A radical Scottish professor meets with a merciless dictator. What is the price of utopia? Would you be willing to kill, or die, for it? It’s 1978 and Cambodia is ruled by the ruthless Khmer Rouge. An idealistic academic from Stirling is invited into this closed society, enamoured by the regime and its promises of […]
'Readers will seize this with delight.' ~ Philip Pullman on Impossible Creatures 'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell.' ~ Michael Morpurgo Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children's Book Award, […]
A lively, sharp and thought-provoking exploration of the enduring stereotype of the dangerous single woman in popular culture. From the single ladies of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift songs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's irreverent television series Fleabag (2016–2019) to as far back as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, the stereotype of the damaged single woman has long […]
Stephen Grosz is a practicing psychoanalyst, and has worked with patients for more than forty years. The Examined Life, his Number One bestselling debut, was about learning how to live; his new book, Love's Labour, is about learning how to love. When it comes to love why do we find things so difficult? Drawing on […]
Oedipus & The Mama's Boys - 'Bleed' Single Launch @ The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh With special guests: Attack Of The Stick Insects + Save Face + Muzzle Doors - 7pm / Curfew - 10pm Event is 18+
Signed to Merge records after an electric SXSW set, Dublin band M(h)aol are a testament to the vitality of Ireland’s current post-punk scene. They’re here this September in support of their forthcoming new album!
The Thursday Show The weekend starts here! Five acts on a two hour stand-up showcase. Featuring our ace comperes, seasoned headliners joining forces with newer kids on the comedy block. Great show and great value. Line ups are subject to change.
Blue Bendy are coming to the Mash House on September 18th 2025. From the critics: Pitchfork describes debut album So Medieval as “defiant, high-stakes art-rock”; The Independent calls frontman Nolan a “cherub gone through the wringer”. From the band: “Post punk was becoming landfill. Then after that it got really landfill. What we thought was […]
Presented by James Seabright Seventy minutes. Seven seasons. One Spike. This fast-paced gem brings you the entire 144 episodes of the hit '90s TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as told through the eyes of the one person who knows it inside out... Spike. Buffy Revamped tours the UK following its award-winning Edinburgh Fringe premiere […]
Part of a new captivating series of folk and traditional music curated by award-winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis. Buy your ticket for this and the second in the series together and get a 10% discount. About Kim Carnie Trio Award-winning singer and composer Kim Carnie has featured not only on some of the UK’s biggest stages […]
One of the many ingredients important for blues music is being under the influence and 'The Barking Magpies' are definitely under the influences of Ry Cooder, Brownie McGhee and Robert Johnson. The Magpies loosely define this early blues style from the Delta, and is felt throughout the band's eclectic repertoire. Add a contemporary twist, an […]
Get ready to power up with Press Start and join us on a musical journey through your favourite video games! From the iconic themes of Super Mario and Legend of Zelda to the funky beats of Sonic and Persona 5, this gig has something for everyone! With a fusion of different genres and styles, Press […]
Every Thursday, The Mash House pulses with Latin heat – from sultry salsa to reggaeton riddims. This is where Edinburgh comes to sweat, sway, and surrender to the rhythm. Curated by the city’s finest Latin DJs, Rhythm After Dark is a celebration of movement, sensuality, and late-night lust. Guestlist is free but dangerously limited. Don’t […]
