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Review of Revolution Days
By Chineka Assem Maumo
Revolution Days by Mariem Omari is based on her real life experiences as a former aid worker and explores the impact that conflict has on those deep within its trenches. The story follows Samira, a hopeful Scottish Aid worker who quickly finds that her aspirations to help as many people as possible may come at a cost she wasn’t fully prepared for. The play is a one-woman show performed by the...
Aberdeen? Cove, Actually!
By Daisy MacCallum
This year’s Student Show was a high-energy production putting a doric twist on the classic rom-com, Love...
The High Life – Review
By Becca Cooper
Opening night of The High Life saw a full house at His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen. Based on...
Out of the Box – Review
By Zinat Moslemzadeh
From my seat in the middle of the Lemon Tree, I watched the half‑dark hall fill with...
What is food in a changing world? – Review
By Zinat Moslemzadeh
At Aberdeen’s Music Hall, the room was already alive with quiet conversation as a group of women...
Fires and Fascism review
By Moiz Maqsood
When I walked into “The Bike Shed” in lovely Inverness to watch Fires and Fascism, I wasn’t...
Northern Lights Beer Festival
My last journalistic venture into alcoholic festival reporting resulted in me consuming my body weight in whisky, 15 hours...
Heated Rivalry Review
The cultural revival of 2016 hasn't just brought us filtered photo dumps and a new appreciation for Zara Larsson...
Reactor: As Rome Burns’ new EP review
By Cole Rashid Michelon
The up-and-coming indie/rock band, As Rome Burns, released a brilliant new EP on the 26th of...
Little Women: A Review
Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women was brought to life in the adaptation by Anne-Marie Casey of the same...
The Space in Between by Matthew Kilner: Review
By Seby D'Souza
I had heard the name “Matthew Kilner” long before I had the pleasure of meeting the saxophonist...
Tales of the North East: A review of Fiona Soe Paing’s Sand, Silt, Flint
By Seby D'Souza
One of many things I’ve come to love about the Aberdonian arts scene is the reverence for...
Birdsong: a Review
By Kirsten Koss and Emily Reid
A story of love and loss, intertwined with the harsh reality of the First...
this way, a bed is waiting for you – a review
Corinne Hackett’s debut poetry collection was published in March earlier this year. With an honest yet comforting approach in its representation of growing up, here’s why this way, a bed is waiting for you is a brilliant read.
The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World
Once they hit a certain shelf age, rock bands tend to wither. Not so with The Cure, and certainly not so with Robert Smith.
The Script Satellites World Tour
With hope and resilience as their message, The Script delivered a nearly two-hour long performance of their greatest hits,...
A night of passion and power
The prestigious Aberdeen Sinfonietta charmed a packed Music Hall with Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”.
To Save The Sea review
To Save the Sea, by Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company, centres around a real-life 1995 Greenpeace protest against Shell's planned...
Beyond Beyond Beyond – album review
Michigan folk-rock quartet The Crane Wives' September 2024 release, "Beyond Beyond Beyond", is their first studio album in eight years.
Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto- a book review
A subtly complex narrative and grim, rugged setting keep you engaged throughout, right up until a vivid, emotional climax.
“Smile 2” Review
This Halloween, the much-anticipated sequel to Smile has hit the big screen, bringing audiences face to face with the...
The Substance Review
Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is like a facelift gone horribly, hilariously wrong. What starts as a dream of eternal youth...
Emily In Paris Season Four- a review
In 2020, when Netflix released the first season of Emily in Paris, it received great interest from viewers. The...
Gig Review: The Sun Day, Live at Drummonds
I arrived at the venue for the highly anticipated Sun Day headline at Cafe Drummonds quite early, around 5:30...
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story- a review
CW: domestic abuse, sexual abuse.
Ryan Murphy has been responsible for staples of iconic pop culture in recent years, but his new Netflix series has missed the mark in a big way.