Lez Brotherston

glasgowtheatreblog January 27, 2026

Matthew Bourne has taken Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1948, Technicolor masterpiece of British cinema, The Red Shoes and turned...

glasgowtheatreblog June 4, 2025

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake first burst to life on stage in 1995, changing the face of classical dance forever. This...

glasgowtheatreblog May 21, 2024

Matthew Bourne’s contemporary ballet of Tim Burton’s much-loved movie Edward Scissorhands has been set very firmly in the 1950’s in...

glasgowtheatreblog September 29, 2023

Breathing a new life and originality into Shakespeare's much-told tale, Matthew Bourne revives, refines and revises his gripping 2019 re-invention...

glasgowtheatreblog June 10, 2018

Following on from the critically-acclaimed new work, The Red Shoes, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures delve deep into the back catalogue...

glasgowtheatreblog June 12, 2014

Regular readers of this blog will know that my love for the work of Matthew Bourne and his company New...

glasgowtheatreblog May 5, 2013 0

Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll is not the usual tag line for a Scottish Ballet production but Matthew...