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Solitude Without Loneliness review

“As silly as it is sorrowful”
ReviewsAug 18, 202511:33 by Rachel ElderkinAssembly @ Dance Base, Edinburgh
The cast of Malcolm Sutherland’s Solitude Without Loneliness at Assembly @ Dance Base, Edinburgh. Photo: Brian Hartley
The cast of Malcolm Sutherland’s Solitude Without Loneliness at Assembly @ Dance Base, Edinburgh. Photo: Brian Hartley
Human awkwardness finds its charm in a work from Malcolm Sutherland that centres on our desire for connection

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