Woyzeck Sadari Movement Laboratory This polarising Woyzeck interpretation could be an IKEA advert entitled: “1001 usages for chairs”. It is a brilliant, unique production which impresses with fantastic classical and Spanish music, atmospheric lightening, exceptional choreography, mesmorising acrobatic performances, and unbelievable excellent elegance. If there is one obvious flaw, it is the loss of the content; Buechner’s working-class tragedy has been changed into a much more enjoyable experience for the audience than originally intended. The social-political context and critique of war, poverty and the link of morality with wealth has unfortunately been totally lost for the non-Korean speaking audience; English explanations are only occasionally provided in this international mind-blowing experience.

Return to Reason Bottlefed This theatre piece makes you want to scream. The audience is invited to join three women in week 9 of their local screaming course. Equipped with orange substitutes we barge into the liberating search of the innermost. The all female, international crew let their impulsive emotions run riot without a cause. So the weird story doesn’t make much sense despite the fantastically enthusiastic and believable acting of the protagonists. This is slightly mad dynamic physical theatre showing off a range of nearly uninhibited human behaviour. “The origins of this play are rooted in improvisation theatre”, explained director Kathrin Bigler.

The new Harry Potter book is out, and I have just read it yesterday in a one-day marathon. It is amazing, in comparison to the last book, it’s full of adventures and less psychological teenager trouble. Of course, I have been a bit late with reading it, and also with buying it. The £5 ASDA price war offer has sold out, the £5 TESCO offer isn’t anymore either, and the £6.99 WHSmith offer has now risen to £12.99, Waterstones is £10.99. Actually, the price development of Harry Potter books was quite a phenomenon in itself, differing apparently with every book.

The last few days I have been mulling over houseboats, and if they would be a way to escape the rising property prices in a pragmatic way. It all started when my mum decided that for her 65th birthday, she would take us all on a houseboat holiday. Of course, I imagined the traditional vintage boats, when invited, and not the yacht variety they booked to float around within the South of France. So, two weeks ago, when visiting Tesco I came across an English houseboat magazine, and flicking through it seemed quite interesting. Advertised were boats for about £65,000 pounds, but there was also a cheaper one on offer for £12,000.

In today’s Guardian, Lynn Gardener writes about the Edinburgh Festival. Unfortunately, this opinion piece does not give readers the opportunity to comment on it, maybe it is because most of the Festival audience would actually disagree with her, and the Edinburgh public as well, when she argues that Edinburgh City Council should spend more money on the festival and for example create a free camping space, like for the G8. That piece can make anybody living in Edinburgh REALLY angry.