55 stories by "Dan Hutton"
(3/5) There are only really four long lasting visual images in Sven Werner's Tales of Magical Realism, all with kinetic parts: a train compartment with trees rushing past the window; a railw…
(3/5) There is no shortage of 'nation' plays at this year's Fringe. Most that I'm aware of, however, discuss the notion of an independent Scotland and its identity, sidestepping the fact tha…
(3/5) We tell stories to keep ourselves going. To make us laugh, to make us cry, and to remind us that we're human. Storytelling forms the crux of Thunderbards, a two-man comedy sketch show …
(3/5) Bella Loudon's Family Tree is at its best when it is undergoing an experiment in form, exploring the representation of different versions of reality on stage as ghosts of the mind haun…
(3/5) We live in a world, so they say, far too full of information. As we all try to come to terms with the biggest shift in knowledge dissemination since the invention of the printing press…
(3/5) Miles Davis and John Coltrane are names which tower above others. At the height of their powers, these two men shifted the musical landscape on an almost weekly basis, constantly tryin…
(4/5 stars) How best do we fight against something which we don't agree with? Who decides who is a hero and who is a villain? What compromises do we have to make if we are to change anything…
(4/5) I'm so glad The Bloody Great Border Ballad Project exists. With the independence referendum looming and the possibility of an independent Scotland and (perhaps) independent England at …
(4/5) There's a lot of Shakespeare at the Fringe. It's a fairly smart way of getting in audiences and allows you a large amount of creative licence with a well-known play. I doubt there's an…
(4/5) I've always said that, if I could play any musical instrument, it'd be the saxophone. But after Anatomy of the Piano I think I'd now say the instrument of its title. If a measure of go…
(3/5) Jan van den Berg's Higgs is more of a personalised lecture than a piece of theatre, but that is not necessarily a negative thing. Taking us through the way in which his own love of par…
(4/5) I saw Vladimor Tzekov Stage Action Laboratory's Fantasy No. 10 " The Beauty of Life as part of a Best of BE showcase last year, albeit in a version which was a lot shorter and featured…
(2/5) Steven Berkoff's face isn't as massive in real life as the adverts would have you believe. The gigantic billboards and posters around the city promote the mythology of Berkoff as a lar…
(3/5) Around halfway through Jethro Compton's The Bunker Trilogy production of Macbeth, fireworks start going off signalling the end of the Tattoo. It feels fitting that, in a production whi…
(4/5) Early on in How to Occupy an Oil Rig, Daniel Bye tells us that this is a show "about demonstration that takes the form of a series of demonstrations". Within this description is the di…
(4/5) To avoid confusion, Bonanza isn’t really a piece of theatre. It involved no live performers, and is more a documentary film presented in an experimental way. But it̵…
(4/5) Tourniquet 2013 sometimes feels more like a dream than a piece of theatre. Performed late at night in Summerhall and moving slowly between vignettes like a slowly shifting film, it is …
(1/5) I'm sure the intention of Lincoln Company is to shock. They use all the tricks in the book, from hissing in audience members' ears to licking our feet and portraying an angry orgy on s…
(3/5) After What Comes Before is the first of many science shows on my Edinburgh schedule this year. It follows three scientists who are attempting to build a game-changing ‘machine…
(4/5) “The foehn effect is a phenomenon weather created by the meeting of the atmospheric circulation and relief when a prevailing wind is driven over a mountain rang…
(4/5) Andrea is seemingly a normal girl. She has her hopes and dreams, spends lots of time thinking about boys and has a complex relationship with her mother. But she's certainly not lucky, …
(3/5) With recent news stories about the families of Tony Nicholson and Paul Lamb losing their right-to-die challenges, the time is as good as ever to debate the issue of assisted suicide an…
(3/5 stars) At the centre of Cadre, Omphile Molusi’s play about growing up in a conflict-filled South Africa, running forms a central motif. Throughout his life " the play spans 50 yea…
(2/5) In Ryan Scott Oliver's 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, objects dangle off two huge picture frames hung either side of the stage. Throughout the show, they are plucked as a projection cycle…
(2/5) I think David Cameron would quite like I'm With the Band. Written by Tim Price and directed by Hamish Pirie, it uses a band (all male, may I add) to address the state of the union in t…
