We are wanting in the dark lights, all hunched, All live, writing in our book With a tethered sigh  And wanting a rest, but loving...

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...

Rating: **** “The gods have had enough of happy violent men!” cry the chorus of Trojan women, towards the end of the production Hekabe,...

Rating: *** It’s the first day of the Fringe, you’ve barely survived your journey down Lothian Road, attempted to confidently navigate...

Rating: ***** This Fringe, Edinburgh is once again inundated with performers eager to display their hard work. The sheer volume of...

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,...

Content Warning: Racist language It was Tuesday on a sluggish June afternoon in 1956, and Samuel Cohn sat and smoked a cigarette, waiting...

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...

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...

To be the moon is what he wanted me to be. round serene A face...

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...

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...

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!...

Rating: ***** With troublesome Brexit deals and the tumultuous relationship between England and Northern Ireland hot in the press, it...

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...

Edinburgh Playhouse, 12th January 2023 Rating: * Shen Yun, the dance troupe of the Chinese American Falun Gong organization, tour the...

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...

Closing night at one of the most talked about shows in town. Rating: ***** I took my seat at the closing night of The Edinburgh...

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...

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...