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No wigs and ruffles but Mozart noir. Set in the late 1930s in Eritrea, this production of Cosi Fan Tutte exposes the violence and racism of a colonial o... Read more »

Magic, humour, a frisson of scariness, a celebration of food and a happy ending: Hansel & Gretel, choreographed by Christopher Hampson, is perfect for a ... Read more »

The iconic Ghost Dances, [★★★★★] visceral, sinister and melancholic, with its meld of skeletal Ghosts and folk dancing Dead, still in its 36th year, holds it... Read more »

Virginia Ironside used to hate old people. Now she's one herself. How great to go to a show which makes you laugh about being 60+. From being a rock column... Read more »

A tour de force, based on the true story of the friendship between the Polish Soldier Bear, and his 'mama' Piotr, a Lance Corporal during WWII. Carrying she... Read more »

A lively adaptation (in English) by David W W Johnstone of Gogol's masterpiece, as well as extracts from Gogol's writings about the work skilfully wove... Read more »

As we enter the intimate acting area, an old man sitting in a plaid dressing gown, a crocheted blanket over his knees, one hand trembling, does not appear t... Read more »

Set in Glasgow, 1775, the fortunes to be made from tobacco, slavery, and the moral compromises by lawyer Enoch Dalmellington which affect his bookish, 'dr... Read more »

'Nirbhaya' means 'Fearless,' the name the girl gang-raped on a Delhi bus in December 2012 was given by the press since her horrific ordeal and subsequent dea... Read more »

S.E.X. - not L.O.V.E.  - should be the title of this frenzied revival of a piece which was a physical theatre landmark in 1993, originally choreographed... Read more »

The intimate space of Paterson's Land is perfect for this exquisite mini-opera, first performed at Aberdeen's Sound Festival, by the husband and wife team, ... Read more »

Beauty and pain: ever paired? In-be-tween is not a dance piece; it's more like a 60s 'happening', and it comes out of performance art such as that by Marina... Read more »

Poetic, intensely moving and beautifully melding oral history, film stills and physical theatre/dance, this is both a celebratory and elegiac piece about the... Read more »

An interesting triple bill of solos by three talented choreographer/dancers – Spanish-trained Avatâra Ayuso, Venetian Giorgia Nardin and Irish ... Read more »

This is a daring, hugely inventive and emotionally affecting double-bill, conducted by Constantinos Carydis and directed by Barrie Kosky: two short operas 2... Read more »

It is plotless, except for moments of buffoonery alongside surrealistic visual effects, slapstick and ruderies, but also has much pathos held together by the... Read more »

Wayne McGregor’s Kairos is an abstract piece, set to Max Richter’s reworking of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and starting wi... Read more »

It's part lecture; a scientific analysis of memory, but also involves story-telling, drama and technological wizardry. A giant doll’s house with anima... Read more »

Run Mary Run, choreographed by Arthur Pita is deliciously melodramatic. A tale of doomed teenage love, set in the 60s to the broken-hearted pop ballads of Th... Read more »

Angelin Preljoçaj’s work is known for its darkness and MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) (‘This is my body’) [★★★] is no excep... Read more »

monumental will blow you away.  A visceral, immersive experience where repetitive moves mesmerize, and the tsunami-like post-rock soundscape is so loud ... Read more »

While considering itself the national centre of dance in Scotland, Dancebase is also known for its unusual – some might even say eccentric or eclectic ... Read more »

Dance Base is the place to be if you want to know what’s going on in the contemporary dance world. As ever, artistic director Morag Deyes’ extrao... Read more »

There’s a feelgood feeling to Falling in Love with Frida [★★★☆☆], a dance/storytelling/physical theatre performance with neon cacti, bright yellow... Read more »

As ever, Dance Base is the place to sample an eclectic mix of the best in contemporary dance and physical theatre, whether exquisite, thoughtful, funny or al... Read more »

Jo Fong’s An Invitation… (★★★☆☆) is a charming, playful enquiry into the choreographer’s art, with the feel of an open workshop as it invo... Read more »

M.I.S. – All Night Long Don Gnu [★★★★☆]This show is a sort of turbocharged Chuckle Brothers, mixed with Eric Sykes’ The Plank, circus, film deco... Read more »

Shake [★★☆☆☆] In Dan Jemmett’s reimagining of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare has been taken to the beach, and not a classy beach of white sand and tinglin... Read more »

Melting Pot with Gilles Peterson @ Sub Club, Fri 24 Mar He's often credited as one of the originators of acid jazz, so it’s no wonder DJ Gilles Peters... Read more »

Poetry in the Persian Tent is a series of daily events curated and MCed by Stephanie Green, poet and sometime Skinny theatre critic. Running for five days in... Read more »