Maria Farsoon

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The Possession by Annie Ernaux

2 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

Book title: The Possession Author: Annie Ernaux Raw and resonant, Annie Ernaux’s newly translated novella The Possession offers up a stream of fixations and divulgences that the narrator treats with utmost openness. Originally published in French in 2008, the story follows a woman dealing with the aftermath of her ex-husband’s affair with another woman who becomes subject to the narrator’s ruminations.
Keep Watching: Falastin Film Festival 2025 preview

1 month ago | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

When we engage with cinema on a level above consumption, we engage with cinema as reality. Such is the main aim of the Falastin Film Festival, the annual event of Palestinian cinema, arts and culture, which returns to Edinburgh in May and expands to Glasgow for the first time. Ahead of the festival's second edition and in conversation with its co-founders, Nastassia Isawi and Gabrielle Kacha, I find a small creative team who are proving unstoppable when artistic urgency is required.
Death of a Salesman @ Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow

2 months ago | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

Andy Arnold revives Arthur Miller’s acclaimed play aiming to coalesce audiences through tragedy. Coming into the production blind, not having read nor seen the play before, we leave refreshed by its sincerity and simplicity. The play, and Arnold’s adaptation of it, screams tradition. It is protagonist Willy Loman’s (David Hayman) infantile yet encapsulating line – “I don’t want change, I want Swiss cheese.
Tell Dem It's Sunny album review: The Skinny

2 months ago | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

Album title: Tell Dem It's Sunny Artist: Greentea Peng Label: Awal Recordings Release date: 21 Mar Greentea Peng's newest album, Tell Dem it’s Sunny, is a striking fusion of psychedelic rap and R'n'B.
Universality by Natasha Brown: Book Review – The Skinny

2 months ago | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

Book title: Universality Author: Natasha Brown Natasha Brown’s Universality is a book about the intricacies of language and the slippery slope between journalistic integrity and intent. It opens with an investigative article that catalyses the rest of the novel, written by a freelance journalist, Hannah, who examines a violent attack on a farm and the socio-political and economic questions that arise.
Georgia Cécile @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh: live review

Mar 4, 2025 | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

Georgia Cécile quite literally sparkles on the stage. Alongside her six-piece band and two dazzling vocalists, the ensemble work with high energy and uniformity. Cécile and her vocalists perform choregraphed movements, while a spotlight highlights solos throughout the night; the show is intricately staged, and her grand opening number sings to the audience to ‘leave your worries at the door’, establishing a vivacious spirit.
Bethlehem Calling @ Tramway: gig review

Jan 28, 2025 | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

In 2002, English teacher Suzy Atallah instructed schoolgirls of St Joseph’s Catholic School in Bethlehem to keep diaries for class. Hana Greer, Yolanda Mitchell, and Aisha Lawal animate these diary entries tonight, as part of Bethlehem Calling, by enacting the girls’ self-documented experiences – word-for-word – during the Second Intifada. A live band captures and interacts with this re-enactment of Palestinian girlhood.
West Bank Diaries: Bethlehem Calling at Celtic Connections

Jan 14, 2025 | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

When catastrophe arises, one takes immediate control of what is readily accessible to them. The special thing about diaries is that they capture the present moment in all its instantaneity through a first-hand account. This was the case for the girls of St Joseph’s Catholic School in Bethlehem during the Second Intifada and continues to be the case for Palestinians across the nation amidst the year-long genocide of Gaza.
Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki

Nov 10, 2024 | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

Book title: Set My Heart on Fire Author: Izumi Suzuki Set My Heart on Fire weaves the thrill of 1970s Tokyo’s music scene with the uncomfortable mundanity faced by a protagonist journeying through her twenties. Protagonist Izumi’s appreciation of music seems to sustain her long enough to tell this narrative.
Ethical Escape, Unethical Institutions: The Skinny

Oct 6, 2024 | theskinny.co.uk | Maria Farsoon

All theatregoers place special value on the delightful moment when the lights slowly dim as a production is about to begin. The chatter quietens, and the room becomes a vessel of unity. You are comfortably positioned in your velvet-cloaked seat, with your eyes opened eagerly and your ears prepared to catch the first utterance or musical note of the world you are about to enter. You are about to leave everything else behind.