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MUSIC – Joan As Policewoman performs at Lau-Land Festival in Edinburgh

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  BY JEAN WEST Joan Wasser of Joan As Policewoman, from across the pond in New York, had a notion of what Leith was all about before her recent visit. The dynamic star,...

THEATRE – Geoff Sobelle builds a HOME at the International Festival

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BY JEAN WEST   I hadn't intended to get married when I left the house this afternoon. But by 5pm, I had a new husband - a stranger I had...

THEATRE – Midsummer, a revitalised retelling by The National Theatre of Scotland

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BY JEAN WEST 'Change is possible,' said the words on the parking meter as Helena balked at having to cough up so much for this unintentional...

MUSIC – Mogwai bring new and nostalgic sounds to Leith Theatre

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BY JEAN WEST 'Beautiful terrorists,' that's how I heard someone describe Mogwai after last night's Edinburgh International Festival, ear-shattering showdown at a rejuvenated Leith Theatre, where they engineered rapture and...

MUSIC – John Grant mesmeric at the Edinburgh Playhouse

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BY JEAN WEST The brilliant in so many ways John Grant considered learning Gaelic before his Edinburgh International Festival performance in the Scottish capital. He had the how to...

BOOK FESTIVAL – Ruby Wax: “a bitch” advocating mindfulness

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BY JEAN WEST "I'm a bitch; rage is my drug of choice," asserts Ruby Wax before a sold out audience at Edinburgh International Book Festival. She then...

MUSIC – The Jesus and Mary Chain smash Leith Theatre

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BY JEAN WEST So, there were no fights, no bloody noses or smashed equipment for Edinburgh International Festival audiences, and the band, who in the early...

CABARET – Le Gateau Chocolat, in cabaret for kids

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BY JEAN WEST   This sweet show for kids is something of a departure for the epic Fringe talent that is Le Gateau Chocolat. Hans Christian Andersen’s tale...

Edinburgh International Festival comes home to Leith

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BY JEAN WEST AN Art Deco theatre, resurrected by passionate local campaigners and experimental events curators, has become global stage for some of Scotland’s finest homegrown...

MUSIC – King Creosote is the first act to play Leith Theatre in 30 years

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BY JEAN WEST IT was just about as Scottish as the itchy Fair Isle patterned  bunnets Kenny Anderson wears to keep the chill Fife wind at bay and no...

PHYSICAL THEATRE/ CIRCUS – The 7 Fingers troupe deliver a spectacular Fringe must see

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BY JEAN WEST Even though I thought I had a certain insight into Réversible, the European debut Fringe dish served up by The (extraordinary) 7 Fingers,...

The Circus of Life, Réversible Director Gypsy Snider reveals it all

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The 7 Fingers returns to this year's Fringe with Réversible after stellar success in previous years with Traces. Jean West speaks with co-creator, Gypsy Snider, about...

FILM – Feelgood movie proves nature isn’t all red in tooth and claw

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BY JEAN WEST EATEN By Lions is the story of two half-brothers with a complicated past - namely that their parents came to a sticky end...

FILM – Young Scot’s US road trip hints at musical redemption

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By JEAN WEST IN MANN Booker prize-winning author James Kelman’s first foray into screen writing, his literacy and love of traditional American music from Creole to...

FILM – Ideal Home: Exhibition for The Pros of Same Sex Parenting

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By JEAN WEST SLICK, sassy and genuinely funny throughout, Ideal Home teams Paul Rudd (Paul) with Steve Coogan (Erasmus), as an embittered gay couple who drink,...

FILM – Study of family grief takes wing on bohemian and elegant movie debut

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By JEAN WEST AWARD-winning writer/director, Priscilla Cameron, weaves a visually vibrant tale of everyday tragedy in The Butterfly Tree, her first feature debut. From the outset she...

SCULPTURE – An out of this world art experience with huge gravitational pull

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As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, JEAN WEST discovers exactly why Jupiter Artland sculpture park holds such a power of attraction   THE ROAD to Jupiter Artland...

An unexpected jewel of the sea – Porto dazzles and beguiles

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In the third and final part of her Portuguese adventure, travel writer JEAN WEST visits the ancient port city of Porto IN PORTO, on our final...

Chaotic and cool, Lisbon offers a riot of colour and experiences

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In the second part of her series on journeying across Portugal, travel writer JEAN WEST experiences everything the vibrant capital city, Lisbon, has to offer. LISBON...

In countless ways Portugal will surprise and delight when you step off the traditional tourist path

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In the first part of her Portuguese journey, travel writer JEAN WEST finds a destination which veers from raw and wild to cultured and peaceful...
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