Dance
Black Sabbath – The Ballet
★★★☆☆ Rebellious
Black Sabbath – The Ballet at the Festival Theatre is a Halloween weekend treat of brilliant dance and darkness. Having premiered in 2023, the production returns with an extra poignancy following the recent passing of lead singer Ozzy Osbourne.
Mary, Queen of Scots
★★★★☆ Darkly compelling
Scottish Ballet returns to the Festival Theatre with their thrilling, modern reimagining of one of history’s most famous rivalries – the complex relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots.
These Mechanisms
★★★★☆ Joyous and inspiring
Choreographer Robbie Synge directs Edinburgh-based performer Christine Thynne in These Mechanisms at Dance Base, her first solo dance show at the age of 80. The pair, who have collaborated previously, present a poetic and energetic movement piece that defies gravity and preconceptions.
Fields (Extract)
★★★☆☆ Understated
Fields (Extract), presented by the In the Fields Project at Dance Base is an understated and stripped-back piece that quietly explores natural movement and stone forms.
What Ever Happened to Harmony Banks?
★★★★☆ Pitch-perfect
Dance theatre can be a powerful ‘show not tell’ medium for exploring states of mind, and Whatever Happened to Harmony Banks at Dance Base until Sunday 10 August does just that in a pitch-perfect portrait of the toxicity of celebrity culture.
PRIME at 10
★★★☆☆ Gleeful
Prime – the over-60s performance company from Scotland’s national centre for dance – share their infectious glee at ten years of celebrating older bodies in PRIME at 10, a show of two halves at Dance Base until Sunday 3 August.
EdFringe 2025: Dance
Edinburgh-made Dance at EdFringe 2025
Thanks largely to Dance Base – Scotland’s National Centre for Dance – there are enough Edinburgh dance companies at the Fringe to get their own listing for the first time.
Rambert: KISMET
★★★★☆ Chaotic beauty
Rambert returns to the Edinburgh Festival Theatre with KISMET a fantastic double bill which explores destiny, fate and unpredictability.
Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet
★★★★☆ Innovative dynamism
Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet, at the Festival Theatre until Saturday, is no mere exercise in nostalgia, but a highly successful piece of dance.
Ballet BC
★★★★☆ Dynamic
Ballet BC’s double bill showcases the company’s range and cohesion through two very different pieces: Crystal Pite’s enigmatic Frontier, and Johan Inger’s theatrical and emotional Passing.
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