Reviews
Velvet Petal
A cool contemporary performance that loses itself in trying to make a statement.
Tesseract
Charles Atlas’s attempt to enter the fourth dimension falls short of expectations.
Salt
A promising debut performance where the realities of domestic violence are told through the mundanity of everyday objects.
Nino
A work in progress that looks at poverty through the means of physical theatre.
Extremely Pedestrian Chorales
The Manipulate festival kicks off with a jittery and very quirky dance piece.
Archerfield Christmas Fairy Trail
Immersive fairy world with impressive production values, if only there were more of that and less of the upselling.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Fab-u-lous! Brilliant comic timing and faultless technique from drag ballet troupe
A Disappearing Act
A bewildering display of artifice focusing on the thin line between laughter and grief.
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
As innovative and mesmerising as it was first time around.
Ellie Dubois: No Show
A lack of structure and plot let down this powerful set of female circus performers.
Richard Alston Dance Company
Richard Alston celebrates 50 years of choreography with a three part evolution of his work.
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
World class entertainment deserving of anyone’s bucket list
Chase Scenes
Ming Hon cuts to the chase with this multimedia collection of shorts.
Arr We There Yet?
A warmhearted mix of circus skills and pantomime in this swashbuckling adventure for children.
