I’m prepared to contradict my initial impression. It’s been a couple of weeks since my last confession. ‘Falling’ is getting better since its first two episodes. Now, we’re getting into the ethics of the series, the meat, a heavy juxtaposition of forbidden love and devout faith, it’s a slow -burning, rather good series, actually. JasonContinue reading “TV Review: Falling Part 2”
Category Archives: Lorna Irvine
Archive Review: John Waters at Glasgay
Arts:Blog The Real Dirt–John Waters Posted by Across the Arts on November 18, 2014, at 12.36pm Lorna Irvine reports from the icon’s performance ‘This Filthy World Vol 2’, recently seen at the O2 Academy in Glasgow. Photos: Greg Gorman For the perfect finale to the Glasgay! festival, there could be only one. Bounding onto the stage inContinue reading “Archive Review: John Waters at Glasgay”
Five Of The Best: Marilyn Monroe Songs
Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 years old yesterday… Imagine! A whole century of MM.I think she’d have been a brilliant old lady, laughing at how far she’d come. Sadly, she passed away at thirty six. Her legacy remains though, she’s still adored to this day: a reminder of the real triple threat performers ofContinue reading “Five Of The Best: Marilyn Monroe Songs”
Mary Wigman- Hexentanz
Mary Wigman may not be as well known as other dancers of the twentieth century- partially because there is of course little surviving footage of her, and her reputation was somewhat tarnished by creating work to help propagate Nazi ideology . But we know even the greats can be problematic (for every good man likeContinue reading “Mary Wigman- Hexentanz”
TV Review: Tip Toe
“Leo, you’re queer in 2026. You’re a political act”. So says Melba, portrayed by Paul Rhys with fire and pathos in Russell T Davies’ new drama, set around the LGBTQ+ bars in Manchester’s famous Canal Street. He’s addressing friend Leo (Alan Cumming) a proprietor of Spit and Polish club, who can’t understand why he’s justContinue reading “TV Review: Tip Toe”
Film Review : Becoming Madonna
Madonna has always been resolutely Madonna, bitch. From 2024, this documentary directed by Michael Ogden follows her early career trajectory like a tracking pigeon. It’s extremely insightful, like a scrapbook bursting to life, full of interviews with those who knew her back in the day, like late brother Christopher who became one of her backingContinue reading “Film Review : Becoming Madonna”
Archive Review : Butterfly
Arts:BlogTheatre Review: Butterfly ****Posted by Across the Arts on January 29, 2015, at 11.01pmLorna Irvine A visually ravishing evocation of pain and loss, Ramesh Meyyappan’s Butterfly is truly special. Ashley Smith as Butterfly, a kite maker, is so fragile, innocent and graceful that it is nothing short of devastating when she is attacked. She isContinue reading “Archive Review : Butterfly”
Lear at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Full casting announced for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Lear Pitlochry Festival Theatre has today announced the full cast for their forthcoming production of Lear – Finn den Hertog’s new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. As previously announced, the production will be led by Scottish stage and screen icon, Maureen Beattie as Lear and Forbes Masson as Gloucester. They will be joined in theContinue reading “Lear at Pitlochry Festival Theatre”
Big Bogan Energy!
There’s something really heartening about the term bogan being used as a positive, finally. For too long, Australian and Kiwi working-class people, as with “chavs” in England and “neds” in Scotland, have been characterised as uncouth, stupid and a menace to society at large. Stereotypes persisted, of drinking, vandalism, prison tattoos and mullets, and notContinue reading “Big Bogan Energy!”
Half Man Is Half-Baked…
In his trailblazing novel ‘1984’, George Orwell wrote, “Imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever”. Well, now we don’t have to imagine, we’ve got ‘Half Man’. Yay. Hot on the heels of the success of his drama series ‘Baby Reindeer’, writer and actor Richard Gadd announced the release of a follow-up drama series, whichContinue reading “Half Man Is Half-Baked…”
Hit The North 