Arts and entertainment

Where Frankie Boyle got his shot at fame

Category: Arts and entertainment

The Sunday Times
20 December 2009

And he’s not the only one to get his break at the Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh, which is about to mark its 15th year

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Michael Flatley eat your heart out

Category: Arts and entertainment

The Sunday Times
06 December 2009
 
The Brooklyn-based choreographer Mark Morris has helped create a ‘Scottish Riverdance’ a Dance Base in Edinburgh

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‘Cherokee Moses’ comes home

Category: Arts and entertainment, Interviews

The Sunday Times
18 October 2009

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story, a tour guide once said. Gayle Ross, on the other hand, doesn’t believe in bending the truth.

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The Italian Girl in Algiers puts the soap into opera

Category: Arts and entertainment

The Sunday Times
18 October 2009

A stage full of bunny girls, Space Hoppers and high-tech green-screen effects? It’s Rossini, as you’ve never seen him before

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Adventurers’ view from the ends of the earth

Category: Arts and entertainment

The Sunday Times
27 September 2009

 Images of Shackleton’s and Scott’s Antarctic expeditions are as moving now as they were 100 years ago

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Petrushka is a ballet for the new romantics

Category: Arts and entertainment

The Sunday Times
23 August 2009

Emo meets Bowie in a Scottish Ballet production for the modern age performed at the Playhouse in Edinburgh

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Lauren Laverne

Category: Arts and entertainment, Interviews

The Sunday Times
23 August 2009

The BBC biter who hates being bitten
The Culture Show presenter Lauren Laverne can’t bear being interviewed -  she knows how dangerous it can be. Still, she did talk to Claire Sawers

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The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church

Category: Arts and entertainment, Comedy, Theatre

The List
10 August 2009
5 stars

Old, forgotten, secret and hidden stuff all push Daniel Kitson’s buttons.

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Witchcraft: A dark spell in our history

Category: Arts and entertainment, Features

The Sunday Times
09 August 2009
 

Rona Munro’s play The Last Witch tells of Scotland’s last witch burning, but really it’s about sex and power

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A Life in Politics - Clare Short

Category: Arts and entertainment

The List
Edinburgh Festival Guide
13 July 2009

Independent MP releases some controversial bees from her bonnet

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