Okay, straight up. This was an odd event. Having an internationally acclaimed a capella group who have worked with Michael Bublé and Coldplay being opened for by a local school’s jazz orchestra was certainly an interesting choice.
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Fat Blokes – Traverse Theatre
Coarse and tender, defiant and vulnerable, Fat Blokes by Scottee is indeed “a (sort of) dance show”, but to pass it off as entertainment or strictly performative would to be dismiss the heart of its purpose and the spirit in which it was conceived.
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SCO: Sibelius Symphonies 6 & 7 – Usher Hall
Featuring two pieces by Beethoven followed by two symphonies by Sibelius, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra don’t so much as fuse, but play consecutively classical music from neighbouring centuries.
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Beauty and the Beast – Festival Theatre
It’s a tale as old as time (forgive me), a story about sacrifice and looking past appearances – Beauty and the Beast. Last Wednesday, the Birmingham National Ballet brought the fable to life for Edinburgh, and it was absolutely beautiful.
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EUSC’s The Taming of the Shrew: The Pleasance Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew is a controversial Shakespeare classic. With central themes of power and gender, it is a hard text to tackle. Is it a complicated love story? Or the breaking of a woman within patriarchal society?
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The Funeral Director – Traverse Theatre
This winner of the Papatango New Writer’s prize is a compelling and challenging piece of theatre to watch. Tackling the tension between ingrained personal belief and the ethical morals of wider, Western society, ‘The Funeral Director’ (by Iman Qureshi) does not shy away from the big issues and challenging the audience’s sympathies.
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