Month: August 2013

Originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, the inaugural show of the theatre company which bears the same name returned in 2013 on a wave of renewed

The independent bookstore is one of the last strongholds against encroaching homogenisation under the corporate boot. When even chain stores struggle to maintain a bricks and mortar presence

At the prestigious Assembly Halls on top of the Mound overlooking the city of Edinburgh, previously home to the Scottish Government prior to the completion of the Parliament

There are few television shows that, almost a half century after inception, still inspire debate and analysis; Doctor Who is one, Star Trek is another, but both of

It was in 1986 that It Bites sang Calling All The Heroes, and although it took Hollywood time to catch up, they have spent the last ten years

Science fiction conventions: a chance to mingle with like minded people, to relax in the company of strangers without having to worry about how to strike up a

A bare blank stage in the basement of an old church marked only by a chalk circle drawn on the floor is the setting for this eerie production

An almost bare stage is serenaded by The Carpenters, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft, the recognised anthem of World Contact Day, summing up the themes of this one

In the eerily lit vault beneath the corner of Forrest Road and Bristo Square, resembling nothing so much as the catacombs of Peladon, Australian comedian, former teacher and

Ever since the genre we know as science fiction emerged some two hundred years ago, the one medium it has yet to conquer is live performance. Drama, opera