The USS Strike Comes to Holyrood.
Today there is feeble but pretty sunshine slanting across the pavements and everything in Edinburgh still looks a little sleek …
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Lunchtime at the USS Strike.
It is midday and the University and College Union are holding their first rally of the strike. Bristo Square has …
The End of the Fringe: The Friday Night Effect.
Sunday’s Child are from Dublin and their new play “The Friday Night Effect” has just finished up at the Assembly …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Radio.
[The following contains spoilers.] Archie Thomson’s clever new black comedy “Radio” actually puts two different plays on stage and derives …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Snowflake by Mark Thomson.
No two snowflakes are alike, making them individualism perfected, but they are also drippy when things get hot and liable …
The Story of the Trapdoor.
The following story took place across two different parties. If you had happened to have been at both parties, in …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Deadline.
“Deadline” is written by Olivia Knowles and Pierce Reid, and both are performing this play at Greenside on Infirmary Street. …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Fresher.
Ten first-year undergraduates enter a therapist’s sanctuary one by one. They seat themselves in a circular firing squad formation. The …
The First Attempt (1/2).
Ellen Stewart had stood thunderstruck on first hearing the news. Fourteen people had sponsored her husband to complete the Edinburgh …
Decision Time For Edinburgh University Students.
In the forthcoming referendum, students at the University of Edinburgh will go to the polls to make that once-in-a-lifetime decision …
What a Speculative Society Meeting Looks Like.
On the bus yesterday, between Leith and Morningside, I sat and examined the Edinburgh University Student Newspaper’s front-page investigation into …
The End of the Fringe: The Project.
Nottingham New Theatre’s “The Project,” which has just finished at the Pleasance Zoo, is my 47th and last play of …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Boys.
There is some lean, fit acting on display in this production of Ella Hickson’s “Boys,” but the play itself is …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Meat.
[The following contains mild spoilers.] Welcome to the ruling class. The pseudo-infrastructure of university clubs and societies is usually a …
Book Review: The Edinburgh LDP’s Main Issues Report.
“The LDP can’t guarantee that houses are built…” is probably the most significant line in the recently-published Main Issues Report, …
