Hafliði Hallgrímsson, now based in Edinburgh, is one of the leading figures in Scottish musical life, and his latest work Mini Stories sets the surreal poetry of the Soviet-era writer Daniil Kharms to music.Whilst internationally renowned actor Simon Callow brings Kharms's texts to life, the Icelandic Caput Ensemble reflect the mood with stellar performances of Hallgrímsson's evocative accompanying composition.

"a glorious concoction of Russian surrealist stories … with highly original, sometimes aphoristic and always apposite music that ranged from abstraction to reflection to manic hilarity…" The Herald

"a clever, entertaining, but ultimately unsettling piece of music-theatre. Kharms and Hallgrímsson make you laugh one minute, then feel vaguely guilty for laughing the next." The Scotsman