Reading Time: 3 minutesScottish Opera answers the riddle of Turandot with a triumphant production All great literature is one of two stories: a man goes on a journey, or a stranger rides into town. A quote commonly attributed to John…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA darkly delightful double bill of dance
Reading Time: 3 minutesA raw portrayal of working-class USA that has only continued to grow in relevance as the world falls apart around us In 2016, Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States. In a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNamed after the artwork, The Great Wave is an opera about its creator, Katsushika Hokusai.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne might call this production the poetry of motion, but it is a great deal more – it is one’s religion practiced in rarefied atmosphere How does one go about adapting a critically acclaimed piece of art,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is there to say about Beauty and the Beast that has not been said before? A classic fairy tale that everyone from Disney-film-watching-age up knows the story beats to, it takes a brave artistic team with drive and a vision to retell it in a refreshing way to justify the new direction, and to also retell it in a way that’s close enough to the original to stay faithful to the themes of transformation, love, and redemption.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst performed in Galway in 2016, Enda Walsh’s three-act play is a mishmash that collides traditional theatre with dance theatre to tell the story of Isla.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn opera about artists – and a production that fails to take artistic risks First performed in 1896, La bohème is one of the most enduring operas ever – it is one of the most performed titles,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesMan’s Best Friend does not shy away from the pandemic. It is, in fact, a show borne out of, and framed by, the pandemic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe performance was equal parts virtuosic and moving.