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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 5h

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Tristan & Yseult, Emma Rice’s 21st century reboot of the epic mediaeval love story www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Citizens Theatre Glasgow until Oct 3 citz.co.uk/whats-on/tri... @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social Oct 20-24 lyceum.org.uk/events/trist...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 12h

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #162 neilcooper.substack.com/p/shop-local... Embassy: RSA: Out of the Blue: Voodoo Rooms: Leith Depot: Wee Red Bar: Pourboy Coffee: Mash House: Sketchy Beats: Leith Cricket Club: Leith Arches: Bongo Club: People’s Leisure Club: Pleasance: Bannermans: Home: etc

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? Brian Logan’s lunchtime play about the Scottish Enlightenment’s neglected smash hit www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Òran Mór Glasgow until Oct 3: Traverse Edinburgh Oct 6-10; Lemon Tree Aberdeen Oct 13-17.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New on the Noise of Art… From the archive… Emma Rice, Tristan & Yseult and the Club of the Unloved neilcooper.substack.com/p/emma-rice-... As Emma Rice’s audacious staging of mediaeval myth tours for the first time in a decade, a look back at what Rice said about it back then.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

50 years ago tonight, David Edgar’s play, Destiny, opened. On the back of this, another look at this essay that starts with a punk/reggae box set, taking in Destiny, Roots, Rock Against Racism gigs & Edgar’s comic strip published around the same time. neilcooper.substack.com/p/destiny-no...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Remember you are beauty full, Perth Theatre’s revival of Matthew McVarrish’s 1-woman play starring Julie Cullen www.heraldscotland.com/news/2658548... Perth Theatre until Oct 3. www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rem... Image by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Wallace: A Musical, Rob Drummond & Dave Hook’s hip hop history of William Wallace, presented by Raw Material www.heraldscotland.com/news/2658549... Image Sally Jubb. Seen Pavilion Glasgow. King’s Edinburgh Sep 30-Oct 1 www.rawmaterialarts.com/wallace2

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Coming soon… (6.15pm today), I’mll be hosting a Q&A with Graham Fellows following a 20th anniversary screening of It’s Nice Up North, his 2006 film made with photographer Martin Parr, and featuring Fellows’ alter ego John Shuttleworth. Still a few tickets left, probably. www.filmhouse.org.uk/home/

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Happy Days, Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece starring Siobhán Redmond & Forbes Masson in Roxana Silbert’s new production. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @pitlochryft.bsky.social until Oct 10. www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/hap...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #161 neilcooper.substack.com/p/shop-local... Scott Lawrie Gallery: Mote 102: City Art Centre: Dalkeith House: Out of the Blue: Royal Scottish Academy: Edinburgh College of Art: Dunbar Parish Hall: North Edinburgh Arts: Filmhouse: Wee Red Bar: Dissenter Space:

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A year since the Citizens Theatre reopened its Glasgow Gorbals home after 7 years redevelopment, my @heraldscotland.bsky.social reflection on how it’s been, from Small Acts of Love to 1984 & all points between. Part end of term report, part love letter. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Antigone, Lulu Raczka’s audacious 21st century reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy, revived in Finn den Hertog’s new production www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Tron Glasgow until Oct 10. www.tron.co.uk/shows/antigo... Image by Mihaela Bodlovic.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of The Whaler’s Wifr, Izzy Gray’s play at A Play, a Pie & a Pint. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Òran Mór, Glasgow, until 26 Sep, the. To Traverse Edinburgh, Gaiety, Ayr, Fairlie Village Hall, Ballantrae Community Hall, Ochiltree Community Hub

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New on the Noise of Art… Mackenzies - A Dog’s Breakfast neilcooper.substack.com/p/mackenzies... As Mackenzies return after 40 years to launch their debut album of no-holds-barred agit-funk, a look at when they played Splash 1 in Glasgow 4 decades ago. History repeats. @creepingbent.bsky.social

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sax & violin(s) ahoy tonight at @fruitmarket.bsky.social Fruitmarket Edinburgh, where TFEH presented John Butcher (saxes) & Angharad Davies (violin) in duo, plus Fritz Welch (drum etc) & Firas Khnaisser (drum etc) also in duo, before a closing 4tet. More to come. www.ticketsource.com/tfeh

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New on the Noise of Art… From the archive… The Steamie - A Modern Classic neilcooper.substack.com/p/the-steami... As Tony Roper’s almost 40-year-old play based around 4 women in a Glasgow washhouse goes out on a new tour, a look at a 2012 interview with Roper as it celebrated its silver jubilee.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #160 neilcooper.substack.com/p/shop-local... Out of the Blue: Scott Lawrie Gallery: City Art Centre: Dalkeith House: Mote 102: Banshee Labyrinth: La Belle Angele: Leith Cricket Club: Leith Arches: Fruitmarket: Abbeyhill Primary School: Abbeyhill: etc…

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

RIP Bonnie Greer, playwright, thinker, & more. In 1987 she appeared at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social in Amy Hardie’s play, Noah’s Wife. And look who & what was on next. Image of Joyce McMillan’s Traverse Theatre book, with a chronology by John Carnegie, care of @katherinemend.bsky.social

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of SIX, the latest tour of the poptastic extravaganza that reinvents Henry VIII’s wives as a girl band www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Festival Theatre Edinburgh until Sep 26, then to Glasgow Inverness & beyond All tix sixthemusical.com/uk-tour/tick...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Herald review of FEEL_GOOD, Amy Conway’s new lunchtime play about a robotic affair at @playpiepint.bsky.social A Play, a Pie and a Pint. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Òran Mór Glasgow until Sep 19. playpiepint.com/whats-on/eve...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New on the Noise of Art From the archive Rest in Power, Persis Jadzé Maravala 1970-2026 - Hotel Medea Remembered neilcooper.substack.com/p/rest-in-po... In honour of theatre director Persis Jadzé Maravala, a 2011 interview on Hotel Medea, an overnight epic that took Edinburgh by storm

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Chuffed to be hosting a Q&A with Graham Fellows following a 20th anniversary screening of It’s Nice Up North, as Fellows’ alter-ego John Shuttleworth visits the Shetlands with photographer/director Martin Parr @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social Fri Sept 25. www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/john-s...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New on the Noise of Art… From the archive… Iain Heggie - Wiping My Mother’s Arse neilcooper.substack.com/p/iain-heggi... With Iain Heggie’s farce having just received its first stage revival in 25 years, a look back at a 2001 interview introduced by a musing on Heggie’s neglected back catalogue.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #159 neilcooper.substack.com/p/shop-local... Out of the Blue: City Art Centre: Dalkeith House: Scott Lawrie Gallery: Sneaky Pete’s: Fruitmarket: Outhouse: People’s Leisure Club: Banshee Labyrinth: Beat Generation: St. Margaret’s House: Waverley: Argonaut: etc

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Herald review of Transparent, a new play by LC Stephens for @playpiepint.bsky.social A Play, a Pie and a Pint’s latest lunchtime theatre season. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Oran Mor, Glasgow until Sept 12. playpiepint.com/whats-on/eve...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of The Tailor of Inverness, Matthew Zajac’s solo play that plugs into history to tell a story of exile & survival www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Lyceum Edinburgh until Sep 8 then touring until November. All dates - www.dogstartheatre.co.uk/whats-on/

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Herald look at 11 theatre shows to see in Scotland in September. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New on the Noise of Art From the archive… Black Watch - 20 Years On neilcooper.substack.com/p/black-watc... Edinburgh Fringe 2026 marked 2 decades since the National Theatre of Scotland’s early defining moment A look back at a 2006 interview with writer Gregory Burke & director John Tiffany

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Minor Poets + SMOKES - The Onion Cellar @ Leith Depot, Edinburgh. 4.9.26

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of 1984, Chris Hannan’s mighty new stage version of George Orwell’s dystopian classic. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Citizens Theatre Glasgow until Sep 26 citz.co.uk/whats-on/198... then on tour to Dundee, Aberdeen & Edinburgh

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My @thelistuk.bsky.social List magazine review of Love, the new album by Kevin Rowland’s latest incarnation of Dexys Midnight Runners, which may or may not be Rowland’s final act. list.co.uk/news/dexys-m... Love is released by Heavenly Recordings on Sept 4.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #158 neilcooper.substack.com/p/shop-local... Out of the Blue: Embassy: City Art Centre: Dalkeith House: Dundas Street Gallery: Leith Depot: Shop With No Name: People’s Leisure Club: Argonaut Books: Queen’s Hall: Royal Society of Edinburgh: La Belle Angele:

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Herald review of Ready Tae Drap, Eimi Quinn’s new comedy that opens A Play, a Pie and a Pint’s autumn season of lunchtime plays www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Oran Mor, Glasgow until Sept 5. playpiepint.com/whats-on/eve...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My final @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edintfest.bsky.social review, of Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah, the Palestinian Kashabi Theatre Co’s gorgeous rendering of 14th century narrative poem, The Epic of Bani Hilal. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Seen at the Royal Lyceum Theatre.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Beyond the Fringe #4 - My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Herald review of The Steamie, the latest outing for Tony Roper’s comic classic which embarks on a big autumn tour. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @dundeerep.bsky.social until Sept 12, & beyond. All dates here - rerrterr.com/events/

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’ve not seen When Prophecy Fails’ @edintfest.bsky.social dates but here’s my @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Groupwork’s show from when it was 1st done in 2025 www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Mary Brennan’s new Herald review likes it too www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edintfest.bsky.social review of Clown Show, Geoff Sobelle’s gloriously chaotic depiction of what happens when the circus clowns are left to their own devices. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... King’s Theatre until Aug 30 www.eif.co.uk/events/clown...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edintfest.bsky.social review of Taverna Miresia - Mario, Bella, Anastasia, Greek director Mario Banushi’s wordless howl on death, family & what is buried beyond www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Church Hill Theatre until Aug 29 www.eif.co.uk/events/taver...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As we head into the @edfringe.bsky.social Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s last weekend, a look in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social Herald at my far from definitive list of 10 crucial shows to see. Be careful out there… www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #157 neilcooper.substack.com/p/shop-local... Scott Lawrie Gallery: Studies in Photography: Mote 102: Brown’s of Leith: Tay Street Gallery: Scottish Storytelling Centre: Assembly: Embassy: City Art Centre: Dalkeith House: Outhouse: La Belle Angele: etc…

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In honour of Tim Curry, RIP, my thoughts on The Rocky Horror Show from earlier this year, including a few words from the man himself neilcooper.substack.com/p/the-rocky-... “Lindsay always rehearsed these very elaborate curtain calls. He’d say, ‘Imagine you’re standing on the edge of Woolworth’s’”

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of Gina Gionfriddo’s new stage version of The Silence of the Lambs www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Theatre Royal Glasgow until Aug 29; His Majesty’s Aberdeen Sep 1-5; Festival Theatre Edinburgh Sep 8-12. Tours until 2027. silenceofthelambsplay.com

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My @thelistuk.bsky.social List review of Afterlife, Katie Paterson’s new exhibition at @collective-edin.bsky.social Collective as part of Edinburgh Art Festival. list.co.uk/news/katie-p... Until Sept 6, Wed-Sun, 10am-5pm. www.collective-edinburgh.art/event/katie-...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edfringe.bsky.social review of One Hundred Voices, the @ntsonline.bsky.social damning critique of Scotland’s Care system. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Scottish Parliament until Aug 28 then on tour. www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/one-h...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edintfest.bsky.social review of Haribo Kimchi, South Korean theatre maker Jaha Koo’s look at exile & the international language of dining www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... The Studio until Aug 24. www.eif.co.uk/events/harib...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edfringe.bsky.social Edinburgh Fringe review of Slayers, Corinne Salisbury’s new solo play which tackles the extremes of toxic masculinity head on. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... Assembly George Square until Aug 30. assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/sla...

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social @edintfest.bsky.social review of Hang Time, Zora Howard’s play about the American Black experience through the eyes of 3 hanged men. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social until Aug 23. www.eif.co.uk/events/hang-...

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