Dance
Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man
✭✭✭✩✩ Impressive energy:
Accomplished, athletic dancing and clever staging are present and correct in The Car Man. However, it lacks the emotional punch to be an unqualified success.
Broadway Bound
✭✭✭✭✩ All that Jazz:
Bright and crisp and even, the aspirations of the dancers on stage at the King’s on Thursday night shone through their performances. These youngsters were Broadway Bound in more ways than one.
A Streetcar Named Desire
★★★★★ Perfect balance:
It is with elegant sophistication that A Streetcar Named Desire sweeps onto the stage at the Festival Theatre this week.
Dance ‘Til Dawn
✭✭✭✭✩ Captivating:
Stunning dancing, melodic interludes and brazen humour combine in Dance ‘Til Dawn. It is a package that defies any rational analysis, but is so bursting with skill and chutzpah that the result is impossible to dislike.
Coppelia
✭✭✭✩✩ Playful and quirky:
There is much to delight and entertain in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of Coppelia, playing at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Yet, it lacks convincing depth and structure to fully deliver its potential.
Epic Encounter at PASS
Cambodian inclusive dance company in town:
Epic Encounters of Cambodia, the first and only fully inclusive dance company in South East Asia, is touring to the Performing Arts Studio of Scotland as part of a two-date Scottish visit in December.
Riverdance
✭✭✭✭✭ Magic and majesty:
It has been 20 years since Irish shoes first tapped into the hearts and minds of Europe and the 20th Anniversary Tour of Riverdance, playing the Playhouse to Sunday, proves that it still has the power and magic to wonder and delight.
Grupo Corpo
✭✭✭✭✩ Cultural Celebrations:
In the last dates of the 2014 UK Tour, The Dance Consortium presents Grupo Corpo at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre for two nights only. The Company delivers a stunning visual display of the Brazilian culture with elements of wonder, beauty and skill.
INSTITUTE
✭✭✭✭✭ All-consuming:
Who is it that ascribes meaning? Is it the director, the artists or the watcher? With Gecko Theatre’s latest creation, it’s sixth in a decade, it is all of these.
The Crucible with Ten Poems
“★★★★☆ Striking drama”
Scottish Ballet’s latest production is a double bill of two literary works that are alike and yet differ strikingly, creating a production that is surprising and emotional.
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