Scottish Ballet returns with a Christmas cracker

By Rosie Morton | November 27, 2023

SCOTTISH Ballet is set to return this Christmas with Cinders! and will take to the stage in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Newcastle. The ballet company hopes to surprise and delight audiences with their playful take on the classic Cinderella story. This year, the production features a new name, glittering art nouveau designs, and a twist…

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Scotland’s most remote nightclub to open in Ullapool

By Ellie Forbes | October 17, 2023

Scotland’s most remote nightclub is set to open in Ullapool. The new community-centric club night series, baile/baile, will take place at The Ceilidh Place Venue, a 100-capacity music venue in the heart of the village. The first club night in the series takes place on 4 November. Set up by Ullapool local, 27-year-old Sigi Whittle,…

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STORIES: THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO 2023

By Rosie Morton | August 28, 2023

As the curtain closes on another successful Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Rosie Morton reflects on this year’s Show. THE skirl of the Lone Piper reverberated around the Esplanade, taking 2023’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to a poignant close.  The haunting drone echoed through the 8,800-strong audience and beyond. All eyes gazed up at the piper’s…

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Highland Echoes: Scottish heritage celebrated in America

By Ellie Forbes | August 28, 2023

Scotland’s history and heritage has been celebrated in America through music and dance production Highland Echoes. The two-hour show took place at the Appalachian Theatre in Boone, North Carolina, in July, and tried to capture the “essence of Scotland” through dance and music.  The music of Highland Echoes tells a tale that stretches across continents,…

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Festival Review: Phaedra/Minotaur

By Peter Ranscombe | August 25, 2023

Madeleine Sutton reviews Phaedra/Minotaur at the Edinburgh International Festival. IN THIS production of Phaedra/Minotaur – which pairs Benjamin Britten’s final poignant cantata Phaedra, with the moving new dance piece Minotaur – opera and theatre director Deborah Warner and choreographer Kim Brandstrup take us through themes of passion, female desire, and devastation. Phaedra, based on Robert…

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Fringe Review: Il Wol Dang

By meganamato | August 22, 2023

Megan Amato reviews Il Wol Dang at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. BEFORE interviewing Il Wol Dang, I had been intrigued by their beautifully simplistic poster with their slogan “Come and Take a Dreamy Nap”. Further research led me to their Spotify account with a setlist that combines traditional Korean and western instruments in a captivating…

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International Festival Review: The Rite of Spring

By meganamato | August 22, 2023

Megan Amato reviews The Rite of Spring at the Edinburgh International Festival. PINA BAUSCH’S The Rite of Spring returned to Edinburgh on 17 August with pan-African dance company École des Sable, The Pina Bausch Foundation and Sadler’s Wells. Composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1913, Bausch transformed the pagan Russian performance into the stark battle between…

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Fringe Review: Taiwan Season – Duo

By meganamato | August 22, 2023

Megan Amato reviews Duo from the Taiwan Season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. SOME dance productions are so emotionally charged and physically exacting that they move your heart in a way that makes you feel incredibly lonely despite your relationship status. This is one of said productions. Taiwan Season’s Duo is just as it states…

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Glenmorangie extends its partnership with Connect Festival

By Morag Bootland | August 16, 2023

Glenmorangie is extending its technicolour partnership for a second year with Connect; the music festival taking place at The Royal Highland Showground, Edinburgh between Friday 25 and Sunday 27 August, 2023. Inviting festival goers to enjoy the wondrous world of Glenmorangie, and celebrate the mixability of X by Glenmorangie, music will meet mixology in Glenmorangie’s…

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