School Reunion
Note: the form of this piece was inspired by Susan Sontag’s short story The Way We Live Now. Sontag’s text is available to read online at...
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Flora Leask & Lauren Galligan
- Aug 16, 2023
- 3 min
In the rehearsal room with 'Hekabe': A review
Rating: **** “The gods have had enough of happy violent men!” cry the chorus of Trojan women, towards the end of the production Hekabe,...
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Siobhan Wild
- Aug 10, 2023
- 3 min
Water Fruit Loops - A Review
Rating: *** It’s the first day of the Fringe, you’ve barely survived your journey down Lothian Road, attempted to confidently navigate...
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Emily Procter
- Aug 10, 2023
- 2 min
'Looking For Fun?' - A Review
Rating: ***** This Fringe, Edinburgh is once again inundated with performers eager to display their hard work. The sheer volume of...
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Panashe Ndou
- Jul 14, 2023
- 2 min
In Benjamin’s Room
I spent the night in Benjamin's room. I didn't want to, or rather I didn't intend to. Even though I was alone it felt like he was there,...
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Pablo Lacalle Castillo
- Jun 5, 2023
- 15 min
New Babylon
Content Warning: Racist language It was Tuesday on a sluggish June afternoon in 1956, and Samuel Cohn sat and smoked a cigarette, waiting...
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Owen Thomas Webb
- Apr 14, 2023
- 4 min
The Four Ages
The Age of Discord The refugee’s home is my home But it only became my home when the refugee thanked me for it This is the Age of...
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Cristina Rizzo
- Mar 31, 2023
- 3 min
In the Smoking Area, Bisexual, Long Distance (I)
In the Smoking Area Cristina Rizzo “You ok?” He scares me. His voice is hugged by the cushioned music from inside the club. My ears feel...
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Hermione Byron
- Mar 23, 2023
- 1 min
Be The Moon
To be the moon is what he wanted me to be. round serene A face...
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Lauren Galligan
- Mar 18, 2023
- 1 min
Nan's garden
At the bottom of the garden the little girl plays. It is spring and the sun is warm in this spot, Filtered through the gaps in the blue...
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Tala M.L. Davidson
- Mar 16, 2023
- 3 min
Nothing Beautiful & Something Beautiful
Nothing Beautiful There is nothing beautiful to say by it, About it, there is nothing gold. The source of my heart, and yet The black...
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Isobel Salt
- Mar 7, 2023
- 2 min
LED Laser beams of Love and Protection, Transporting, A tree.
LED Laser beams of Love and Protection. Ah, I see. I fear You’re Becoming Ungrateful. That’s not how You repay my love. Try, ‘yes!...
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Emily Procter
- Mar 5, 2023
- 2 min
Translations: A Review
Rating: ***** With troublesome Brexit deals and the tumultuous relationship between England and Northern Ireland hot in the press, it...
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Lucia Wu
- Feb 21, 2023
- 4 min
The Hound
The master left home for five days. Five days ago, several men came to the mountain. They were all clad in tin, and their faces were...
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Owen Thomas Webb
- Feb 11, 2023
- 6 min
‘Shen Yun, 5,000 Years of Chinese Civilization Reborn’ - A Review
Edinburgh Playhouse, 12th January 2023 Rating: * Shen Yun, the dance troupe of the Chinese American Falun Gong organization, tour the...
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Grace Baird
- Feb 8, 2023
- 2 min
The Auld Ways, Maukit Tongue
The Auld Ways There’s mair value than yous could ever imagine in the auld ways. And they're crumbling awa Gui tricky to catch, But ye’ve...
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Erin Aitken
- Feb 4, 2023
- 3 min
Jesus Christ Superstar: A Review
Closing night at one of the most talked about shows in town. Rating: ***** I took my seat at the closing night of The Edinburgh...
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Hermione Byron
- Jan 28, 2023
- 1 min
Thirst
I like to plant seeds in the barren lands of the Sierra, where I walk with a bucket and watch the shining eyes of the buckles on my...
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Pablo Lacalle Castillo
- Jan 28, 2023
- 8 min
The Leech
It is my four hundred and fortieth year upon this Earth, and I can no longer recognize my own face. I know it in essence, have seen the...
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Alistair Kevan
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
Move better
Your petrol powered boast is trumped by the muscle moved machine, its mechanical cleverness is humble and sporting. It does not growl nor...
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