Greg Holstead

Chopin’s Nocturne – Summerhall

“10:15am — WTF?!” is Aidan Jones’s opening exclamation, and a fair one. It’s not often you’re asked to laugh —…

4 months ago

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, but Banjos Saved My Life – Summerhall

Tomatoes, the staple foodstuff of his Italian upbringing on the Canada/America border, were almost the undoing of Keith Alessi. They…

4 months ago

The Cadaver Palaver– Summerhall, Anatomy Lecture Theatre

Clad in fine tweed and leather brogues, one man band, writer, director and performer Bennett Cooper Sullivan certainly looks and…

4 months ago

Darkfield: Eulogy – Summerhall

Set in a shipping container outside of Summerhall this liminal experiment uses binaural sound and haptic feedback to provide an…

4 months ago

Mr Chonkers – Summerhall, Anatomy Lecture Theatre

This unlikely named clown creation, Mr Chonkers, from American comedian, John Norris, is a Grade-A, nonsense-filled, gold-plated, home run, hit.…

4 months ago

NYO2: Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony – Usher Hall

Edinburgh’s Usher Hall tonight hosts the European debut of NYO2—Carnegie Hall’s amazing youth orchestra for 14–17-year-olds. Led by the energetic…

4 months ago

Darkfield Radio: Eternal – Summerhall, Old Lab

A very welcome lie down in a darkened room in the middle of a blazing hot day on a very…

5 months ago

Ordinary Decent Criminal – Summerhall, Techcube

Frankie is just your Ordinary Decent Criminal, who unfortunately got caught. Yes, he may have been convicted of importing drugs,…

5 months ago

Opening Concert: The Veil of the Temple – Usher Hall

With its hushed reverence and cosmic scale, John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple opens this year’s Edinburgh International Festival…

5 months ago

Standing In the Shadows of Giants – Traverse Theatre

You get the feeling that the substantial metal frames, the chunky lighting rig and mirror -walled set surrounding Lucie Barât…

5 months ago