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Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Theatre reviews: Tongue Twister Shades of Shadows Saria Callas
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... Tongue Twister, North Edinburgh Arts Centre ★★★★ Grown Ups, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh ★★★ Shades of Shadows, The Studio, Edinburgh ★★★★ Saria Callas, Oran Mor, Glasgow ★★★ It's Children's Festival time; and at the sparkling new North Edinburgh Arts Centre, one of Scotland's leading makers of theatre for children, Greg Sinclair, is rolling out his latest show Tongue Twister. It's a remarkable show at many levels, both because it uses and reflects on language in ways that international theatre for children often tends to avoid, and because of the lavish, surreal energy of its visual and physical response to that verbal content. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Tongue Twister | Imaginate Sinclair begins by telling us that he has been fascinated by tongue twisters ever since since his grandad taught him to say 'She sells sea shells on the sea shore"; and on designer Karen Tennant's luminous stage - backed by two huge sun-like circles in which words occasionally appear - he runs through a series of wild and hilarious visual variations on the theme, rolling around the stage in great frothy layers of sea-blue and white fabric. He goes on to to introduce tongue twisters in a dozen different languages, from Japanese and Swahili to Gaelic, riffing merrily, for example, on images suggested by the French tongue-twister 'dans ta tente ta tante t'attend'. In the end, what Sinclair and his team create is a glorious 50 minute tribute to that wonderful, universal, playful moment when human beings pause in the grown-up business of dealing with the content of language, and begin to amuse themselves by toying with the forms of it. And Tongue Twister not only celebrates that moment, but explodes it into whole episodes of visual and verbal silliness, as wild and surreal as they are funny, and joyfully human. Grown Ups | Imaginate If Greg Sinclair is a children's theatre maker who works by effectively becoming a child for the length of the show, I was also struck by two EICF shows, this week, which invited children to laugh (which they did, most heartily) at the sight of adults making a complete hash of being grown up. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Grown Ups, by the Compagnie Barbarie and Bronks of Belgium, is a slightly overlong but brilliantly staged piece pf slapstick about a team of four grown women failing to cope with a series of mysterious water leaks onto the stage. Shades of Shadows at The Studio, meanwhile - by Tangram Collective of France and Germany - is an exceptionally beautiful and clever shadow-play piece about two women trying to sit down for a cup of tea together, that had the children in the audience chortling with pleasure, for a blissful 45 minutes. Shades of Shadows | Florian Feisel And out beyond the children's festival, this week's Play, Pie and Pint drama came as a harsh reminder of how repressive societies can simply forbid essential forms of play and creativity, including those as basic as singing and dancing. In Sara Amini's powerful but awkwardly structured monologue, Saria Callas, she plays an Iranian woman brought up under the repressive rules of the Islamic Republic, yet as rebellious as any teenage girl, and desperate to become a singer. As an adult, and a single mother in London, she finds that her beloved son has inherited her love of performance, and - like her - wants the freedom to express himself as he is, whatever the cost. And although Saria's story takes a while to reach this crisis-point, there's no doubting the tremendous strength and charisma of Amini's performance, as a woman not only inspired by the greatest singers of both Iranian and European culture, but fully capable of making the same kind of impact on an audience, given half a chance.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Salma Hayek: 30 images of the actress, new SI swimsuit model
Actress Salma Hayek is best known for her roles in "Frida," "Desperado," "From Dusk Till Dawn," "Puss in Boots," "Grown Ups," "The Hitman's Bodyguard" and "Eternals." Hayek was recently announced as a cover star for the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Here's a look back at her career through the years.
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Salma Hayek still feeling 'sexy' at 58, makes Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover debut with women half her age
'The world is changing,' according to Salma Hayek, who made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover debut at the age of 58. The House of Gucci star sizzles in a sparkling green bikini and Jacquie Aiche jewellery in a pool on the cover of the magazine's 2025 issue that hits the newsstands on May 17. Inside the issue, she shared her excitement over being the face of SI and still feeling 'sexy' and 'free' past 50, Page Six reported. 'I remember when I was young, a long, long time ago, I was always excited to see the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated, and [thinking] 'Who's going to be in it?' Of course, I didn't look like a model, so it never crossed my mind that one day I would be in it,' Hayek said in the issue. 'If somebody had told me I was gonna be in it at 58, I would have sent them to the madhouse, but the world has changed, and that's exciting,' the Frida actress said of the cover shot by Ruven Afanador in Mexico. Hayek further reflected on her decision not to retire anytime soon. 'I could retire, but I don't want to miss out on this time,' she said, adding that she 'fought for it.' The Grown Ups star thinks that it was 'really remarkable' for Sports Illustrated 'that it's O.K., maybe even cool, to be past 50 and still be able to feel not just sexy, but for me, to be free and not be self-conscious of your body like you have to hide.' Hayek is one of the four stars to grace the SI cover this year, including LSU star Livvy Dunne, 22, Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, 24 and model Lauren Chan, 35. The other stars who are featured in the magazine's 2025 lineup of 38 women are: TikTok star Alix Earle, 24, model Brooks Nader, 28, Olympian Gabby Thomas, 28.
AU Financial Review
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Marian Keyes has sold 35 million books. She still thinks she's 'rubbish'
If you've read Grown Ups, Marian Keyes' 17th novel, you'll know exactly where the bestselling author is when I speak to her over Zoom one sunny April morning. 'In the first chapter of that book they're all away at a hotel,' she says excitedly, when I tell her I'm a huge fan of hers, and that book in particular. 'And that's where I am!' She pivots the camera so I can see the room she is in. 'My family and I come here every year, just like the family in the book.'
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Yahoo
Suspect who stole Chandler Police cruiser calls charges 'bogus'
DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. (WEHT) — The suspect who police say swung a sword and drove off in a police car after being pulled over for reckless driving is sitting in the Daviess County police chase crossed state lines from Warrick County, Indiana to Daviess County, Kentucky.31-year-old Nina Devillez is facing a string of charges. On Thursday, Eyewitness News' Sydney Davis sat down with Devillez for an exclusive jailhouse interview. We do want to note that police identify Devillez as a man, but Devillez told us she identifies as a woman. More details released after Chandler Police vehicle stolen during pursuit It all happened just before 10 a.m. Monday. A traffic stop for reckless driving in Chandler caught on camera with a quick shift to sword swinging. It ends with a police vehicle stolen and wrecked in the middle of a field in Kentucky. The person law enforcement has deemed responsible, Nina Devillez, says she was headed to check on a friend who shared they had experienced domestic violence the night before. 'Just to say. Hey, what's up? You doing okay? So I was I was, you know, I was in a hurry, but I was not like, being reckless or nothing.' As she exited the vehicle with her hands up, she says her first intention was to talk to the officer, but his lack of communication made her uneasy. '…Communicate with me dawg. Like, just talk to me…He said 'get on the ground'. I got this feeling on me like 'if I get on the ground. I'm not leaving this place alive',' says Devillez. That's when she says she grabbed a foam sword. 'I said 'hey, this is a toy sword dawg. It's a light sword. I'm just keeping my space from you, because I did not trust him,' says Devillez. In a video that catches the incident, Devillez can be seen swinging it at the officer. 'You know what live action. Role play is? You ever seen 'Grown Ups'? That's what it was…It was made out of camp mat and foam. It is inspected and regulated. This one I actually bought from a professional. It's made specifically to hit with full contact and not enter them at all. So, he was completely safe that whole time,' says Devillez. The Chandler Police officer fires several shots at Devillez who hops into the officer's patrol vehicle. Behind bars and still recovering from gunshot wounds, Devillez says the high speed chase that landed her at the Daviess County Detention Center wasn't a part of some master plan, but rather a plan to survive. 'I think the first time I had my hands on like this instinctively, like 'oh, don't shoot me',' says Devillez. The 130 miles per hour speed chase all the way across the Natcher Bridge didn't end until she lost control of the Chandler Police cruiser in a field. The field is located just past Owensboro Racing and Gaming. Law enforcement say she then ran for about 300 yards and attempted to fight a Daviess County deputy before being tased. 'I was trying to get to Kentucky to get to some cops [kentucky and] be like 'okay, how do you report a crime? I've been shot by cops'. I'm not going to the same police department that shot me to report that crime. If I had known that he was Daviess County, I would have surrendered to him,' says Devillez. Devillez's gunshot wounds were treated at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She is facing several charges in Kentucky and Indiana, including fleeing and evading police and disorderly conduct. Officials say she will eventually be transferred to the Warrick County Jail. Devillez's preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 30 at 8:45 a.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
