Made me cry: With joy, and rage, because a fellow fan careened into me in the mosh pit and nearly broke my foot (it would have been worth it): Young Fathers at The Hub in 2016. Damn right they made that castle shake.

Made me laugh: Last year’s Chemo Savvy was a love letter to late actor Andy Gray from some of his closest pals that also sang the praises of the NHS and getting by. Its tale of cancer diagnosis and dizzying but hopeful medical statistics was shot through with ace music, questionable dancing and a psychedelic fever dream. It made me cry too, right enough… I am terrible at these questions.

Made me angry: Cora Bissett’s What Girls Are Made Of (2018) was a rousing celebration of her time in Darlingheart, and memories of touring with Blur and Radiohead, but also served as a riled reminder of how people (often kids; often women) can be (mis)treated in the music industry. Plus, it was about getting older, and family and loss, so it also made me laugh and cry.

Made me think: Andy Arnold’s production of Samuel Beckett’s Not I back in 2004 was wildly striking in the midst of Festival madness: a black stage, a beam of light, Pauline Goldsmith’s mouth. The absolute power of almost-nothing.

Made me think twice: In 2022, Liz Lochhead’s Medea at The Hub was searing: the horror, the vengeance, Adura Onashile’s starring role. It was evidently too thrilling by far, as I blacked out. Ice packs were administered. Given my aforesaid Young Fathers run-in, I’ll be thinking twice about setting foot in that cursed place ever again.

Nicola Meighan presents Friday Afternoons on BBC Radio Scotland; hosts several live editions of her arts and culture podcast A Kick Up The Arts at The Stand; and chairs events at the Book Festival with Hamish Hawk, Joe Boyd and Irvine Welsh.