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JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
A radical’s revival in Edinburgh
LEN PHELAN looks forward to a season of films by the late John McGrath, the highly influential socialist writer and producer of TV, films and theatre
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
ONE of the radical strands in this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival really couldn’t be timelier as the referendum in Scotland draws near.
Border Warfare: John McGrath’s Work In TV, Theatre And Film features a season of 10 films by the writer and director who, from the 1970s until his death in 2002, was one of the most influential figures in the left theatre of England and Scotland.
Though McGrath had a highly successful career in film and television, his main passion was theatre. He was most certainly a man with a mission — to reach as many people as possible through theatre, heighten individual and collective awareness and move politics in a left direction.
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