Neil Cooper

New on The Noise of Art… The Noise of Art Annual 2025 - That was the Year that Was open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… 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 personal look in @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine at this year’s @hiddendoorarts festival, which returns for a final shift at the Paper Factory in Edinburgh. heraldscotland.com/life_style/261… Hidden Door runs at The Paper Factory, Edinburgh June3-7. Tickets - hiddendoorarts.org

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #144 open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop: Studies in Photography: House of Smalls: Dovecot: Queen’s Hall: Safari Lounge: North Edinburgh Arts: Scottish Arts Club: Bowler’s Rest: People’s Leisure Club: Jazz Bar:

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Breathtaking Roads, Ryan Hay’s new play for A Play, a Pie & a Pint with Stellar Quines. heraldscotland.com/life_style/261… Oran Mor Glasgow until May 30 playpiepint.com/whats-on/event… King’s Theatre Kirkcaldy June 2-6 stellarquines.co.uk/show/breathtak…

New on the Noise of Art Carla Lane - Liver Birds, Mersey Beats and Counter Cultural Performance Poetry on Prime Time Telly open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… To mark the 10th anniversary of Carla Lane’s death, a look back at how an episode of The Liver Birds put the underground on TV.

As @themarkrad & @marcrileydj ‘s never ending roadshow reaches Edinburgh, another look at @GoldfishJean ‘s interview with the dynamic duo of the airwaves open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… @queens_hall@ Edinburgh, May 26 Tix - thequeenshall.net/whats-on/mark-… Book early…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Revolution Days, Mariem Omari’s play about the experiences of an aid worker in the fallout of the Arab Spring. heraldscotland.com/life_style/261… Citizens Theatre until May 23, then on tour. bijliproductions.com/revolution-day…

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #143 open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… Inspace; Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop: Studies in Photography: House of Smalls: Dovecot: Leith Dockers: Voodoo Rooms: Fruitmarket: Pianodrome: Whitespace: Dissenter Space: Filmhouse: People’s Leisure Club:

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Members Only, Marc Pye & Gayle Telfer Stevens‘ new lunchtime play for A Play a Pie & a Pint heraldscotland.com/life_style/261… Òran Mór Glasgow until May 23 Millennium Centre Stranraer May 26 Theatre Royal Dumfries May 28 Moffat Theatre May 29

New on the Noise of Art Howard Devoto - “You were really going for it, weren’t you, lad..?” open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… From the archive, two interviews with the frontman of Magazine once dubbed ‘the most important man alive’.

Middle Class Guilt - The Forbidden Zone Collective @ Home Bar, Edinburgh 14.5.26

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Simon Jay’s new lunchtime play, Kenmure Street. heraldscotland.com/life_style/261… Oran Mór Glasgow until May 16 playpiepint.com/whats-on/event… The Lemon Tree Aberdeen May 19-23 aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/ppp-k…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine chat with Alan Cumming about his first season as artistic director of @pitlochryft Pitlochry Festival Theatre, which opens this month. heraldscotland.com/news/26096687.… Tickets for all shows here - pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil, Gary McNair’s big hearted adaptation of former Herald columnist Ron Ferguson’s love letter to Cowdenbeath FC heraldscotland.com/life_style/261… @lyceumedinburgh until May 23 lyceum.org.uk/events/black-d…

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #142 open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… Inspace; Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop: Studies in Photography: Dovecot: Embassy: Home: Leith Arches: Fruitmarket: Voodoo Rooms: House of Smalls: Edinburgh Cine & Video Society: Leith Depot: Leith Cricket Club:

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine Herald review of Waitress, the latest tour of Jessie Nelson & Sara Bareilles’ hit musical starring Carrie Hope Fletcher in the title role. heraldscotland.com/life_style/261… Edinburgh Playhouse until May 23, then on tour. waitressthemusical.co.uk

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine Herald review of Sunset Boulevard: The Backstage Cut, Morag Fullarton’s main stage remake of her pocket-sized version of Billy Wilder’s Hollywood classic. heraldscotland.com/life_style/260… @perthTCH Perth Theatre until May 16. perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/sunse…

New on the Noise of Art… Dave Formula & Noko - La Belle Angele, Edinburgh - 7.5.2026 open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… A review of the Magazine keyboardist & guitarist’s reimagining of their band’s back catalogue with vocalist Peter Petersen live in Edinburgh. Enchante…

A quick chat in @thelistmagazine with artist Sarah Calmus, whose multi-media installation, Right to Roam, looks at environmental catastrophe & freedom of movement through a world of water. list.co.uk/news/sarah-cal… Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh until May 24. inspace.ed.ac.uk/right-to-roam-…

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of a new production of Macbeth, performed by two actors in an 80 minute version by the Hove based Out of Chaos company in association with Oxford Playhouse. heraldscotland.com/life_style/260… Seen at Edinburgh Playhouse.

My @heraldscotland @heraldmagazine review of Sweat, Linda Nottage’s play about how a working class community is ripped apart heraldscotland.com/life_style/260… Citizens Theatre Glasgow until May 16 citz.co.uk/whats-on/sweat/ Royal Lyceum Edinburgh May 27-June 13 lyceum.org.uk/events/sweat