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
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
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
Composed by Giacomo Puccini Conducted by Stuart Stratford ★★★★ Giacomo Puccini. You’d be rather hard-pressed to source a composer of more influence or esteem in the Operatic world; Madame Butterfly, La Boheme, Turandot, La Rondine – the progression from Romanticist composer to verismo, Puccini acclimates his works and styles throughout the decades, his various Operatics being adapted, … Continue reading Scottish Opera: The Puccini Collection – Caird Hall
Conducted by Stuart Stratford Libretto by Giuseppe Verdi ★★★★ Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera Falstaff emphasises the comedic aspects of the mistaken identities, love triangles and caddish rogues who litter history. Adapted from Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, the opera follows Sir John Falstaff, as plump as he is lustful, as he attempts to keep his dwindling reputation as a … Continue reading Falstaff – Edinburgh International Festival
https://youtu.be/dyQx7H4fXh8 Opera created by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Revival Direction by Jonathan Cocker Leader of The Orchestra of Scottish Opera - Anthony Moffat Conducted by Stuart Stratford Puccini’s melodramatic masterpiece Tosca has it all; corruption, lust, heartbreak and the bureaucracy of history. Shifting the timeframe into the 20th century, there is still … Continue reading Tosca – The Festival Theatre
