Swan Lake Review: BRB’s Dark Magic Returns to Sadler’s Wells

Swan Lake Review: BRB’s Dark Magic Returns to Sadler’s Wells

Guest Contributor Nov 2, 2026 4 min read

Darker and moodier than an emo teen’s bedroom, Peter Wright’s Swan Lake opens not with a birthday party but with a coffin. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production, which Wright made with…

Review: Duck Pond by Circa – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Duck Pond by Circa – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

cathcoutts Nov 2, 2026 8 min read

Duck Pond brings together Swan Lake and The Ugly Duckling in a gloriously inventive circus mash-up. Created by director Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble, the contemporary circus company from…

Thrice review: A striking ritual that keeps its secrets

Thrice review: A striking ritual that keeps its secrets

Will Quinn Oct 26, 2026 5 min read

When the tyrant finally falls in Macbeth, Shakespeare wraps things up with haste—a brisk coronation speech, a redistribution of titles, and straight to the pub. Thrice, co-directed by Al Seed…

EdFringe Review: Salome – Oscar Wilde’s Tragedy Lost to Fringe Abstraction

EdFringe Review: Salome – Oscar Wilde’s Tragedy Lost to Fringe Abstraction

Guest Contributor Oct 1, 2026 4 min read

Condensing Oscar Wilde’s febrile tragedy Salome into a thirty-minute solo sprint is an ambitious gambit. Staged by international collective Changing Perspectives, this physical theatre adaptation tasks performer Naz Yeni with…

Review: Lullaby – King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Lullaby – King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

Will Quinn Sep 28, 2026 6 min read

It’s a long time between 2003, when Lullaby first took to the stage, and 2026, when it becomes the first professional dance production to grace the newly flattened King’s Theatre…