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Scotsman
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Edinburgh Fringe theatre reviews: GO! The Alchemy of Sadness Going Soft + more
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... GO! ★★★★ ZOO Southside (Venue 82) until 24 August GO! can be highly recommended to families, and anyone with further interests in graphic novels, animation, and gaming. A work for people aged 7+, GO! combines movement, martial arts, and digital technology to create a live one-on-one combat game experience. Stick fighting is a major theme throughout, and the two performers move stealthily across the white mat that the audience congregates around. We are reminded of what is perhaps the most important ground rule: do not touch the mat. It is soon clear why. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad GO! | Corps in Situ The pair begin with just one stick, which becomes the metaphorical carrot as they follow and fight over it before fighting with it. The stick can be heard moving through the air, its trajectory controlled deftly as it sweeps tauntingly over the audience's heads. It is a playful, fun-filled 40 minutes from Corps in Situ, which blends playground humour with balletic grace. In a show of skill and speed, the performers struggle against one-another. Lifts, falls, and handstands are carefully choreographed, underscored by slow, ambient techno like the sound of a machine blinking. Sure enough, an overhead projector transforms the mat into a screen, and the pair interact with these projections, becoming trapped in squares of light similar to the shape of an iPhone. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The screen shifts and morphs, blurring into static, the image as grainy as sand in a storm. Black ink billows, chasing the performers across the mat, even tripping them up. Later, when the squares of light return, they could represent panels like those found in a graphic novel. In this moment, both performers become characters that have broken free from the two-dimensionality of the page, and though they cannot leave, nor approach or encroach on its perimeter, they have leapt up and come to life for a short and wonderful while. Josephine Balfour-Oatts The Alchemy of Sadness ★★★ theSpace @ Niddry Street (Venue 9) until 23 August Playwright Alex Garcia-Laguer's intimate, contemporary three-hander The Alchemy of Sadness is a work which winds its way through lots of hot-button workplace issues of the 21st century with confidence and ease. It begins as high-powered New York marketing company Providence accept a reputation management job for a celebrity chef they represent, who's in the process of being cancelled for unguarded comments. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad White, Ivy League boss Liam (Zachary Story) brings Thiago (Oscar Fabela), a working class Hispanic man who's reached his position on merit, in on the job, and the pair's worldviews are exposed as they debate whether their client should adopt a position of humility and contrition (Thiago's view) or just bluff it out and let his acknowledged genius carry him through (Liam's). Eating at his restaurant, says Liam, 'is like being inside Michaelangelo's David as it's sculpted around you,' a line which cuts through the dry formality of the setting. The chef's misdemeanours quickly take a back seat to the sexual tension between Liam and Thiago after a shared moment at an office party, but the suspicion grows that Liam is manipulating Thiago's feelings for his own professional ends. Kristen Tarrago adds depth and texture to a thoughtful, analytical piece, both as a work colleague Thiago confides in and a corporate lawyer who outlines his limited options. David Pollock Buttalk ★★★ C Arts / C Venues/ C Aurora (Venue 6) until 24 August Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sayit Once provides a surprisingly profound story of culture shock, identity and belonging in Buttalk, an absurdist play that follows Klein and Calvin, two anthropomorphic butt cheeks belonging to an international drama student who has moved from China to the UK. Philosophical and existential musings encapsulate their joint relationship with acting and their emergent identity as an actor (including but not limited to Bible quotes such as 'suffering cannot be compared,' quotes from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and excerpts from books by Simone de Beauvoir). This is furthered by the introduction of puppets, representing their father (here, a butt wearing wire-framed glasses), and a smaller, childlike puppet to represent themselves. Lines such as 'We're butt cheeks, not wrecking balls!' and 'Who the f**k invented the Meal Deal?' merge randomly with recreated scenes from the film Twilight. In terms of design, a strip of cloth with holes functions as underpants, dividing the cheeks at intervals, granting them some much needed space. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad This cloth also doubles as a screen, giving the piece a distressed Punch and Judy aesthetic. Despite appearances – particularly, the episodic farts and diarrhoea simulated using space hoppers – Buttalk proves itself as a wild yet uplifting meditation on intimacy, closeness and codependency. Josephine Balfour-Oatts Going Soft ★★★ Underbelly Cowgate Venue 61 Until 24 August Having opened Bar L, Scotland's first prison-themed cocktail bar, James (Jack Byrne) and Martin (LJ Aitken) hope to up the ante by adding Scotland's first adult-only soft play: 'The only place that's soft on crime'. In this comedy, written by Byrne, we find them presenting their business plan to a potential investor. What can possibly go wrong? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Lots of things, it turns out. In fact, one gets the sense that Byrne is working hard in the writing to keep the catastrophes coming, until the pair's working relationship is put under unbearable strain. Glasgow-based Action Theatre Scotland, who made their Fringe debut last year with Alba, are committed to foregrounding working-class Scottish voices which are rare on the Fringe, and very welcome. But this play feels uneven, ricocheting between moments of pure daftness and attempts to address heavier topics such as toxic masculinity. While Byrne and Aitken have good comic timing, not all the gags are of equal quality. There is a complicated sub-plot about a letter which never quite delivers the necessary tension, and a tendency to believe that the energy on stage can be maintained by speaking as loudly as possible all the time. Susan Mansfield A Small Town Northern Tale ★★★ Underbelly Cowgate Venue 61 Until 24 August Nathan Jonathan's Fringe debut as an actor and writer draws on his own experience of growing up as a mixed-race kid in a small, northern and very white town. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad When David's mother takes her sons up north to escape their violent father, David faces endemic racism and bullying both in and out of school, including a random driver who shouts at him to 'go back where he came from'. He wishes he could. As well as a portrait of a town 'where even the pigeons look like they've given up', this coming-of-age story is sprinkled with nostalgia for the early noughties: MSN chat rooms, dial-up internet, manual texting on Nokia phones. When David takes his mum's advice and fights back against the bullies, the consequences go far beyond what anyone expects. Jonathan is a dynamic performer, particularly physically, though he does have a tendency to rattle through the lines a little too fast. And this is a very likeable, if somewhat predictable, story about overcoming difficulties, finding out who you are and pursuing your dreams. The trouble is, with such common themes, there is little make it stand out from other, similar 'small town tales'. Susan Mansfield Prudence Play ★★ Greenside @ Riddles Court (Venue 16) until 23 August Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Writer/performer Caroline Dunn makes an entrance all right, in a nun's wimple and sequinned dress, tap-dancing to Britney Spears' Gimme More (the 'it's Britney, bitch!' one). Although the rest of her solo play is well-conceived and performed, it doesn't quite live up to this initial hype, telling of a Fleabag-obsessed young nun named Prudence who begins to have feelings for her glamorous and vacuous fellow sister Anne Margaret, played by Dunn holding up a Britney-in-a-wimple mask. Dunn's monologue storytelling is compelling and the themes of men controlling women's sexual desires is timely, but the script's emotional weight and humour feel undercooked, like a work-in-progress that isn't quite there yet. David Pollock
Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Cortis bursts onto the scene today
Explosive entry with massive fan buzz Imagine a group of teenage dynamos ready to shake up the K-pop world - that's Cortis for you! This fresh-faced quintet from Big Hit Music dropped their debut track 'What You Want' today at 6 PM KST, and the excitement is through the roof. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Comprising Martin, James, Juhun, Sunghyun, and Gunho, they're the third boy group from the label that gave us global sensations BTS in 2013 and TXT in 2019. Fans are whispering about the '6-year jackpot theory' - will Cortis keep the streak alive with another massive hit? It's like waiting for fireworks, but with beats that could light up any dance floor. What's got everyone hooked? Their account on a popular short-form video platform exploded to 1 million followers in just six days, and as of this morning, it's at 1.4 million! That's faster than a viral video trend. Their intro track 'GO!' music video has climbed YouTube's trending charts in 11 countries, including Korea, the US, Canada, and the UK. It's that mix of high-energy vibes and relatable youthful spirit that resonates with young fans juggling studies and dreams, much like rising indie artists. Creative crew redefining K-pop norms Cortis isn't just another boy band; they're a 'young creator crew,' living up to the name! Every member - all teens - handles music, choreography, and video production. They've got credits on their debut album 'COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES,' like a rebellious artist's manifesto. For 'GO!,' they created choreography and co-directed the music video. These multitaskers are like all-rounders in a sports team, paving their way to stardom. Members Martin and James, as trainees, worked on songs and dances for TXT, ENHYPEN, and ILLIT. This edge has fans betting on market disruption. Big Hit Music calls 'What You Want' a bold declaration for newcomers - a motivational anthem with a twist. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The track blends 1960s psychedelic rock riffs with hip-hop boom bap rhythms, rare in K-pop, sparking curiosity for genre-bending tunes. Humorously, if BTS were kings conquering the world and TXT princes expanding it, Cortis are cheeky cousins crashing the party with DIY flair. Their approach could inspire young creators on platforms like YouTube, where emerging music content is rising.
Time of India
12-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
CORTIS Ignites Gen Z Sparks: Fresh K-Pop Crew Drops Hip-Hop Fire with Unstoppable Teen Vibes!
CORTIS Blasting Off: 'GO!' Fires Up with Street Rap Punch and Unbridled Energy Picture this: a debut that slams like an epic rap clash on buzzing city streets - that's CORTIS, the five-member powerhouse from Big Hit Music, unleashing their pre-release music video for 'GO!' right at midnight KST on August 11, 2025. It kicks off with the fourth member's smooth bars: "We don't need another sign. Paint the town with green lights. Foot on the pedal like a bike. I just gotta get it, watch me go," cranking up the drive without any over-the-top bells and whistles. Skipping flashy melodies, the song thrives on stripped-down trap beats punched with sharp synth hits, evoking the vibe of a spontaneous jam that's bursting with raw vitality. The lineup - Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon, and Keonho - each grabs the mic with their distinct flows and vibes, weaving a high-speed surge that perfectly captures the track's bold, forward-pushing essence. Shot across lively Los Angeles spots, the video dives into real-deal fun like charging through splashing car washes, wild runs with a 360-camera clamped in teeth, and snappy stop-motion tricks that amp up the hip-hop freedom. It's the sort of high-energy hit that makes you want to hit play on repeat, feeling that unstoppable rush like cruising through chaotic traffic with zero cares - a total mood booster with its carefree, youthful punch that keeps the adrenaline flowing non-stop. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 30 Captivating Portraits of Women from 80–100 Years Ago Undo Legacy Remix: Hip-Hop Foundations Meet Gen Z Playfulness, Channeling BTS Roots CORTIS isn't just dropping in fresh; they're accelerating from Big Hit Music's iconic roots, the label that skyrocketed BTS to worldwide fame more than a decade back with their gritty, message-packed hip-hop tracks that shook the industry. Think back to BTS's early bold claim of "100% real hip-hop," where they shattered conventions through songs that probed deep into dreams and shrugged off grown-up constraints, building a fan army with their authentic rebellion. CORTIS taps into that core energy but flips it with a Gen Z spin, trading intense social digs for bubbly teen mischief and pure fun vibes. Building on acts like TXT, who pivoted to uplifting tales of personal growth, inner struggles, and buddy-bond healing - evolving from anxious youth vibes to finding comfort in connections - this new squad steers back to hip-hop purity while sprinkling in lighthearted rebellion. As Big Hit's first boy group launch in six years post-TXT, they're lined up to carry forward BTS's massive influence, with early teasers hinting at a sound that echoes the前辈's self-made hustle but amps up the joy factor. It's like remixing classic beats with fresh twists, blending direct challenges to stuffy norms with impulsive, heartfelt emotions that pull in anyone craving a break from the ordinary - a clever nod to BTS's groundbreaking journey of turning personal stories into global anthems that inspire endless creativity and fan loyalty. Creative Hustle: Mastering Beats, Choreo, and Visuals in True DIY Fashion What really makes CORTIS pop is their tag as a "young creator crew" - these guys aren't content with just belting out tunes; they're the full-package bosses handling lyrics, compositions, dance moves, and even video direction for their upcoming debut EP 'Color Outside The Lines,' set to hit on September 8, 2025. Every song on the lineup, from 'GO!' to the official debut 'What You Want' on August 18, plus 'FaSHioN', 'JoyRide', and 'Lullaby', boasts credits from at least three members, turning collaboration into a whirlwind of blended artistry. Leader Martin has already flexed his skills by contributing to label siblings like TXT's 'Deja Vu' and ENHYPEN's 'Outside,' while James choreographed ILLIT's catchy 'Magnetic,' proving their chops go way beyond rookies. This all-in approach mirrors BTS's foundational self-produced mixtapes that laid the groundwork for their empire, but CORTIS dials up the fun with minimalistic beats and explosive sensory vibes that feel fresh and approachable. The 'GO!' visuals, packed with quick edits and off-the-cuff antics, highlight their hands-on magic, making the whole production feel like a group adventure in creativity. Plus, with an English remix of 'What You Want' featuring Teezo Touchdown dropping August 22, they're gearing for international waves right out the gate, much like BTS's smart collabs that bridged cultures and boosted their reach.
Hindustan Times
12-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
BTS' label BigHit shares pre-debut MV for new K-pop group CORTIS; here's the verdict
Unless you've been living under a rock or have completely sworn off trending news, BTS' parent company HYBE has just unleashed its latest project to the world — CORTIS. Officially set to debut on August 18, the five-member group has been warming up the stage for months. CORTIS Their first big step? The release of their music video for GO!, a track that sits firmly in the realm of new-generation Korean music. Think Travis Scott meets electronic K-pop — the kind of sound engineered to thrive on TikTok or Instagram Reels. For the Korean music landscape that has often skirted this style, CORTIS feels like a deliberate attempt to fill that niche. Netizens react The MV — released today on August 11 — has the playful energy of small-scale creators shooting from a single POV. Some fans were instantly struck by the group's youthful looks, with one remarking, 'They look so young.' Others embraced the unserious debut with optimism, declaring, 'Cortis is vibe,' while a TXT stan cheekily pointed out, 'TXT finally being the middle child.' Still, a section of the audience was far less impressed. One viewer dismissed it with, 'They're giving anyone a record deal nowadays,' while another bluntly called it, 'a mess. visually and musically.' Even harsher? 'Basic music ngl,' and, 'the way I was excited to check this out but I got a headache halfway through the song.' CORTIS — comprising Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon, and Keonho — marks BIGHIT MUSIC's first new group since TXT's debut six years ago. Their official title track, What You Want, will arrive on August 18 at 6 p.m. KST, followed by an English version featuring American rapper Teezo Touchdown on August 22. Whether they'll win over the sceptics or cement themselves as Gen Z's new playlist staple remains to be seen, but they've got everyone talking!
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Iridium Launches Iridium Chat App to Enhance Global Off-Grid Messaging
Iridium Communications IRDM recently unveiled Iridium Chat, a powerful new messaging platform designed to work seamlessly with its Iridium GO! exec satellite communication access device. Available now as a free download on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, Iridium Chat transforms how users communicate beyond the reach of traditional to support the Iridium GO! exec, Iridium Chat delivers a modern app-to-app messaging experience over the Iridium satellite network, known for its global reach and reliability. With the new Iridium GO! exec Unlimited Midband (Certus 100) plan, users can enjoy unlimited app-to-app messaging, location sharing, and image compression and transmission, all at no extra cost and with no data overage this is not limited to satellite connectivity. It seamlessly switches to Wi-Fi or cellular when available, ensuring that messages always get delivered using the most efficient and cost-effective network. The Iridium GO! exec has already carved a niche among remote professionals, government agencies, NGOs, and outdoor explorers by offering battery-powered, portable satellite connectivity. With Iridium Chat, the device's value proposition has grown exponentially. Unlike traditional apps, Iridium Chat uses Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT) to provide real-time delivery status, including 'sending,' 'sent,' and 'delivered' receipts. This is powered by the GO! exec's firmware and a cloud-based messaging backend, offering a premium experience even in the most remote areas. It also supports individual and group chats of up to 50 GO! exec device can support up to four individual users simultaneously (within Bluetooth range), all with their own private Iridium Chat accounts. This multi-user functionality ensures personal privacy and data integrity even on shared devices. The unlimited midband plan ensures users can confidently communicate without unexpected charges or data over Chat's simple setup and robust connectivity make it an attractive choice among users. Each user can rely on real-time communication, track their device location, and share compressed images even when completely off-grid. To get started, download the app from the App Store or Google Play and install it on your smartphone. Next, connect your smartphone to the Iridium GO! exec device via Bluetooth. Once connected, launch the app and follow the prompts to register your user account. After setup is complete, you can begin messaging, whether you're connected through satellite, Wi-Fi, or a cellular satellite communication continues to evolve for mobile connectivity, Iridium's new Chat app positions the company at the forefront of this transformation. By empowering users with real-time messaging, image and location sharing, and group communication capabilities, anywhere on Earth, Iridium has delivered an essential tool for connected professionals and explorers. Iridium has been making solid investments to boost its technology infrastructure. In May 2025, IRDM introduced a special U.S. government version of its Iridium 9603 module, designed to support Enhanced Short Burst Data (ESBD). Notably, ESBD is a secure, low-latency messaging service that ensures high-level transmission security for the U.S. government and authorized year, it introduced the Certus 9704 IoT module and its Development Kit. The module uses Iridium Messaging Transport technology and is designed for satellite IoT applications, enabling real-time data analysis, analytics and automated decision-making. Also, to transform maritime satellite communication and safety services, IRDM unveiled the service launch of the Iridium Certus Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). This innovative solution offers the only global GMDSS, integrating distress alerts, safety voice communication and Maritime Safety Information. Other features include Long Range Identification and Tracking and the Ship Security Alert System, making it a comprehensive safety and connectivity solution for vessels systems are an integral part of Iridium's cyber network, helping users stay connected even in remote areas. However, mobile and satellite communications still face serious risks from cyberattacks. Hackers can sometimes break through security to steal sensitive data, affecting industries like aviation, energy, maritime, emergency services, and government. Iridium could also face losses if customer contracts don't protect it from third-party claims after a breach. 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