My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Òran, Owen Sutcliffe’s dynamic new take on the Orpheus myth for the Wonder Fools company. Seen at @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social On tour until November. www.wonderfools.org/projects/oran/ www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social obituary of Ella Wildridge; translator, dramaturg and unsung heroine of Scottish theatre and champion of new writers at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social and elsewhere. www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Buffy Revamped, Brendan Murphy’s comic distillation of all 144 episodes of the cult classic TV show into 70 minutes @buffyrevamped.bsky.social Seen @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social prior to a UK tour buffyrevamped.co.uk www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #109 Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Leith Depot: Upright Gallery: Leith Makers: Dundas Street Gallery: Palestine Museum: Dalkeith Palace: Studies on Photography: Kimpton Hotel: Leith School of Art: Mote 102: etc… open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

Artist Alistair McCallum talks in @flemingartcoll.bsky.social Scottish Art News about Glaswegians - Cranhill Arts, Alistair McCallum and Jane Carroll. flemingcollection.com/scottish_art... Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow until October 5. www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/glaswe...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Small Acts of Love, Frances Poet and Ricky Ross’ moving new play with songs that opens the Citizens Theatre for the first show in 7 years. Citizens Theatre until Oct 4. citz.co.uk/whats-on/sma... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #107 Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Craigmillar Now: Morningside Gallery: Leith Depot: Upright Gallery: Palestine Museum Scotland: Dalkeith Palace: Kimpton Hotel: Studies in Photography: Mote 102: etc.. open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

New on The Noise of Art… Giles Havergal - A Date with Lazarus open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop... Following the death of the former director of the Citizens Theatre, a look back at some early trips to the European theatre in the Gorbals, and how a photo book immortalised some of its 1980s shows.

Break on through…

My listen in for @thelistuk.bsky.social to Treasure Island, Gary McNair’s new take on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel for BBC Radio 4. list.co.uk/news/treasur... On @bbcsounds.bsky.social BBC Sounds for over a year. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of A Toast Fae the Lassies, John Binnie’s new musical play that has some of the women in Robert Burns’ life tell their story. @pitlochryft.bsky.social until Sept 24. www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/a-t... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #107 Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Customs House: Craigmillar Now: Morningside Gallery: Leith Depot: Dalkeith Palace: Kimpton Hotel: Portobello: Studies in Photography: Upright Gallery: Whitespace: The Pitt: Argyle Bar:etc open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

My somewhat excitable @thelistuk.bsky.social magazine review of Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years. list.co.uk/news/andy-go... A National Galleries of Scotland exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy until November 2nd. www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/a...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Wallace, Rob Drummond and Dave Hook’s hip hop take on William Wallace. A Play Pie & a Pint Oran Mor Glasgow until Sep 6 1pm playpiepint.com/wallace/ Traverse Edinburgh Sep 9-13 1pm www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social top 10 theatre shows to see in September, including the Citizens Theatre’s first production as it reopens, the autumn season of A Play, a Pie & a Pint, and new shows at the Tron, Pitlochry, and on tour. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2543122...

Now online, my Scottish Art News chat with Andy Goldsworthy. flemingcollection.com/scottish_art... This was done in the run up to Fifty Years, Goldsworthy’s spectacular mix of old and new work for his NGS show at the RSA in Edinburgh until November 2. www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/a...

A final 4tet of List Edinburgh Fringe reviews #5 Revolver - Pleasance list.co.uk/news/revolve... Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act - Assembly list.co.uk/news/sherloc... Can’t Find My Way Home - Hoots Apex list.co.uk/news/cant-fi... Yes, We’re Related - Underbelly list.co.uk/news/yes-wer...

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #106 Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Palestine Museum: Leith Depot: Paradise Palms: Kimpton Hotel: Craigmillar Now: RIAS Bookshop: St Giles’ Cathedral: Sneaky Pete’s: Cabaret Voltaire: Matthews Architecture Gallery: etc… open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social obituary of Giles Havergal, who for 33 years from 1969 to 2003 was at the helm of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre. What a life this man had. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obit...

A quartet of my List Edinburgh Fringe reviews… #4 The Foreskin Diaries - Laughing Horse Bar 50 list.co.uk/news/the-for... Eat the Rich - Pleasance list.co.uk/news/eat-the... 27 Club - Assembly Rooms list.co.uk/news/27-club... Body Count - Gilded Balloon Patter House list.co.uk/news/gabriel...

A somewhat understated headline for my @heraldscotland.bsky.social Edinburgh International Festival review of As You Like It A Radical Retelling, by Canadian provocateur, Cliff Cardinal. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Churchill Theatre until Sat Aug 23, 8pm. www.eif.co.uk/events/as-yo...

New on The Noise of Art… Irv on Film - Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough A look at Irvine Welsh through the lens of Paul Sng’s new film, Reality is Not Enough, which closed Edinburgh International Film Festival this week. open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Edinburgh International Festival review of Faustus in Africa!, William Kentridge & Handspring Puppet Company’s revival of the South African co’s reimagining of Goethe’s classic www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Lyceum until Aug 23 www.eif.co.uk/events/faust...

Chris Abrahams of Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre talks in The List about As You Like It: A Radical Retelling, Cliff Cardinal’s show that closes Edinburgh International Festival’s theatre programme this week. list.co.uk/news/chris-a... Church Hill Theatre until August 23. www.eif.co.uk/events/as-yo...

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #105 Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Leith Depot: Bellfield Brewery: Paradise Palms: Jazz Bar: Craigmillar Now: Palestine Museum: Blackie House Library and Museum: Zoo Southside: Queen’s Hall: Whitespace: Outhouse: etc.. open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

A quartet of my List Edinburgh Fringe reviews… #3 Flick - Summerhall list.co.uk/news/flick-t... Midnight In Nashville - Zoo Playground list.co.uk/news/midnigh... Tom At The Farm - Pleasance EICC list.co.uk/news/tom-at-... Kanpur 1857 - Pleasance Courtyard list.co.uk/news/kanpur-...

Just received a press release for an event called State of the Nation: a landmark gathering for Scotland’s arts sector. It came from a London based commercial PR company who are presumably being paid with Scotland’s tax payer funding. Can anyone see the irony here?

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social round up of my top 10 (actually 11) Edinburgh Fringe shows so far this year. Some poetic licence in the first half of the headline, mind. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2539092...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Cutting the Tightrope, a compendium of short plays that attempt to capture a sense of the world’s atrocities. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Church Hill Theatre as part of Edinburgh International Theatre until Aug 17 www.eif.co.uk/events/cutti...

A quartet of my List Edinburgh Fringe reviews… #2 Hole!- Underbelly list.co.uk/news/hole-mu... Degenerate - Pleasance list.co.uk/news/degener... Smile - Pleasance list.co.uk/news/smile-t... Philosophy of the World - Summerhall list.co.uk/news/philoso...

My List review of Alabaster DePlume, seen as part of Edinburgh International Festival’s Up Late at the Hub season on Fri Aug 8. list.co.uk/news/alabast...

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #104 Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Leith Depot: Bellfield Brewery: Paradise Palms: Jazz Bar: Blackie House Library and Museum: Zoo Southside: Out of the Blue: Patriothall: More 102: Bannermans: Whitespace: etc… open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

Wanna hear Ivor Cutler’s ACTUAL harmonium played by Stefan Maurice with Hamish Hawk? Check out Front Row now on BBC Sounds, also featuring Mary, Queen of Scots, Film Festival plus me and Fergus Morgan doing the Fringe, all helmed by Kirsty Wark. The harmonium’s ace. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Edinburgh Fringe review of Pussy Riot: Riot Days. @summerhallarts.bsky.social until Aug 23- festival.summerhallarts.co.uk/events/pussy... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

New on the Noise of Art Pussy Riot: Riot Days - Free the Pussy Again As Maria Alyokhina and Pussy Riot return to Edinburgh for an 11-night run of their new iteration of Riot Days, a look back at when they visited in 2018 after playing Glasgow the year before. open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

4 of my List Edinburgh Fringe reviews #1 Champions – Pleasance at EICC list.co.uk/news/champio... Cheese and Guava - Summerhall list.co.uk/news/cheese-... Chrome Yellow - Zoo Southside list.co.uk/news/chrome-... Trouble, Struggle, Bubble & Squeak - Pleasance Courtyard list.co.uk/news/trouble...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Edinburgh Fringe review of Karine Polwart: Windblown, a tribute to a 200-year-old tree at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2537872... Queen’s Hall until Aug 13 www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/kar... www.heraldscotland.com/news/2537872...

Hamish Halley talks in Scottish Art News about his new video work, ‘please keep’ (2025), for Edinburgh Art Festival. flemingcollection.com/scottish_art... People’s Story Museum, High Street, until August 24. www.edinburghartfestival.com/hamish-halley/

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Works and Days, Belgian company FC Bergman’s remarkable visual journey through the ages of man (and woman). @edintfest.bsky.social at the @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social until Aug 10 www.eif.co.uk/events/works... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #103 Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Leith Depot: Bellfield Brewery: Paradise Palms: Jazz Bar: Zoo Southside: St Giles’ Cathedral: Inspace: French Institute: The Citadel: Argonaut Books: Outhouse: Out of the Blue: VoxBox: open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Edinburgh Fringe review of Ordinary Decent Criminal, Ed Edwards’ prison set play starring Mark Thomas. Summerhall until Aug 24. festival.summerhallarts.co.uk/events/ordin... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Edinburgh Fringe review of When Billy Met Alasdair, Alan Bissett’s homage to 2 cultural titans when they crossed paths Scottish Storytelling Centre until Aug 23 scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:60... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Edinburgh Fringe review of SKYE: A Thriller, Ellie Keel’s new play starring Dawn Steele as a woman haunted by her past. @summerhallarts.bsky.social Arts until Aug 25. festival.summerhallarts.co.uk/events/skye/ www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

RIP Terry Reid. youtu.be/Amc1J8OZuzE?...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Consumed, Karis Kelly’s Edinburgh Fringe play set at a 90th birthday party amongst four generations of women in Northern Ireland. @traversetheatre.bsky.social Theatre until Aug 24 www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of She’s Behind You, Johnny McKnight’s personal Edinburgh Fringe celebration of pantomime and 20 years as a grand dame. @traversetheatre.bsky.social Theatre until Aug 24. Various times www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of The Beautiful Future is Coming, Flora Wilson Brown’s climate based play for Bristol Old Vic on Edinburgh Fringe @traversetheatre.bsky.social Theatre until Aug 24 www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edfringe.bsky.social review of RIFT, Gabriel Jason Dean’s play about 2 very different brothers @traversetheatre.bsky.social until Aug 24 Various times. www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

My Herald review of Make it Happen, starring Brian Cox and Sandy Grierson in this epic satire of failed RBS banker Fred ‘The Shred’ Goodwin. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Edinburgh International Festival at Festival Theatre until Aug 9. www.eif.co.uk/events/make-...

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of A Gambler’s Guide to Dying, Gary McNair’s 10th anniversary Edinburgh Fringe revival of his solo tribute to his granddad. Traverse Theatre until Aug 24. Various times. www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...