Scottish Ballet’s feature film, These Violent Delights, reimagines Shakespeare's tragedy with psychological intensity and dynamic choreography. It explores youth and alienation, featuring captivating solos and an evocative score, set for UK release on October 21.
Big Live’s adaptation of Dracula, directed and choreographed by Joel Burke, is a visually captivating but flawed ballet. The production highlights the relationship between Dracula, Mina, and Jonathan Harker, but suffers from pre-recorded music and inconsistent lighting. Abbey Hansen's performance as Mina stands out, yet the adaptation's limited focus leaves much to be desired.
https://youtu.be/UJauIdT61ds Original Choreography & Direction for Pas de Dieux by Gene Kelly Additional Choreography & Scenario by Christopher Hampson CBE Artistic Collaboration by Patricia Ward Kelly Review by Dominic Corr Scottish Ballet ★★★★★ No matter hwo often some may think them separate siblings, cinema cannot keep but slipping a side-step into the space of it’s … Continue reading Review: Starstruck – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/jsNv2XH1VXA Book by Dennis Kelly Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin Directed by Matthew Warchus Review by Dominic Corr The Playhouse ★★★★★ The city is over-run with revolting children; as a riot of colour and imagination bursts across the stage of The Playhouse Theatre as Matilda- The Musical arrives in Edinburgh with a flourish, a production so visually sumptuous and emotionally generous that it … Continue reading Review: Matilda – The Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
https://youtu.be/sf_faDcrLQ0 Book by Shaun Kitchener Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh Review by Dominic Corr The Playhouse ★★★ Here & Now, the official Steps musical, bursts into The Edinburgh Playhouse with a high‑octane blend of 90s nostalgia, supermarket melodrama, and glitter‑laden choreography. Set in the seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, the musical follows Caz, whose well‑ordered life … Continue reading Review: Here & Now – The Steps Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer Directed by Matt DiCarlo Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ The festive season often brings with it a parade of Dickens adaptations, each promising warm familiarity, heartfelt morality, and a sprinkling of theatrical snow. Ans yes, February counts as the festive season – at … Continue reading Review: Christmas Carol Goes Wrong- The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Lead Performance by Julia Taudevin Bouffon Direction by Tim Licata The Tron Theatre ★★★★ With current polling across the UK set for an profoundly unsettling tipping of the scales for the next general election, it’ll take more than a spoonful of sugar to make this much needed medicine go down – as a revolting death rattle … Continue reading Review: Auntie Empire at Summerhall, Edinburgh – A Darkly Comic, Bouffon-Laced Reckoning
Performed and created by Ninon Noiret Directed by Ninon Noiret and Camille Marmié The Studio ★★★★ For one evening only, Manipulate plays host to a few side-walkers, as a strange, gallows-rich humour, and tender pulse runs through The Studio Theatre as The Raft of the Crab delivers a fusion of puppetry and physical theatre that … Continue reading Review: The Raft of the Crab – The Studio, Edinburgh
Written by Alan Bennett Directed by Lauren Green ★★★★ Taking one of Alan Bennett’s most wonderfully character-driven texts, there’s a restless and enviable intellectual energy that hums through Bedlam Theatre as Theatre Paradok’s staging of The History Boys delivers a sharp, heartfelt, and sturdy revival of Bennett’s beloved play. Directed by the superbly talented (and … Continue reading Review: The History Boys – Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Artistic Direction and Choreographed by Carlos Acosta Scenography by Nina Dunn with Tyler Forward and Andrew Exeter Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ While winter seems to be in the death-throws of a final bout of chill; a vibrant theatrical warmth fills The Festival Theatre Edinburgh as Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana bursts … Continue reading Review: Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
