The 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: looking back, looking forward
Some great shows, but visitors down. The soaring cost of accommodation, which has long been a problem but it is starting to get acute
Edinburgh International Festival
Easy going, divine dance: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in An Untitled Love
Abraham invites the audience into the most laid-back of house parties. It’s warm and cosy with hints of romance.
Sumptuous: Samsara by Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan
It’s remarkable how seamlessly music, dance and rhythms align. The chemistry between the two dancers is incredible.
Shape-shifting with a mind of its own: James Thierrée’s Room
When mime, movement and music come together, the results are wonderfully, but the spoken word does sometimes take away from the visuals
Scottish Ballet’s Coppélia for modern times
Jess and Morgs’ Coppélia takes a big step away from the usual versions. It’s certainly different and it’s certainly relevant
Rooted in tradition but a Coppélia of today
Christopher Hampson talks about Scottish Ballet’s new Coppélia by Jess and Morgs that premieres at the Edinburgh International Festival
My Light Shines On: An Evening with Scottish Ballet
Six works including a new ensemble piece from Nicholas Shoesmith
A quiet summer ahead: reflections on the prospect of a festival-free August in Edinburgh
Right now, it feels sore.
Edinburgh’s August Festivals Will Not Take Place in 2020
International Festival and Fringe will not take place in 2020
A daring Eastern vision of death and rebirth: Yang Liping’s Rite of Spring
The might of destruction and the light in regeneration
A searing evocation of the city: Oona Doherty’s Hard to be Soft: A Belfast Prayer
A cathartic and intense journey