Despite its status as Guiseppe Verdi’s crowning glory, Scottish Opera’s Rigoletto has little to offer beyond the strength of its singers’ voices. At best, it is a beautiful rendition of the […]
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Tag: Festival Theatre
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – Festival Theatre
Paying homage to the inaccurate assumption that all accomplished ballerinas must be Russian, the production begins with an announcement that various parts will be played tonight by comedically-named Russian ballerinas. […]
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Macbeth – Festival Theatre
‘Macbeth hath murdered sleep!’ rings through the auditorium but is received by dozing silence. I shake myself out of another restless haze and try to focus on what is supposed […]
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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake – Festival Theatre
Since its inception in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake has toured worldwide, and is now the longest-running ballet on the West End and Broadway. It is widely […]
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Calendar Girls – Edinburgh Festival Theatre
What do you get when you combine Take That’s Gary Barlow, the amazing true story of a group of women in Yorkshire, and some of the brightest female talent in […]
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Richard Alston Dance Company
This year marks half a century since Richard Alston choreographed his first piece of contemporary dance, and how better to celebrate than by revisiting the milestones of those fifty years?
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