There was nothing ‘wrong’ with Donald Shaw’s curated last night of the Edinburgh International Festival at the Hub, but I left feeling it could have been so much more. Last…

Mere Mortals opens on an epic scale. Strong red light cuts through smoke across the stage as Mingxuan Wang, dancing Hope, appears alone. His lightness carries a slight nervousness. A…

RÓIS walks on with her small band — guitarist and drummer in black ties, herself in a black vintage dress — all three faces veiled. She looks like a mourning…

Clown Show is a rare kind of theatre experience. Before the curtain even rises, a group of strangely dressed clowns make their way through the audience towards the stage. White…

This year’s EIF music programme culminated in two Usher Hall performances, plus a chamber recital in the Queen’s Hall, by the mighty Berlin Philharmonic. These were the first performances by…