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
Directed, Designed, and Animated by William Kentridge Translated by Robert David Macdonald Review by Dominic Corr The Lyceum Theatre ★★★★ Thirty years after its original incarnation, Faustus in Africa returns with a vengeance—reimagined, recontextualised, and still brimming with theatrical bite. Directed by William Kentridge and brought to life by the legendary Handspring Puppet Company, this … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Faustus in Africa!
Choreography and Cor-Created by Sophie Laplane Directed and Co-Created by James Bonas Score by Mikael Karlsson & Michael P Atkinson The Festival Theatre ★★★★ Two of the most influential threads in British history. One, the champion of a ‘golden era’, the other, one of Scottish histories’ most notable figures. Scottish Ballet’s Mary, Queen of Scots, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Mary, Queen of Scots, The Festival Theatre
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/0COpMaHDYhM Based on the play by Tennesse Williams Directed by Nancy Meckler Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa ★★★★★ A paradox occurs: the still frigid stone of Edinburgh collides with the steam and intensity of a New Orleans summer for the return of Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire, revitalised after eight years in slumber by a … Continue reading Scottish Ballet: A Streetcar Named Desire – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/R-SFzgHlMSs Choreography by Christopher Hampson Composition by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ★★★★ In the intrusive darkness, something magical glitters in the Festival Theatre stage light. Amidst the protrusions of silhouetted ice, a familiar being stirs triumphantly again after a three-year slumber away from the stage. Scottish Ballet makes a grand return to the Christmas season, with an … Continue reading The Snow Queen – Festival Theatre
Direction & Choreography by Morgann Runacre-Temple & Jessica Wright Dramaturgy & Written text by James Jeff ★★★★★ What separates us from our electronic companions? If all it is, is flesh, then perhaps it’s time we reviewed the situation. Narratives of falling in love with a composite human, a homunculus, are as old as literature. But … Continue reading Coppélia – Festival Theatre
Choreography by Peter Darrell Music by Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky ★★★★ Tchaikovsky's timeless spectacle conjures an eternal wonderment that few can rival. His synonymous piece of dance echoes through the ages, The Nutcracker, a realm of fairies and rat kings, beauty and trickles of playful joviality – and on occasion - a spot of fright. The beating … Continue reading The Nutcracker – Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/Bf4Sst2Xg3U Original Choreography & Direction for Pas de Dieux by Gene Kelly Additional Choreography & Scenario by Christopher Hampson ★★★★ Camera, Lights, Action. Scottish Ballet paints the Festival Theatre in the glad rags of old Hollywood with a Parisian flair in an explosive return to the Edinburgh stage after a long-awaited tour. Unbeknownst to many, … Continue reading Starstruck – Scottish Ballet
In an expanding world where digital communications progress and develop complexities, and even intimacies, how timely that Scottish Ballet aim to rejuvenate Léo Delibes’ darkly comedic tale of mischief and identity. Evolving from Coppélia origins, UK based creators, Jess & Morgs with JeffJames' dramaturgy intend to ask what precisely it means to be mortal in … Continue reading Scottish Ballet – Coppélia at the Edinburgh International Festival
