New on The Noise of Art… The Noise of Art Annual 2025 - That was the Year that Was open.substack.com/pub/neilco… From DJ Kulu to Creeping Bent, with Band of Holy Joy, The Sexual Objects, Irvine Welsh, The Kinks, Cabaret Voltaire and more between. This is where I came in.

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine chat with artist Raydale Dower, whose sound work, Single Drop, channels past Aberdeen’s Bon Accord Baths as part of this year’s SoundFestival. heraldscotland.com/life_styl… Oct 23-25, 12 noon-6pm Sound runs until Oct 31 sound-scotland.co.uk/event/r…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Thanks for Being Here, Flemish theatre company @OntroerendGoed ‘s remarkable study of audience behaviour. heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @TronTheatre Glasgow until Oct 23, then tours Prague & Hamburg. tron.co.uk/shows/thanks-for-…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Do Not Pass Go, Jordan & Skinner’s look at the woman who invented the game that became Monopoly heraldscotland.com/life_styl… The Studio Edinburgh Oct 22 then Hawick New Galloway Greenock Dundee Glasgow. All tix - jordanandskinner.com/

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #165 neilcooper.substack.com/p/sh… Filmhouse: Upright Gallery: Mote 102: Summerhall: Out of the Blue: Hox Gallery: French Institute: Usher Hall: Mash House: Outhouse: Jazz Bar: Sneaky Pete’s: Cabaret Voltaire: Hibs Supporters Club: Home: etc…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Lune, Belgian writer Pamela Ghislain’s play about a woman who takes the state to court over society’s treatment of women and girls. heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @PlayPiePint Oran Mor, Glasgow, 1pm until Oct 24. playpiepint.com/whats-on/eve…

New on the Noise of Art From the archive Aby Vulliamy - Spin Cycle neilcooper.substack.com/p/ab… On the 8th anniversary of Aby Vulliamy’s debut solo record, another look at an interview with the collaborator with the likes of the National Jazz Trio of Scotland, Nalle and more

As @CabsVoltaire play Glasgow this weekend as part of their final tour, another look at archival interviews with all 3 original members first put out in 2025 when CV regrouped. neilcooper.substack.com/p/th… Plus my 2020 history of the group in @The_Drouth thedrouth.org/cabaret-voltai…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of These Are Our Neighbours, Katharine Williams’ play about the Kenmure Street protests in Glasgow in 2021. heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @citizenstheatre Citizens Theatre Glasgow until Oct 17 citz.co.uk/whats-on/these-ar… Image Brian Hartley

New on the Noise of Art… Boots for Dancing Revisited - Dance & Resist neilcooper.substack.com/p/bo… As Edinburgh’s agit-funk provocateurs launch a 2nd archival album, a look back at my sleevenotes for the 1st Box Energy, Leith Cricket Club Oct 16 ra.co/events/2541065 @aotns

As Glasgow grassroots theatre company Theatre 118 prepare to open in a new home, a look in @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine the Herald at how they survived being forced out of their previous space to channel a DIY spirit that lives again. heraldscotland.com/life_styl…

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #164 neilcooper.substack.com/p/sh… Summerhall: Upright Gallery: Out of the Blue: Hox Gallery: Argonaut: Banshee Labyrinth: Fruitmarket: West Barn Arts: St Vincent’s Chapel: Asssi: Leith Arches: Wee Red Bar: Leith Cricket Club:

My @heraldscotland @Heterocazador review of Sylvia, Kate Prince & Co’s exhilarating hip hop inspired musical portrait of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @captheatres Festival Theatre Edinburgh until Oct 17 capitaltheatres.com/shows/sy…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Bottom’s Dream, Martin O’Connor’s solo that puts Shakespeare’s wannabe centre stage heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @PlayPiePint Glasgow until Oct 17 playpiepint.com/whats-on/eve… @traversetheatre Edinburgh Oct 20-24 traverse.co.uk/whats-on/a-pl…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine look at GORBALS, a new book of photographs of 1970s Glasgow by Peter Christopherson for @citizenstheatre posters heraldscotland.com/life_styl… An Evening for Peter Christopherson & Coil, Exit Glasgow Oct 15 ra.co/events/2530789

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of It Walks Around The House At Night, Tim Foley’s bite-size horror show for @ThickSkinTweets heraldscotland.com/life_styl… Seen @captheatres The Studio Edinburgh. @TronTheatre Glasgow, Oct 15-17 tron.co.uk/shows/it-walks-ar…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, starring Gayle Rankin in @NTSonline ‘s Muriel Spark reboot heraldscotland.com/life_styl… Edinburgh until Oct 18; Glasgow Oct 21-24; Aberdeen Oct 29-31; Pitlochry Nov 4-7 All tix - nationaltheatrescotland.com/…

Off to see this lot of Scouse auteurs tonight in a double header with Edinburgh’s The Cathode Ray. Here’s a couple of set lists from last time I saw The Room 44 years ago. Get on board at the Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art. tickets-scotland.com/whats-o…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of East is East, a 30th anniversary revival of Ayub Khan Din’s play set in 1970s multi cultural Britain. heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @citizenstheatre Glasgow until Oct 17 @derbytheatre Oct 20-24; @salisburyplay Nov 3-14

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #163 neilcooper.substack.com/p/sh… RSA: Out of the Blue: Hox Gallery: Upright Gallery: Traverse: Outhouse: Summerhall: French Institute: Wee Red Bar: Sneaky Pete’s: Leith Depot: People’s Leisure Club: Collective Space: Collective Gallery etc

My thoughts in the @heraldmagazine @heraldscotland Herald on the decision not to allow theatre critics to review the Pitlochry run of new musical, Ceilidh, before it transfers to London. heraldscotland.com/opinion/2…