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Sami Abu Wardeh
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (516+ words) Hate is celebrated on the right and a taboo for the rest of us. We talk to the comedian about his new Fringe show, Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You Can you tell us about Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You? For…...
Aldous Harding
1+ week, 1+ day ago (503+ words) The Wee Review The oddball Kiwi is soulful and sharp on an excellent opening for the Big Night Out series It's an ominously dark day in Glasgow. After last week's unseasonable heat, we're back to summer as usual with intermittent…...
Jack Mac Gregor & Fraser Scott
1+ week, 4+ day ago (401+ words) What I'm always looking for are those hooks for an audience.' We chat to the writer and director of new folk horror-inflected play Prophets' Can you tell us about Prophets? What inspired the play, and how did it take shape?...
Open Mike Eagle
1+ week, 5+ day ago (650+ words) The Wee Review The cult art-rapper delivers an all-timer with undeniable fervour and infectious energy Opener Video Dave is truly living his best, libertine life. In an outfit mostly sewn by hand, he saunters around the stage like The Dude…...
Once – The Wee Review | Scotland's arts and culture magazine
1+ week, 5+ day ago (212+ words) Alan Cumming's towering ambitions for Pitlochry validated with terrific staging of the beloved musical The sense of anticipation surrounding Alan Cumming's debut season as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre has been palpable." His star quality is matched by his…...
Eagles of the Republic
2+ week, 5+ day ago (272+ words) Gripping political thriller about how one man can be used as an accessory for a dictatorship Director and writer Saleh expertly represents the effects of el-Sisi's regime on personal freedom through its psychological and external impacts on George and his…...
Pixies – The Wee Review | Scotland’s arts and culture magazine
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (185+ words) Forty years on, the iconic band still have a little firepower left That isn't to say they can't still batter through the tunes, though it's maybe down to a lean 30ish these days instead of the 40-50 mark they'd hit a few…...
Sunshine On Leith
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (410+ words) Joyous Celebration of life in Leith In a week where one side of Edinburgh is feeling great pain, the other is coincidentally celebrating the unique character of Leith in, allegedly, the closest ever performance of Sunshine On Leith to its…...
Kevin Morby Little Wide Open
4+ week, 17+ hour ago (43+ words) Expertly written and produced, the bard of the Midwest settles into his groove 15 May 202610 May 2026 As elliptical and brilliant as ever The queer disco-punk quartet on their new album, influences and chaotic live shows Third album from Brooklyn scamps...
Aldous Harding Train on the Island
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (251+ words) As elliptical and brilliant as ever Her fifth studio album, with longtime co-producer John Parish, continues along this beguiling trajectory. "I Ate The Most" all choppy and elliptical folk, will have listeners wondering if lyrics about sustenance and vomit are…...