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Review: Scottish Opera: The Great Wave – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55112398158/in/dateposted-public/ Conducted by Stuart Stratford Directed by Satoshi Miyagi Review by Eloise Robertson ★★★ Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross’ latest offering, The Great Wave, showcases a segment of Katsushika Hokusai’s life beautifully, with an eventful score and some fascinating aesthetic choices. These were almost sufficient to disguise the unfocused storyline, which became apparent when the … Continue reading Review: Scottish Opera: The Great Wave – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Fawlty Towers – The Play – The Edinburgh Playhouse

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Written by John Cleese Directed by Caroline Jay Ranger Review by Eloise Robertson The Edinburgh Playhouse ★★★ Fawlty Towers: The Play follows storylines from the beloved 1970s sitcom of the same name. It will charm any farce lover or Fawlty fanatic. It does what it says on the tin, and it does it very well. … Continue reading Review: Fawlty Towers – The Play – The Edinburgh Playhouse

Review: Scottish Ballet: The Snow Queen – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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Choreographed by Christopher Hampson CBE Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Review by Eloise Robertson Festival Theatre ★★★★ A crystalline, emotionally generous production: visually ravishing, theatrically assured, carried by a cast and creative team who know how to make Andersen’s frostbite glow with warmth, Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen returns to Edinburgh. At the centre of the … Continue reading Review: Scottish Ballet: The Snow Queen – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Scottish Opera: La bohème – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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https://youtu.be/_A342E5b9IM Conducted by Stuart Stratford & Toby Hession Stage Direction, Sets & Costumes by Barbe & Doucet Lighting Design by Guy Simard Review by Eloise Robertson Festival Theatre ★★★★ The curtain rises and you’re transported into a Paris of spectacle while a timeless street singer sets the stage for a crowd who’s hungry for a tune. Scottish … Continue reading Review: Scottish Opera: La bohème – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Don Pasquale – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow

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https://youtu.be/pjuPERLW0qs Composed by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini Conducted by Stuart Stratford Direction and Choreography by Renaud Doucet Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★★ Audiences find themselves in the Swinging Sixties, Rome, with the Scottish Opera’s long-awaited return trip to Donizetti’s deliciously sparkling comic opera, which has lost none of the sparkle and wit it … Continue reading Review: Don Pasquale – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – STUMPED

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Part of Made in Scotland, this journey through humour, anger and ultimately hope, STUMPED is ideally suited to both existing opera fans and newbies. Performed by a stellar cast and ends with a short reflection from an invited forest expert. A brand-new miniature opera exploring deforestation through scenes from five ancient stories that centre on … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – STUMPED

Review: Scottish Opera: La traviata – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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https://youtu.be/g3cRFajl2wA Composition by Guiseppe Verdi Libretto from Francesco Maria Piave after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils Directed by Sir David McVicar Tickets from £23.00 ★★★★ Masquerading the tragedy about to unfold, the simple, heartfelt opening of Scottish Opera’s revival of Sir David McVicar’s La traviata finds the love-sick Alfredo outside a lavish … Continue reading Review: Scottish Opera: La traviata – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

The Barber of Seville – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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https://youtu.be/jKKg2w8VRbk Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Pierre Beaumarchais Conducted by Stuart Stratford Directed by Sir Thomas Allen Translation by Amanda Holden Tickets from £23.00 ★★★★ Clean-shaven, refreshed, and with a splash of scent and a cheeky grin, Scottish Opera’s triumphant re-staging of The Barber of Seville arrives in Edinburgh after a successful opening in … Continue reading The Barber of Seville – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

The Gondoliers – The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews

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Music by Arthur Sullivan Libretto by W.S. Gilbert Directed by Hannah Spencer ★★★ The University of St Andrews’ Gilbert and Sullivan Society returned to the Byre Theatre with The Gondoliers. Sullivan’s score is complex and beautiful, and Gilbert’s storyline is deliciously convoluted. Many years ago, two brothers, Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri, were mixed up at birth … Continue reading The Gondoliers – The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom – Greenside @ Nicholson Square

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Co-Created and Performed by Andrea Directed by John Paul McGroarty Composed by Howard Moody ★★★ Traversing the global history of musical heritage is a gloriously enormous undertaking. Especially when one considers the atrocities of our shared history, but from the most painful of circumstances, the surviving hope is often that of music. And flourishing out … Continue reading Tales of Transatlantic Freedom – Greenside @ Nicholson Square