Although most who had not been in St George's West before found the venue to be a little vague in terms of directions, it forced them to stop and ask a stranger for help to find the studio space where the performance would be taking place. They would then have been directed up the stairs to a very small studio space where a band were setting up and the audience seating was already three-quarters-full. It paints a very disconcerting picture of theatre in Edinburgh, that a small studio space (a back room in a church) can generate a more open, friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere than even the largest of the central theatre buildings.

Where Is The Power? Is a very engaging piece of movement-based theatre. The poetic language, choreographed movement and original music worked well to describe the struggle between two factions for power. Although sometimes looking a bit unsure, the cast generally delivered a very optimistic performance which filled the audience with hope that theatre like this may well influence the “law of the land”. The diversity of the cast and the audience made the last observation of the play - which compared our cultural diversity to the colours of a rainbow - a very moving reminder: what makes our country as beautiful as it is are our people – no matter where they come from – and we all have equal entitlement to live here and feel at home.

The rest of the night was filled with a kind of voluntary cultural exchange: Bollywood, Flamenco, Arabic song, Capoeira, a Zimbabwean musical trio. Rather than being righteous about the good intentions of what it set out to do, this cultural evening made the audience feel grateful to share in such a diverse heritage of music, dance, theatre and language.