Choreography and Cor-Created by Sophie Laplane Directed and Co-Created by James Bonas Score by Mikael Karlsson & Michael P Atkinson The Festival Theatre ★★★★ Two of the most influential threads in British history. One, the champion of a ‘golden era’, the other, one of Scottish histories’ most notable figures. Scottish Ballet’s Mary, Queen of Scots, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Mary, Queen of Scots, The Festival Theatre
Produced by Dance Consortium Review by Marina Funcasta ★★★★ Canada’s leading dance company, Ballet British Columbia, has been touring two pieces, Frontier and Passing, choreographed by Crystal Pite and Johan Inger, respectively. Though critics have seemed to strongly prefer one over the other, I can certainly say that both pieces were far-reaching and spoke to … Continue reading Review: Ballet BC – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Choreography from Cayetano Soto, Sophie Laplane, Peter Darrell, and Madeline Squire Review by Annie Aslett Tickets: from £14.50 ★★★★★ In his welcome in tonight’s programme, Artistic Director Christopher Hampson sums up Scottish Ballet’s repertoire as “bold new work, charged contemporary and iconic classical”. For two nights only, Scottish Ballet is at The Beacon in Greenock, … Continue reading Review: Scottish Ballet at The Beacon – Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
Book and Lyrics by Tom MacRae From an idea by Jonathan Butterell Directed by Matt Ryan from original direction by Jonathan Butterell Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★★ Matthew Bourne’s staging of Edward Scissorhands, bringing to life the iconic story by Tim Burton, is back on tour for 2024. It's a spellbinding ballet which tells the story … Continue reading Review: Edward Scissorhands – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/ODYyLJplsW4 Book and Lyrics by Tom MacRae From an idea by Jonathan Butterell Directed by Matt Ryan from original direction by Jonathan Butterell Tickets from £29.50 ★★★★ There’s a degree of similarity between Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and the works of Matthew Bourne, besides the obvious. Taking established tales and modifying them with uniqueness and … Continue reading Review: Edward Scissorhands – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Choreography by Christopher Hampson CBE Music by Sergei Prokofiev Conducted by Wolfgang Heinz Tickets from£15.00 ★★★★ The enduring power of Cinderella, often seen as the definitive European fairytale, certainly retains a presence as it is the most performed winter show this year in Scotland across Pantomime, Comedy, and now, Ballet. The story of a young individual … Continue reading Scottish Ballet: Cinders! – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/n81Qzaowc9A Directed and Choreography by Matthew Bourne Music by Sergei Prokofiev Tickets from £28.50 ★★★★ Few things push us to extremes other than love. Whether viewed as a weakness, a strength, an eternal yearning which completes us, or a distraction, its various forms will never feel the same for any two people – so the … Continue reading Matthew Bourne’s: Romeo + Juliet – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/Mo21M6gh2TM Choreography and Direction by William Tuckett (Then & Now) Choreography and Direction by Mthuthuzeli November (Nina: By Whatever Means) ★★★★★ All good things come to those who wait. And the audiences of Edinburgh have been patient in their appreciation and fervour for Ballet Black, who after a significant delay, return to the city at … Continue reading Ballet Black: Pioneers – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/0COpMaHDYhM Based on the play by Tennesse Williams Directed by Nancy Meckler Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa ★★★★★ A paradox occurs: the still frigid stone of Edinburgh collides with the steam and intensity of a New Orleans summer for the return of Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire, revitalised after eight years in slumber by a … Continue reading Scottish Ballet: A Streetcar Named Desire – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/VFZ8dxsoFlQ Direction and Choreography by Matthew Bourne Composed by Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky ★★★★★ After a decade of slumber, now celebrating one hundred and fifty performances: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty has been weaving an intense sense of prestige and grace throughout theatres. The Brothers Grimm’s tale of dark fairies, thorns and eternal slumbers has been transformed into a … Continue reading Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – Festival Theatre
