SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
Bowled over by the folk-bus
ANGUS REID is transported by a relentless and double-bass-swingingly great set of punkfolk classics
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
MATTHEW HAWKINS pays tribute to the performance artist and costumier, Leigh Bowery
SIMON DUFF reviews a new composition by German composer and pianist Florian Weber that blurs the line between where improvisation ends and composition begins
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Skinny Lister
The Mash House, Edinburgh
A SEASONED folkpunk band like Skinny Lister take to the stage with swagger and belligerence and launch straight into the nuclear panic of 38 Minutes (“This is not a drill”), their high-octane opener in a relentless and double-bass-swingingly great set of in-your-face energy, tough couplets and attitude.
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