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Writers behind bars
By Lee Bunce, published 12 August 2009It can be easy, in the whirlwind of creativity that is Edinburgh in August, to take our freedom to express ourselves for granted. A sobering reminder ...
Year of the Horse
By Jess Winch, published 12 August 2009Scotland celebrates one of the UK’s finest political cartoonists in a multimedia exhibition of the work of Harry Horse. Horse contributed 52 ca...
Young Fathers & Unicorn Kid
By Chris McCall, published 05 August 2009“Scottish hip-hop? They compare it to Australian jazz or something,” so says Ally Massaqui, who makes up one-third of the Edinburgh rap gr...
Your Number's Up
By Oliver Farrimond, published 16 August 2009An ambitious play for its allotted 55 minutes, Your Number's Up throws the full complement of 'yoof culture' stereotypes at its ensemble cast.
Beginn...Z - The Silence of the Trams
By Sara D'Arcy, published 26 August 2009A short video clip notwithstanding, this four-man stand-up show is in fact devoid of references to Edinburgh's interminable tram works. Sadly, it seem...
Zoe Lyons
By Fern Brady, published 05 August 2009Exploring topics as varied as human soup, arming the elderly and the Pope’s views on gender identity, Zoe Lyons’ third solo show at the Fr...
Zoe Lyons: Miss Machismo
By Tom Hackett, published 09 August 2009Zoe Lyons is understandably a little annoyed with Germaine Greer. Wading into the ‘are women funny?’ debate earlier this year with a typic...
Zoo Lodge
By Sara D'Arcy, published 21 August 2009Rebecca Boey's debut play—based upon her real-life travels to South Africa—dives straight into issues of race, imperialism, trust and jeal...
