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
