Review: Game Masters, National Museum of Scotland

Appearing in the wake of Mammoths and Vikings, The National Museum of Scotland is currently hosting the Melbourne-developed exhibition, Game Masters, featuring over 100 playable games. With such a multitude of games available I was excited to visit this exhibition, hoping to re-discover some childhood favourites and try out games I’ve only gazed at from afar since parting with my console many years ago.

Review: Sanitise at the Traverse Theatre

The bathroom is our most private space. It’s where we take the dirtiest aspects of our lives and clean them away. It’s also the setting for Caitlin Skinner and Melanie Jordan’s Sanitise, a piece that explores female identity and sexuality. I went to see last night’s performance at Traverse Theatre, and was lucky enough to chat with Caitlin, the show’s director, beforehand.

Review: Slavery & Song, St Andrew’s & St George’s West

The concept of this show seemed brilliant. Obviously, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have gone. And although it takes quite a lot to get me into a church, Slavery & Song: New insights into the songs of slavery sounded like the kind of event where I could learn a lot, particularly since my knowledge of US slave music is more or less limited to Paul Robeson singing Ol’ Man River and I’m pretty sure that that doesn’t count.

An Interview with Lucy Porter and Marilyn Imrie: The Fair Intellectual Club

The Fair Intellectual Club is a new play by Lucy Porter which first performed to critical acclaim with a sell out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014. Currently touring around the UK, the play will be performed in Edinburgh on 23rd Feb, 3rd and 4th March. Director, Marilyn Imrie and writer, Lucy Porter, very kindly took the time to answer a few of my questions about The Fair Intellectual Club, women and Edinburgh in the 18th century. 

Review: The Vagina Monologues, Relief Theatre

For a feminist blog, this one seems obvious, doesn’t it? You think feminist play, you think The Vagina Monologues. But while I consider myself a well-read feminist, I have to admit that I was new to this play.

Inky Fingers Open Mic

The great thing about Inky Fingers open mic nights is their complete lack of elitism. Slams and competitive poetry events are fun, but I always enjoy a poetry open mic because I know there’s no competitive reasoning behind why these poems were chosen. Our evening embodied that relaxed and open atmosphere.