Review: Scottish Ballet’s Cinders!
The Scottish Ballet’s Cinders! is the epitome of a beautiful ballet. Romantic tutus float and sparkle, intricate sets rise and fall, and dancers grand jeté from the wings. This show…
Review: Same Team – A Street Soccer Story
This new play championing female empowerment, friendship and football takes the lives of real women and puts them centre stage. Masterfully intertwining wit and emotional pain, the story revolves around…
Review: A Very Crypto Christmas
Before entering Summerhall to see Adrenalism Theatre’s A Very Crypto Christmas, one may ask oneself: how can Christmas be crypto? The answer to this question is what Warren and Stew,…
Review: The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan
If you’re looking for a psychedelic trip without the drugs… Edinburgh Panto is for you. This fun filled jaunt into catchy songs, colour, strobe lighting (perhaps too much), and a…
A history of the Nutcracker ballet
The Nutcracker is an annual institution for many ballet companies and audiences, productions reliably returning every December. Since the 1930s, it has been adapted by countless national ballets, companies, and…
Post-Pandemic Theatre: “The general support is intoxicating”
We all had our roles to play in the pandemic. Regrettably, I was cast as a Pollock Fresher, navigating a character arc marked by fines and unruly behaviour within those…
Review: ‘The Snow Queen’ at the Royal Lyceum
If you have any younger siblings or family coming to visit Edinburgh or just want to re-awaken the inner child within you, The Snow Queen is a definitive recommendation. This…
Interview with Playwright Katie Fraser ahead of her Traverse Theatre debut, ‘Play Pretend’
Katie Fraser is one of the most exciting Scottish female playwrights emerging onto the theatre scene in recent years. Having completed the MSc in Playwriting program at the University of…