https://youtu.be/x5s4qMz-wxQ Video rights: Act2 Created by Catherine Dreyfus How do you visualise an emotion? Utilising the medium of movement, French choreographer Catherine Dreyfus’ production of And If I Were Me puts forward this question. Initially concealed within a box, a plethora of wonders are revealed to the audience. Arnaud Poumarat's set is a cube featuring sliding panels that gradually … Continue reading And If I Were Me – The Studio, Festival Theatre
Image Contribution:Marion Donohoe Written by Tennessee Williams Directed by Mike Paton Just shy of 75 years ago Leitheatre would emerge in humble beginnings, finding its namesake in the early seventies. A group banded together with two key concepts to their community – to adore dramatics and reflect on their roots in Leith. After covering a … Continue reading Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ The Studio, Festival Theatre
Image contribution:Brian Hartley Director and Lead Artist Ellie Griffiths Performers/Composer Sonia Allori, Greg Sinclair, & Shiori Usui Paying tribute to the sculpture of music, Sound Symphony has a keen interest in involving its audience in the sights, feels and environment of creating music through their own bodies, and the show accommodates a variety of senses for the whole audience. Beyond … Continue reading Sound Symphony @ The Studio at Festival Theatre
Image contribution: Scottish Ballet Dextera Choreographer: Sophie Laplane Dextera Composer: W.A. Mozart Elite Syncopations Choreographer: Sir Kenneth MacMillan Elite Syncopations Music: Scott Joplin & others How precisely does one celebrate fifty years? By not simply paying tribute to your rich tradition of ballet but by evolving, showcasing how far as a company you have come. … Continue reading Spring! @ Festival Theatre
Image contribution: Gareth Jones Artistic Director: Mark Morris Music: Original songs by The Beatles, composition by Ethan Iverson Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely-Hearts Club Band ends just where Pepperland begins with that notoriously extended chord. To start – if your attendance this evening hopes for a juke-box style musical with dance, then best not hold your breath. Mark Morris Dance … Continue reading Pepperland @ Festival Theatre
Image contribution:National Theatre Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Rufus Norris Despite its notoriety as the pinnacle of the theatrical world, few can adapt the Bard’s words well. We all know the tale, or at least we boast about knowing it. Macbeth is far from a straightforward production. A step to the left and it becomes dreary, dank and … Continue reading Macbeth @ Festival Theatre
