelly's Cold, Dark, Matters suvbverts expectations...again & again & again. It’s a clever, funny, very well acted show that leaves you wondering just what you’ve seen, & whether the truth of it lies anywhere at all.
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@edfringe.bsky.social
'Grassroots storytelling and comedy are surely what the Fringe should be all about. The Lost Tapes of Somerfield is a fine example of this.'
Here's my review:
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'Ma Name is Isabelle' is a powerful reimagining of one woman’s story.
My next review is of a show performed entirely in Doric (but even if you don't come from NE Scotland, you'll be more than fine.)
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#doric @edfringe.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social
My review of Arran R Hawkins' After the Service: Tales of Love & Loss. Two beautifully delivered monologues that talk about death, but also celebrate love.
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@edinreporter.bsky.social @gildedballoon.bsky.social @edfringe.bsky.social
Second Fringe review:
Sam Macgregor’s new play 'Hold the Line' reveals the stark reality of life as a ‘health adviser’ in an NHS 111 call centre.
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@edinreporter.bsky.social @pleasance.co.uk @edfringe.bsky.social
First review for this year's @edfringe.bsky.social!
24Weeks, Tatty Pants Theatre Company's excellent, chilling play, looks at friendship, responsibilty, and the control of women's reproductive rights.
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And just like that, #pridemonth is almost over!
ICYMI, we’ve rounded up the #queerbooks in our list – please help spread the word – and crucially, if you can, please buy some books! 🤩 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Paul is a brilliant creation, so bad and yet also so good. I loved this book.
New on my blog today: #20Books of Summer: Japanese Comedy
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At the eleventh hour as usual - here are my #20BooksofSummer2025
It may be raining here in Aberdeenshire, but at least we can bury ourselves in books 📚.
@annabookbel.bsky.social @wordsandpeace.bsky.social
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I agree. I’ve had three teenagers and ‘banning’ them from using phones in their bedrooms would have been completely pointless.
Education is (as always) key.
As Picnic at Hanging Rock reaches its 50th anniversary, the film's significance will be celebrated as part of a special symposium at the University of Sheffield in June. Call for papers closes 2 May.
A little visit to some of my favourite Leith charity shops today. (Nutmeg is not for me!)
'Justin Kerr-Smiley's 'A Leap in the Dark' is a thrilling story, well told, but it is also a reflection on what it is to be human in a world full of temptation.'
My review is here: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/03/book...
@edinreporter.bsky.social #Chiselbury #Edinburgh #historicalfiction
Finally getting round to reading this. If I'd known the chapters were this short and sharp, the stories so gripping and the jokes so good, I'd have started it years ago. Not all writing books are heavy going - who knew?
A black-and-white promotional poster for "In Our Spaces," featuring a close-up photograph of a pair of weathered hands gripping a sculpting tool. The hands are rough and textured, evoking a sense of craftsmanship and labour. The title "IN OUR SPACES" is overlaid in bold, white capital letters, partially transparent, allowing the image beneath to show through. The background is blurred, drawing focus to the intricate details of the hands and the tool. The POST logo is positioned in the bottom right corner.
In Our Spaces opens this Friday at Outer Spaces on Shiprow, showcasing the collaborative work of Kirsty Russell, Maria Muruaga, and Lauren McLaughlin.
This powerful new exhibition uses art to explore and reflect on mental health.
More 👇🏼
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Absolutely brilliant night with Jenny Eclair at the Tivoli Theatre. Very funny, very frank, & right on point re every decade of a woman's life. I felt seen in the best possible way - 'oh, it's not just me then! Thank goodness!' Highly recommended (NB: lots of swearing.) #Aberdeen #comedy
Keen to hear from as many cultural events, theatres, festivals, arts centres, organise & freelances as possible on Creative Scotland’s funding decisions. Feel free to email or DM me.
CS aren’t planning to disclose which applications have been rejected, but I certainly want to hear about them!
When I hear refernces to the 1980s I think 'oh quite recent really' - until I realise that my children have absolutely no knowledge of most things that happened back then... (Our Friends in the North, Pride etc have helped to explain.) But 2000!!! Ridiculous!
And one more from me, What Doesn't Kill Us by Ajay Close, set in 1970s Leeds at the time of the Peter Sutcliffe murders (though this is fiction.) Close does a fantastic job of recreating life as it was for women then. #booksky @saraband-books.bsky.social
More ideas from husband: Brighton Rock, Ghost Trees (NF by Bob Gilbert - London), Saturday Night & Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe - Nottingham), Oliver Twist (London), Dead Flowers (Mark Timlin - South London - part of a long series all set in this area.)
Current reading: Bill Richardson's The Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast Pillow Book & James Beard's Delights & Prejudices. Now I want to sample Beard's amazing (& amazingly calorific) food while staying at Hector & Virgil's idyllic island home. Perfect escapism for a miserable January day #booksky
Here's a bit of a thread of some recent publications, forthcoming ones and events for anyone who's interested. All of them are well worth a look regardless of my work, fantastic creative spaces that it's been a pleasure to contribute to ✌️
A very different side of south London (Beckenham) is used in Clare Chambers' wonderful Small Pleasures.
They're not all this good, the plot of the last one I read, Ashes by Now, was distinctly mediocre - but as you say, it's the atmosphere that matters. Having grown up in S London I can remember what some of these places were like back then. I'd love recommendations for books with similar settings.
My husband David has now suggested A Tale of Two Cities! And there’s also Siobhan O’Dowd’s excellent children’s book The London Eye Mystery.
Oh the Dance is wonderful! If you do read it, I also very much recommend Hilary Spurling’s Invitation to the Dance - a comprehensive guide to all the characters, locations, etc. Without it I’d have been lost at times. (Actually I think Powell was occasionally too.)
