https://youtu.be/ien1Z42hzBc Written by Ron Coleman Directed by Magdalena Schamberger Special Mention to James McKillop, Nancy McAdam and Agnes Houston Review by Gabriel Rogers ★★★★ Despite the recent cold weather, which has held Edinburgh in its icy grip, Ron Coleman’s Dementia the Musical manages to cut through the chill and bring much-needed warmth to the audience … Continue reading Review: Dementia The Musical – The Studio, Edinburgh
The Manipulate Festival, Scotland's international festival of animation, film, movement, puppetry, and visual theatre returns for its ambitious 17th season. This year's festival will run from February 1st - 11th across multiple physical and online venues. The full programme can be found here. Next week, Edinburgh will host the return of one of the most … Continue reading Have a Gander – Manipulate Festival 2024
https://youtu.be/raqEXET3Yx8 Written and Directed by Izzy Gray ★★★★ Our fascination with the one thing we cannot control, death, leads to various stories twisting themselves into the gaps history leaves blank. It’s a powerful thing to craft a tale, to take autonomy over someone’s life and death – for millennia we can’t help but complete an … Continue reading Keepers of the Light – The Studio
Created, Performed and C0-Directed by Geoff Sobelle Co-Directed by Lee Sunday Evans ★★★ The vice of gluttony extends beyond the groaning bellies of endless hunger, into this perverse world in which we treat our food as performance art; ludicrous prices for good-leaf steak, food chimaeras designed to look like household objects, and a full breakfast … Continue reading FOOD – The Studio, Potterrow
Written by Hannah Lavery Directed by Natalie Ibu ★★★ The significant power of young voices is central in this year’s Imaginate programmes, and arguably no other production captures this messaging better than Lavery’s commissioned Protest. Commissioned and backed by Fuel, Imaginate, National Theatre of Scotland and Northern Stage, Protest captures the innocent nature of playground politics, … Continue reading Protest – The Studio, Potterrow
Presented with Dance Horizons Artistic Direction by Nicolò Abbattista ★★★★ Frequent champions of dance and movement, the Edinburgh-based Dance Horizons continues to introduce diverse UK and international artists to Scottish audiences. Frequently a compendium of varying artists and creatives, tonight finds Dance Horizons present a more accomplished and certainly more structured trio from Lost Movements … Continue reading Lost Movements -The Studio, Potterrow
Co-Created and Performed by Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello Creative Production by Helen McIntosh ★★★ Just what is Vertigo anyhow? The film critic side wants to push for its tertiary genre as a psychological thriller, a romantic drama, and of course a tragedy. But when transitioning to the stage, MANIPULATE 2023’s second Hitchcock-inspired piece, Glasgow-based Shotput Theatre’s Ferguson … Continue reading Ferguson and Barton – The Studio
The Manipulate Festival, Edinburgh's international festival of animation film, puppetry, and visual theatre returns for its ambitious 16th season. This year's festival will run from February 2nd - 12th across multiple physical and online venues in and around Edinburgh. In two weeks’ time, Edinburgh will host the return of one of the most extensive international … Continue reading Have a Gander – Manipulate 2023
https://youtu.be/tT4wiCasRBk Created and Choreographed by Natasha Gilmore ★★★★★ In a time of instant gratification and over-stimulation, we overlook the humble pleasantries of receiving nothing - nothing except the finest gift of all; an opportunity to use our imagination. There are few excitements which re-ignite the imagination than those blurred festive bulbs twinkling on that morning … Continue reading The Gift – The Studio, Potterrow
Produced by Dance Horizons Creative Direction by Oliver James Anwyl Nearing its tenth anniversary, the Edinburgh-based Dance Horizons has strived forth with the initiative to encourage and mentor a diverse and emerging root of talent across the UK, and internationally. Looking to welcome all into the industry, their collection of pieces is designed to nurture … Continue reading Innovations Contemporary Dance Platform Autumn – The Studio
