Author Archives: radiosum

First Shows Announced for Soon to be Opened Redeveloped King’s Theatre

The King’s Theatre landmark redevelopment project is now over 85% complete, marking major progress toward securing its future as a fully accessible, world-class venue at the heart of Edinburgh’s cultural life.    Since construction began in February 2023, the building has been transformed by dramatic structural improvements, including a raised fly tower to accommodate larger, more ambitious productions, and the replacement of theContinue reading “First Shows Announced for Soon to be Opened Redeveloped King’s Theatre”

The Richest Woman in the World (15)

French Film Festival 2025   The Richest Woman in the World (La Femme la plus riche du monde) from director Thierry Klifa is an imagined version of a real-life scandal involving the heir to the L’Oreal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt and photographer François-Marie Banier. An unsurprising view of how the richest of the rich live is revealedContinue reading “The Richest Woman in the World (15)”

Soundhouse Winter Festival Kicks Off This Week

Dates: Thursday 27 November to Monday 1 December 2025 The Festival Programme is packed with big names and up and coming bands from across Scotland including 2024’s Scottish Jazz Vocalist of the Year Niki King; experimental folk band Constant Follower who were longlisted for this year’s Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award; genre blendingContinue reading “Soundhouse Winter Festival Kicks Off This Week”

Colours of Time (la Venue de l’Avenir) (15)

French Film Festival 2025 A 21st century photo shoot in Musée de l’Orangerie, where Monet’s water lilies paintings serve as a backdrop to a model’s poses and tourist selfies, perfectly sets the tone to this beautifully layered film from director Cédric Klapisch. An old house in rural Normandy owned by a woman called Adèle MeunierContinue reading “Colours of Time (la Venue de l’Avenir) (15)”

Out of Love (Les Enfants vont biens)

French Film Festival 2025  This latest film from young French director Nathan Ambrosioni opens innocuously enough with shots of two children, nine year old  Gaspard (Manoã Varvat) and six year old Margaux  (Nina Birman), waiting for their Mum, Suzanne (Juliette Armanet), in the back seat of their car at a garage. They are on aContinue reading “Out of Love (Les Enfants vont biens)”

Leading NZ Jazz Musicians Launch New Quintet Album

March of the Octopus – Ben Wilcock & John Rae (Thick Records TH020) Wellington-based Scottish drummer John Rae and New Zealand-born pianist Ben Wilcock follow their internationally acclaimed Splendid Isolation album with March of the Octopus, a suite of original compositions ranging from reflective solo piano pieces to quintet explorations, on Friday 28th November. RecordedContinue reading “Leading NZ Jazz Musicians Launch New Quintet Album”

The Session Man (12A)

Dir Michael Treen Nicky Hopkins could lay claim to being one of the greatest rock musicians of all time. His playing graced over 250 albums, enhancing work by the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Joe Cocker and each of the Beatles. He toured with the Stones and Art Garfunkel among others and as wellContinue reading “The Session Man (12A)”

A Magnificent Life (Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol)

French Film Festival 2025 French master of animation, Sylvain Chomet, brings his immense talent to the 2025 film chosen to open of this year’s French Film Festival UK that took place at Edinburgh’s Cameo cinema. Known for the wonderfully dark Belleville Rendezvous (Les Triplettes de Belleville) and the gentler, more benign but equally fabulous tributeContinue reading “A Magnificent Life (Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol)”