Sometimes one enters a theatrical show with a completely open mind; at other times it is with a conviction that the show in question is going to be bad – but there is a subtle difference, and a gratification, in finding out whether it will be &ls...
Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Claire L Jarvis | Read more »
Carousel, the second of the acclaimed musical collaborations between Rodgers and Hammerstein, tells of the turbulent relationship between day-dreaming Julie Jordan (Alexandra Silber) and Billy Bigelow (Jeremiah James), a brooding carousel worker. After...
Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Claire L Jarvis | Read more »
Ashley Page, artistic director of the Scottish National Ballet, opens his Autumn season via the public address system. He's asking for assistance in raising £400,000 to help re-locate the ballet to its new home at Glasgow's Tramway. In return, he...
Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Ella Hickson | Read more »
“How does it feel to be number one, Edinburgh?†Noel Fielding asks the packed Festival Theatre audience. A wall of deafening screams is his reply, which can probably be interpreted as a positive response. It's fitting that the Mighty Boosh have ch...
Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Chris McCall | Read more »
Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »
Aspects of Love is one of the lesser known of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's musicals and as it focuses on the darker side of love—envy and adultery—it is easy to see why: Starlight Express it ain't. Of all the aspects of love, it is love's conqueri...
Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Rosie Hedger | Read more »
Rambert have the reputation of being one of the best dance companies in Britain, and their World View Tour 2007 is everything contemporary dance ought to be: emotional, theatrical, and accessible to a lay audience. The evening's programme consists of f...
Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Colleen Patterson | Read more »