MARK TURNER holds on tight for a mesmerising display of Neath-born ragtime virtuosity
Death at their finger tips
GORDON PARSONS falls head over heels with a production that dazzles with its nanotechnology
[Julien-Lambert] 
ALAN MORRISON introduces a UK poet whose despised daytime occupation provides the subject for his writing
MARK TURNER wallows in the virtuosity of Swansea Jazz Festival openers, Simon Spillett and Pete Long
PAUL DONOVAN recommends three new books that explore the human relationship with nature
Doomed adolescents, when the missing person is you, classic whodunnit, and an anti-capitalist eco-thriller
WILL STONE takes a ticket to indie disco heaven, but misses the rarely performed tunes
Cold Blood
Kings Theatre
Edinburgh International Festival
★★★★★
Is it theatre, film, ballet or do we have to coin a new term?
Whatever we call it, Cold Blood will never allow audiences to look at their hands in the same way again.
Film-maker Jaco Van Dormael and choreographer Michele Anne De Mey have collaborated to produce what must rate as one of the highlights of Edinburgh’s artfest.
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