by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 26, 2014 |
By VERONICA LEE on The Arts Desk on 26/08/2014 | Full Article ★★★★★ This show was being lauded across Edinburgh during the Fringe, but I was too busy to see it before the final weekend. I could kick myself as it was the most fun I had all month. A ceilidh, common...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 26, 2014 |
By FIONA SHEPHERD in The Scotsman on 23/08/2014 | Full Article ★★★★ After last year’s one-off hoolie, This Is Ceilidh has returned to the Fringe in a late night residency, scooping up keen participants as it goes, and this time it has brought a lunchtime incarnation,...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 21, 2014 |
What would we do without ceilidhs? The Scottish traditional dance has become increasingly popular in recent years. So much so, it’s now the norm to strip the willow in a country barn after a wedding, rather than get pissed in a hotel bar and listen to ‘Agadoo’. This...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 19, 2014 |
By LYNDSEY BAKEWELL on Broadway Baby on 16/08/2014 | Full Article ★★★★ Children’s dance shows are always difficult to assess, especially if they are only designed for the young.Ready, Steady, Ceilidh however was as much for the adults as it was for the children. This...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 14, 2014 |
The Metro on 14/08/2014 ★★★★ Pulses race in the Spiegeltent Palazzo as hosts Gary Cross and Ewan Donald divide the audience into feuding clans – the MacPhersons and Campbells – who must settle differences through dance. The choreographed carnage is...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 12, 2014 |
By EVAN BESWICK in Fest on 12/08/2014 | Full Article Forget what you know about “country dancing”. For those who’ve yet to experience the exhilaration of a Scottish ceilidh, it’s an experience like no other. Evan Beswick gets his jig on with...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 12, 2014 |
By LISA on Empty Pocket Guide on 11/08/2014 | Full Article So many people who descend onto the stunning city of Edinburgh during the Edinburgh festival don’t experience any Scottish traditions. If you don’t fancy trying the haggis, going to the Tatoo ,eating a fried...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 11, 2014 |
By THEO BOSANQUET on Whatsonstage.com on 07/08/2014 | Full Article The stereotypical late night Edinburgh Fringe experience involves a bunch of comedians fending off the heckles of drunk people until the small hours. But I’ve found over the years that, although...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 7, 2014 |
By BRIAN FERGUSON in The Scotsman on 07/08/2014 This is Ceilidh has been praised as “the late-night hit” of the Edinburgh Festival by Brian Ferguson of The Scotsman. See below for the full...
by Eleanor Lloyd | Aug 6, 2014 |
By LYN GARDNER in The Guardian on 06/08/2014 | Full Article Edinburgh Festival 2014: Why run from zombies when you can ceilidh the night away? If you want to try something different, I’d suggest This Is Ceilidh. Whereas The Generation of Z has running and...
