https://youtu.be/U2S1fQk87NQ Schachmatt: Choreography by Cayetano Soto Twice-Born: Direction, Concept & Choreography by Dickson MbiOriginal Music by Dickson Mbi ★★★★ A double bill of premieres from Scottish Ballet awaits audiences this evening, with a threaded intention to explore renewed grounds and creative ingenuity from a new generation: a rebirth (of sorts) from the company which maintains … Continue reading Scottish Ballet: Twice-Born – 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
Music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda Lyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda ★★★★ Rival squads, cheerleading-comedy hi-jinks, and enough late noughties references and melodrama to fill a locker room, Bring It On! takes the cultural zeitgeist of the Kirsten Dunst film, shaped it and emerges as a Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda musical fan favourite … Continue reading Bring It On! The Beyond Broadway Experience – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/1k5Q-sknJXc Created by Jonathan Rockefeller and Disney Theatrical Productions Featuring Music from The Sherman Brothers with further songs by A.A. Milne ★★★ Aladdin to The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins to Frozen, and Tarzan to the Hunchback – stories from the world’s most extensive entertainment provider for families have often come with a seal of quality, … Continue reading Disney’s Winnie the Pooh – 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/1ydKle2a-Vk Composed by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Directed by John Fulljames ★★★★ Madama Butterfly to Carmen. Sixty years championing Opera within Scotland. Facing financial and global challenges, Scottish Opera remains a force in the cultural zeitgeist of the nation. With the influx of younger audiences and economic accessibility for others, Scottish Opera continues to be … Continue reading Scottish Opera: Carmen – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Another year of celebration as the Critics Awards for Theatre Scotland announce their newest crop of winners amongst the deserving nominees, which continue to champion the talent and ingenuity of Scottish Theatre. This year, a special award goes to John MCGrath's The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil, celebrating its 50th anniversary. It is … Continue reading Have a Gander – CATS’ Winners Revealed
https://youtu.be/mUim_5jp62o Directed by Ruthie Stephens ★★★★ To list the shows which have benefited from the talent, grace, and tremendously infectious sense of humour and decorum which exudes from Carrie Hope Fletcher, the UK stage industry's absolute darling and perpetually rising star, would take us a rather long time. Whether your first experience was Carrie’s take … Continue reading Carrie Hope Fletcher: An Open Book – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/pmtv9tRCDMg Written by Deborah Moggach, from her novel These Foolish Things Directed by Lucy Bailey ★★★ Leaking, crumbling, past its prime, and with a view that it may not last the season. The titular hotel is in rough shape too. In the forthright, though grieving hands of Mrs Kapoor, the Bangalore-based hotel flounders after the … Continue reading The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Festival Theatre
Written by Hannah Lavery Directed by Natalie Ibu ★★★ The significant power of young voices is central in this year’s Imaginate programmes, and arguably no other production captures this messaging better than Lavery’s commissioned Protest. Commissioned and backed by Fuel, Imaginate, National Theatre of Scotland and Northern Stage, Protest captures the innocent nature of playground politics, … Continue reading Protest – The Studio, Potterrow
