Scottish Ballet
Review – Hansel & Gretel
★★★★☆ Sweet and spicy:
Dark yet sparkling, uplifting yet chilling, Christopher Hampson’s new take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of a witch with a gingerbread house is a ballet of great contrasts and unexpected resolutions.
Preview of the week Mon 20 – Sun 26 May
There is not quite as much on this week, after last week’s hectic schedule left many Edinburgh theatre-lovers wondering which way to turn. But there is still something for most tastes, from Beckett to Buckan by way of Liz Lochhead.
Review – Scottish Ballet Autumn Tour
★★★★☆
Scottish Ballet has done itself proud with this splendid trio of ballets for its Autumn tour which is at the Festival Theatre to Saturday.
Scottish Ballet Hot with Desire
Streetcar Named Desire for Festival Theatre:
Scottish Ballet’s newly commissioned ballet of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is to arrive at the Festival Theatre for a four day – five performance run,
Scottish Ballet’s Paul Liburd awarded
Liburd wins Best Male Dancer but announces he is to retire from Scottish Ballet Paul Liburd, Scottish Ballet’s popular soloist, has won the top accolade from the Critics Circle Dance Awards, as he announces that he is to retire from the company at the end of the Spring season. Liburd received the Dancing Times Best […]
Dance Review – The Nutcracker
★★★★☆ Festival Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin BOLD, adventurous and beautifully crafted, Ashley Page’s version of The Nutcracker for Scottish Ballet returns to the Festival Theatre for a week-long run. And it is even better than its last appearance five years ago. This is a production which doesn’t leave any of the saccharine sweet aftertaste […]
