Reviews
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ReviewsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland
A treat. What better way to celebrate the festive season than this rambunctious, zany version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland written and directed ... Read more »| 05 Dec 2016 -
ReviewsRambert – Ghost Dances, Frames and Tomorrow
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 »| 26 Nov 2016 -
ReviewsA Brief History of Evil
We all tell lies. If not to others, then occasionally to ourselves. And while some of these lies are for our own good, some prove to be more sinister. A Comp... Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
ReviewsAkram Khan's Giselle
For his first full-length ballet, choreographer Akram Khan has found alchemy in his collaborators Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
ReviewsWish List @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is a necessary play about unnecessary pain. Read more »| 29 Sep 2016 -
ReviewsThe Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Has there ever been a play so celebrated in contemporary Scottish theatre as John McGrath’s The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil? The play, a... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016
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FestivalsLucy McCormick @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Triple Threat's 'shock' take on the Bible is just plain tiresome Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Post Brexit Feels
Brexit and the anti-European hysteria sweeping the UK are huge thematic concerns at this year’s Fringe, unsurprising for a Scottish festival that cause... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsInteriors @ The Lyceum
We’re fascinated by our fellow humans, says Interiors. We know this already, from Gogglebox, the Olympics, even, and our punishing obsession with a mor... Read more »| 17 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsSNAP @ Assembly Theatre
It's a brave magic show that actually puts a rabbit – albeit a plush one – in the same pair of hands as a hat. But 'contemporary mystery performa... Read more »| 17 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Diary of A Madman x 2
Nikolai Gogol’s literary classic is adapted in two very different shows for the Fringe but did either convince? Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Dance at Zoo Venues
We look through the Dance at Zoo Venues and find a pair of intriguing performances Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsNatalia Osipova & Guests @ Festival Theatre
An exciting triple bill of dramatic contrasts shows off ballet star Natalia Osipova to stunning effect as her classical training skills meld with contemporary dance Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
Festivalsmonumental @ Edinburgh Playhouse
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 »| 15 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsThe Glass Menagerie @ King's Theatre
A new version of a Tennessee Williams classic comes to the Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 15 Aug 2016