Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Breathing a new life and originality into Shakespeare's much-told tale, Matthew Bourne revives, refines and revises his gripping 2019 re-invention...
Ballet
REVIEW: Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
American choreographer Helen Pickett seals her reputation as a masterful creator of narrative ballet in her adaptation of Arthur Miller's...
REVIEW: Scottish Ballet’s Wee Hansel and Gretel – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Scottish Ballet present "a wee version of a big ballet", a perfectly distilled version of their family favourite Hansel and...
REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
It isn’t hyperbole to say that Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake changed the face of classical dance forever. Retaining Tchaikovsky’s original...
REVIEW: The Red Shoes – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Taking Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1948, Technicolor masterpiece of British cinema, The Red Shoes and turning it into a fully-fledged ballet,...
REVIEW: Scottish Ballet Autumn Season Sibilo/Emergence – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
The most gratifying thing about Scottish Ballet's Autumn Season launch isn't the two undoubtedly striking pieces of work on show - Sophie...
REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Considered by many the most audience conscious of artists, credit must undoubtedly go to Matthew Bourne for his groundbreaking work,...
REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Despite 15 years passing since its premiere, Matthew Bourne's boundary pushing The Car Man is still managing to captivate, enthrall and excite...
REVIEW: Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Returning to the stage three years after its award-winning debut, Nancy Meckler’s direction, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s choreography and Tennessee Williams’...
REVIEW: Dracula, Mark Bruce Company – Tramway, Glasgow
Played out against an impressively atmospheric and quite frankly terrifying set by Phil Eddolls, which becomes graveyard, tavern, salon and castle...
