https://youtu.be/lbCKzjkECic Choreographed by Alvin Ailey ★★★★ Where Programme One flowed through an advancement of time, its rippled core of cultural integrity and shifts and embracement of traditions and forging new ones maintained a constant flow. Programme Two, also performed at the Festival Theatre as a part of this year’s International Festival, may depart from the trio … Continue reading Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme Two – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/qpE_tqRFJWE Choreography by Twyla Tharp, Kyle Abraham and Alvin Ailey ★★★★★ Divided over two programmes, American Dance Theater producers Alvin Ailey turns the Festival Theatre into their troupe's home through the final week of the International Festival, carrying with them the distinct hallmark of exemplary quality they carry with an emphasis on the Afro-American women … Continue reading Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme One – Festival Theatre
Co-produced by Cheek by Jowl, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico (CNTC Madrid) and LAZONA; in collaboration with the Barbican, London and Scène Nationale d’ALBI-Tarn, France Directed by Declan Donnellan Designed by Nick Ormerod ★★★★ A stillness. Enjoy it - it isn’t going to last long. And then, for the next 130 minutes, chaos. The undiluted chaos as Life is a Dream messily ricochets across the Royal … Continue reading Life Is a Dream – Royal Lyceum Theatre
https://youtu.be/gv5tNCGE42I The Rite of Spring: Choreography by Pina Bausch Composed by Igor Stravinsky common ground[s]: Choreogrphed and Performed by Germaine Acogny and Malou AiraudoComposed by Fabrice Bouillon LaForest ★★★★★ Forty-five years ago, Pina Bauch’s The Rite of Spring took a central place with its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Internal Festival. Revived - the piece has a companion … Continue reading The Rite of Spring/common ground[s] – Edinburgh Playhouse
Written and Directed by Tiago Rodrigues Translation by Thomas Resendes ★★★★ Why would you risk your own life: to save another? Psychological complexes or a secure financial career, maybe it's just human nature? Remarkably touching and raw, writer and director Tiago Rodrigues stirs together real accounts from international relief and aid workers to form an … Continue reading As Far as Impossible – Royal Lyceum Theatre
Written and Directed by Christiane Jatahy ★★★ The betwixt and the between - Dusk. A time unlike the rest of the day, where we relive and remember the day which has gone by before the stillness of the night, leading into a brand-new day. A moment of reflection, dusk is when we account for our sins, … Continue reading Dusk – Royal Lyceum Theatre
https://youtu.be/PZqYNCTjelI Written and Directed by Mia Jerome ★★★ We’ve got a job to do folks: and it might just be the most important one we undertake this Festival season. You see one of the new apprentices, Perry (Simon Maeder), at the Lost Lending Library, has gone and done the unthinkable: he’s lost the ruddy thing. … Continue reading The Lost Lending Library – Church Hill Theatre
Libretto and Performed by Cécile McLorin Salvant Composition by Darcy James Argue ★★★★★ There’s a regret, of sorts, in covering single-night events. Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse at The Festival Theatre, part of the Edinburgh International Festival, is a shining example of the deep-panged guilt of not being able to share the experience with another the following … Continue reading Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse – Festival Theatre
Written by Nat McCleary Directed by Johnny McKnight ★★★★ The idea of everyone being so radically different should, by definition, make a superb team: diverse ranges, differing strengths and assets. Yet, in a world where we segment ourselves into various identities and social media projections, it’s becoming easier to see why a more corrosive and … Continue reading Thrown – Dunoon Queen’s Hall
