Arusa Qureshi
@arusa.bsky.social
Author of Flip the Script (404ink) and words sometimes in the Quietus, NME, Guardian, The Forty-Five etc. Trustee @ Music Venue Trust & Hen Hoose https://www.arusaqureshi.com/
Wrote about the return of the King’s for the new issue of @thestage.co.uk 💌 www.thestage.co.uk/features/res...
Restoring the King's Theatre in Edinburgh
The King’s Theatre in Edinburgh is on the cusp of completing a complex, four-year redevelopment. Arusa Qureshi meets the people striving to future-proof this historic building
thestage.co.uk
★★★★ Review: Lear – Consistently strong performances in @pitlochryft.bsky.social's staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy, led by Maureen Beattie Read the full review in The Stage 👇
Lear at Pitlochry Festival Theatre: Maureen Beattie is magnificent
thestage.co.uk
A chat with Dara Dubh in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/culture/2627...
The performances of this alternative-folk artist are brimming with harp and soul
AS one of the world’s oldest instruments, the harp has been through numerous developments over the years, evolving from the arched harps of…
thenational.scot
Edinburgh Fringe 2026: The Stage's team of critics pick the shows they are most looking forward to across this year's @edfringe.bsky.social and Edinburgh international festival programmes.👇
Edinburgh Fringe 2026: the best theatre shows to see this year
thestage.co.uk
A joy to speak to the folks behind one of my favourite things at the Fringe! Underground Monk Show in @theguardian.com 🫡 www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
Underground Monk Show: inside Edinburgh fringe’s cult comedy of the highest order
This late-night escapade became a word-of-mouth festival favourite. The show’s creators discuss the method behind its madness – and why you’ll laugh without knowing why
theguardian.com
Spoke to the lovely Jo Mango for @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2623396...
New album sees Jo Mango turn pain and absence into song
‘I DON’T think we should run away from grief or sadness or the complicated nature of things that can be good and bad at the same time,” Jo…
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A review for @thequietus.com
The Quietus@thequietus.com · last mo.'Birmingham-born, London-based rapper and producer Sian Arli’s debut EP works as a form of testimony. Through her fluid synthesis of hip-hop and R&B, the project thoughtfully surveys two perspectives impacted by the harm caused by domestic abuse' Sian Arli - We’ll Get There buff.ly/lHUv18L
I really loved this book, strongly recommend!!
Diachroneity Books@diachroneity.bsky.social · 5mo agoIn some NEWS, we have a brand-new book for you all to get hyped for 📖💥 The Girl Who Was Tuesday by Beatriz Seelaender is a chaotic meditation on autonomy, and individuality set against a veggie-based murder mystery. It's quirky, original, and a little bit batshit.
MEGA SALE: ALL books are £5 on our website until we close the shop on Tuesday 30th June (or we sell out!). Help us have a great send off: www.404ink.com/shop
Buy bestselling books — 404 Ink
Buy 404 Ink's books: Nasty Women, Chris McQueer, Helen McClory, Jason Reynolds, Creeper, Elle Nash, Nadine Aisha Jassat and more.
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Maybe my favourite interview I've ever done? Spoke to the wonderful Arooj Aftab about her cats for @thequietus.com ❤️
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 2mo ago"People said they had known him since he was a kitten, so he was kind of like this Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, legend cat. But he would come home every night for five years and sleep on his bed and right next to me in my room..." Arooj Aftab on Adopting Stray Cats buff.ly/1HhD2RR
Happy @bloodyscotland.bsky.social launch day! 🗡️
Bloody Scotland@bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 2mo agoA glorious (mostly!) sunny day in Stirling to launch the 2026 programme. Guest programmer Denise Mina was joined by a bevvy of crime writing talent (including our Debut Prize shortlisters). TICKETS ON SALE NOW: bloodyscotland.com/whats-on
★★★★ Review: Once – Original creative team reunite for this soul-stirring revival of the hit musical. 👇
Once at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre: camaraderie and charm
thestage.co.uk
V glad @libbybrooks.bsky.social wrote this, it needed highlighting. What's happening at BBC Scotland is awful - such a loss of talent will be difficult to reverse. Women are vanishing from other spheres too (also, way to go, Libby, on her last week in the job). www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
‘Deep unease’ at BBC Radio Scotland as majority of axed presenters are women
Changes are part of sweeping shake-up by Victoria Easton Riley, BBC Scotland’s new head of audio and events
theguardian.com
Good times tonight at @bellfieldbrewery.bsky.social with Solas previewing some of their bumper line-up for this June's festival inc Bee Asha + Euan Stamper + Ramtajam + @arusa.bsky.social 👏
I had a really good time 🥲 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
Ne-Yo and Akon review – joyous joint tour is like time-travelling to a messy night out in 2010
From So Sick to Smack That, this double-headliner provides major millennial nostalgia – but goes to show how varied their respective careers were at their peak
theguardian.com
Hidden Door 2026 line-up REVEALED 👀 From 3rd – 7th June, we'll bring together over 100 creatives for live music, immersive art installations, dance performances, poetry and spoken word, unique collaborations and much more. Full details: hiddendoorarts.org/hidden-door-... #HiddenDoorFestival
From last weekend, a chat with Kevin and Zahra, co-curators of Glasgow’s Creatives of Colour Festival. For @scotnational.bsky.social
★★★★ Review: The High Life: The Musical, Still Living It! – Exquisitely ridiculous return to the madcap world of the Scottish cult comedy 👇
The High Life: The Musical review at Dundee Rep: collective joy
thestage.co.uk
★★★★ Review: What I’m Here For – Visually striking collaborative medical drama from Scotland’s Vanishing Point and Denmark’s Teater Katapult 👇
What I’m Here for review at Tron Theatre, Glasgow: sharp and often brutal
thestage.co.uk
A chat with the excellent Comfort for @scotnational.bsky.social 💛 www.thenational.scot/culture/2599...
★★★★ Review: Outskirts – Feel-good musical comedy centred around a Glasgow gay bar. Read The Stage's review 👇
Outskirts review at Òran Mór, Glasgow: Feel-good musical comedy centred around a Glasgow gay bar
thestage.co.uk
★★★★ Review: Flora – Bold and poignant new musical uncovers the tumultuous true story of one of Scotland’s most famous daughters 👇
Flora at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow: fascinating story
thestage.co.uk
Big fan of the new ELUCID & Sebb Bash! A review for @thequietus.com
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 5mo ago'The combination of Bash’s minimal, ofttimes disorientating backdrop with ELUCID’s vivid, intricate rhyming creates a mystical atmosphere of sorts, with constant tension that purposely never leads to a resolve.' ELUCID & Sebb Bash - I Guess U Had To Be There buff.ly/MgLwjPT
A chat with the wonderful Miwa Nagato-Apthorp for @scotnational.bsky.social 🧡 Read online: www.thenational.scot/culture/2593...
A production company has been blasted for creating a 'two-tier' review system, which allegedly implies that both critics and audiences in Scotland are 'less important' than their London counterparts
Row erupts over 'two-tier' system as London papers favoured over Scots critics
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Coming soon! The 404 Ink Bursary for small presses and accompanying crowdfunder will launch in mid-March. This will give away at least £3,000 to small presses - we hope to raise more to pay it forward to even more people.
A review of Medea, seen at the Byre in St Andrews last week
The Stage@thestage.co.uk · 5mo ago★★★★ Review: Medea – Kathy McKean’s version is a furious and devastating reimaging of Euripides’ tragedy 👇
