Maria Farsoon

2 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

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.

2 months ago | 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.