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Scottish Ballet's Nutcracker: brimming with Christmas magic

By Kathy Elgin, 06 December 2024

In the third revival since 2014, Peter Darrell's 1973 Nutcracker still has all the right ingredients to send the audience home feeling joyous.

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Glasgow

12 Dec 2024

Scottish Ballet's Nutcracker: brimming with Christmas magic

By Kathy Elgin

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London

Scottish Ballet's A Streetcar Named Desire: sensual, sizzling, tragic

By Deborah Weiss, 16 May 2024

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet fires on all cylinders. Compelling drama and outstanding dancing make this a must-see.

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London

17 May 2024

Scottish Ballet's A Streetcar Named Desire: sensual but tragic

By Deborah Weiss

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Glasgow

Scottish Ballet's Cinders! confirms Hampson is a savvy theatre-maker

By Kathy Elgin, 13 December 2023

Christopher Hampson's reinvented version of his own original Cinderella, Cinders!, is a triumph of theatre, whether the central character is danced by a man or a woman.

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Glasgow

09 Jan 2024

Scottish Ballet's Cinders! confirms Hampson is a savvy theatre-maker

By Kathy Elgin

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London

Scottish Ballet's Coppélia: live filming adds an extra dimension

By Graham Watts, 03 March 2023

The integration of an onstage camera shooting live action film is not new, but Jess and Morgs are perfecting the art of adding this extra dimension to live performance.

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London

05 Mar 2023

Scottish Ballet's Coppélia: live filming adds an extra dimension

By Graham Watts

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London

Balletic alchemy in Scottish Ballet's The Crucible

By Graham Watts, 14 June 2022

Helen Pickett's slick and revealing adaptation of Arthur Miller's play receives its London premiere at Sadler's Wells.

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London

17 Jun 2022

Balletic alchemy in Scottish Ballet's The Crucible

By Graham Watts

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Glasgow

Reconfigured MacMillan a triumph for Scottish Ballet's The Scandal at Mayerling

By Graham Watts, 13 April 2022

Sir Kenneth MacMillan's masterpiece is reimagined on a smaller scale, distilling the ballet into the essence of the personal relationships that led to the tragic events at Mayerling.

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Glasgow

14 Apr 2022

The Scandal at Mayerling a triumph for Scottish Ballet

By Graham Watts

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Glasgow

“Starstruck” Scottish Ballet brings Gene Kelly's Pas de Dieux back to the stage

By Graham Watts, 24 September 2021

Gene Kelly's only ballet has been revived by Christopher Hampson, with an excellent twist.

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Glasgow

27 Sep 2021

“Starstruck” Scottish Ballet brings back Gene Kelly ballet back

By Graham Watts

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The Secret Theatre: icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Christmas show

By Graham Watts, 21 December 2020

Jess and Morgs continue to break the mould of tired dance films by directing their first full-length feature, which offers much more than just a different way of presenting dance.

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22 Dec 2020

Icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Secret Theatre

By Graham Watts

Edinburgh

Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen leaves Edinburgh feeling festive

By Kirsty Morgan, 12 December 2019

Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre retells the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale while maintaining the wintry wonder that makes the story so beloved.

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Edinburgh

15 Dec 2019

Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen leaves Edinburgh feeling festive

By Kirsty Morgan