OPERA, MUSIC, THEATRE & THE ARTS | SCOTLAND
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When queer folks meet they tell their stories. When queer folks meet in a theatre, they tell their stories in public. Turan Ali’s award winning show format brings four people to an empty stage to share stories that are deep, profound and funny. Each tells one or two stories lasting 8 to 10 minutes and…
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Here’s my review of Scottish Opera’s latest production, as posted at Opera Britannia. The exclamation marks are obviously not my own and have been added by an editor. [Rating:3] Scottish Opera’s revival of Dominic Hill’s production of Verdi’s Macbeth is something of a mixed bag that is saved by several confident performances, most notably that…
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Scottish Opera is at the start of taking a bawdy romp around Scotland and Northern Ireland with an inventive, witty and utterly filthy Orpheus in the Underworld. This is an exemplary touring show – satirical, relevant, well sung and with plenty of naughtiness to torment Tain, disgust Dumfries or provoke outrage in Armagh. That it…
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The following review should appear on the Opera Britannia website in due course. [rating:3/5] Citizens Theatre 7 September 2010 Carmen has been pared to the bone to provide a workaday touring production that will tour the highways and byways of Scotland. Scottish Opera have for many years toured miniature productions to unlikely places. This production…