Download here aAs we move into the age of the self-driving car, we also run into a series of ethical dilemmas. As long as there is a possibility of an accident, who should the system prioritize its safety – pedestrian or passenger? Should it depend on the age, number and profile of the persons involved? Who is allowed to program ...
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2022 – Akash Odedra: “The outer world is no match for my inner world – dance was my savior” | Edinburgh Festival 2022
WHen Aakash Odedra at the age of fifteen left his home in Birmingham and made his way to India without knowing where he was going, and contented himself with going. “It’s kind of weird now that I think about it,” Odedra says. “My son is 15 and was wondering if he should take the train from Birmingham to Leicester.” However, ...
Read More »2022 – Cassie Workman: Aberdeen Review – A Journey Around Kurt Cobain | Edinburgh Festival 2022
Download here KCassie Workman says Ort Cobain did not die a poetic death. The beloved musician’s suicide in 1994 fueled the legend of Club 27, a grieving group of rock stars from Hendrix to Winehouse who died at that age, but there’s no glamor to be found there. Instead, Workman feels sad, not just for the artist who adores her ...
Read More »2022 – Masterclass review – ‘Great Male Artist’ at Shredder | Edinburgh Festival 2022
Download here TThe great male artist may be on his way out soon, not very soon. But Broken Speakers Theater and feminist comedian Adrienne Truscott are taking no chances. Masters classes open the door to the masculinities, “backward female characters” and “comfortable cruelty” of David Mamets and Ernest Heminguez of yesteryear – and set them on their own path. And ...
Read More »2022 – Eunice Olumide Review – Captivating stories are light jokes | Edinburgh Festival 2022
Download here FModel, Actress, Activist – Is there anything Eunice Olumide cannot do? Well, after her fringe comedy debut, AfroPolitiCool, her stand-up skills need to be polished. Her laudable ambition with the show is to provide an overview of world politics from a distinctly Afro-Scottish perspective. Here is a woman whose identity has confused nearly everyone from her school teachers ...
Read More »2022 – Count and Crack Review – A captivating family saga in Sri Lanka | Edinburgh Festival 2022
TTwo young lovers think about the future after they meet at a university in Coogee, New South Wales. One of them is Siddhartha (Shiv Palikar), a media studies student. The other is Lily (Abby Leswis), who is a law student. Both have no roots in place. Siddhartha longs to return to his mother’s home in Pendle Hill, a suburb of ...
Read More »2022 – The Boy Review – The gripping true story of gender identity | Edinburgh Festival 2022
IIt’s the natural state of whatever shocks you. Jeroen van der Veen and Vania Maria Gaudi play an ordinary couple. He is a truck driver and works part time in a slaughterhouse. She takes care of the children. They grew up in the Mennonite Church, but from the way they tell it, even that doesn’t seem out of the ordinary. ...
Read More »2022 – Amy Gladhill Review – Thrilling Tales of Sexual and Romantic Disaster | Edinburgh Festival 2022
TThe Girl You Marry Before The Girl You Marry is what Amy Gladhill calls her new show, chronicling the life of watching former friends quickly become mobile. I think the audience will be giving her a long lasting post after this solo debut, which couldn’t be more endearing. Gledhill used to play one half of the crazy duo of Nordic ...
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