Tristan & Yseult at the Royal Lyceum: stagecraft at its best

Tristan & Yseult at the Royal Lyceum: stagecraft at its best

Will Quinn Oct 22, 2026 5 min read

Watching Tristan & Yseult today without twenty years of misty-eyed nostalgia is an eye-opening treat. Today, folk-infused actor-musician ensembles riffing on ancient stories are everywhere—you only have to look at…

Schoolyard Wars: Carlos Pons Guerra on Reimagining Edward II

Schoolyard Wars: Carlos Pons Guerra on Reimagining Edward II

Will Quinn Oct 22, 2026 9 min read

‘I’ve had a love of Renaissance tragedy ever since I was a 15-year-old goth in the Canary Islands—where dressing all in black was not a great idea,’ said Carlos Pons…

Leith Mounts UK Town of Culture Bid with Call for Community Ideas

Leith Mounts UK Town of Culture Bid with Call for Community Ideas

Will Quinn Oct 14, 2026 4 min read

Leith has officially entered the race to be named the UK’s inaugural Town of Culture, and its organisers are turning to the neighbourhood to help draft the the blueprint for…

Welcome to the Fringe Palestine Launches 2027 Open Call

Welcome to the Fringe Palestine Launches 2027 Open Call

Will Quinn Oct 14, 2026 3 min read

Following a revived iteration in 2025, the Welcome to the Fringe Palestine initiative is set to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2027. Organisers have launched an international open…

The Edinburgh Tree of Life Bearing Collective Witness for Gaza

The Edinburgh Tree of Life Bearing Collective Witness for Gaza

Sandra MacDonald Oct 14, 2026 4 min read

Building Branches: Collective Witness is, according to the exhibition programme, ‘an exhibition bringing together art, testimony and collective reflection on 3+ years of genocide in Palestine’ at Collective Space, Albert…