Scottish Ballet
Cinderella
★★★★☆ Enchanting:
Scottish Ballet’s Cinderella is an emotional and visual treat, which lights up and enchants the Festival Theatre’s stage until 31 December.
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.
Live rehearsal for SB
Scottish Ballet’s Streetcar rehearsal streamed live:
Scottish Ballet is live-streaming half an hour of its rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire, ahead of the revival of its 2012 award-winning production.
Peter Darrell’s The Nutcracker
★★★☆☆ Sporadic magic:
The sumptuous, Victorian backdrop to The Nutcracker is entirely appropriate for a production that has much of the appeal of a huge box of chocolates.
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.
Scottish Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
★★★★★ Entrancing drama
The current run of the Scottish Ballet’s revival of Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet may be coming to an end, but it certainly isn’t the end of the line for this timeless classic.
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,
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