The stuff of festivals in my mind has to contain provocative and dangerous works like...

Mulatu Astatke, the creator of Ethio-jazz, put on a wonderfully raucous show with an ensemble...

Mahan Esfahani, a young Iranian now based in England, played Bach’s epic Goldberg Variations and...

Using a mix of scathing syntax, rousing rhyme and enlightening facts, poet Pete revealed the...

I have (or used to have) all the Velvet Underground albums but apart form a...

Theatre shows in the Fringe Festival excelled this year, with Kefi Chadwick’s Mathematics Of The...

A subtle, innovative and enchanting performance/installation, two angelic dancers drew children into play. Light shapes...

Neil Bartlett delivers yet again a striking work in which Bette Bourne the radical drag...

Sadly for the soloist, orchestra and audience, this polished performance of one of the most...

This brass-off between two of Balkan music’s biggest names was the festival’s real party night....

The air was heavy with anticipation for an audience spanning all ages from 16 to...

Mixing puppeteering, signing, storytelling, live music and a fabulously sunny day, the seafront’s children and...