Greg Holstead

Darkfield Radio: Visitors – Summerhall, Old Lab

Darkfield has a well-earned reputation for bending the mind through total sensory control, and Visitors is no exception. Presented in…

1 year ago

Bizet’s Carmen Suite – Usher Hall

Strings, percussion, and a little mountain magic, but no conductor, and sometimes I notice. The NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra from Wrocław…

1 year ago

Up Late With Kathryn Joseph – The Hub

Kathryn Joseph has never been shy of reinvention, but her late night set at The Hub felt like a decisive…

1 year ago

Fibonacci Quartet – The Queen’s Hall

I arrive early at Queen’s Hall, buzzing for the International Festival debut of the Fibonacci Quartet. Two of their members,…

1 year ago

Up Late with Alabaster DePlume – The Hub

It is one of those nights at The Hub that I will not quite shake off, in both the best…

1 year ago

Bach and Bartok – Usher Hall

The Edinburgh International Festival treats me to a musical triptych tonight at the Usher Hall, a concert in three sharply…

1 year ago

The Ceremony – Summerhall

I’m not sure what’s more remarkable - the fact that The Ceremony ends with thirty-odd people making chicken noises at…

1 year ago

Work and Days – The Lyceum

Some shows you see, enjoy, and forget. Others you see, endure, and wish you could forget. Works and Days is…

1 year ago

Philosophy of the World – Summerhall

Every now and then at the Edinburgh Fringe, a show comes along that seems to fracture theatrical logic entirely—while still…

1 year ago

Paldem – Summerhall

Written and created by BAFTA winner, David Jonsson, Paldem is a daring and provocative Fringe debut that boldly ventures into…

1 year ago