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Dracula Festival Theatre Edinburgh 12th June      
Dracula as a ballet may be choreographed and designed to appeal to contemporary audiences, but its dance is firmly rooted in classical technique and it is also a fine homage to classics such as "Swan  Lake", "Sleeping Beauty",  and many more. 
*****
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Sweat Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh 2nd June      
​SWEAT is one of those rare works that I could just go right back into the theatre and watch again, and I know that next time watching it, there would be so many little extra details coming out of this script and these performances that I had missed first time around.
*****
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Scottish Opera The Marriage of Figaro Festival Theatre Edinburgh 29th May    
From the moment that the curtain rises, it is obvious that this is a production has had a lot of time and care put into the stage sets.  Lighting, costumes and choreography are impressive and draw you into this world of bright colours and textures. This is Figaro's world, and it captures the lively fun of the music and libretto perfectly.
*****
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2:22 A Ghost Story Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh 26th May     
This very well designed single room set by Anna Fleischle follows a basic rule of theatre - keep everything in one room if possible - and it works well here as 2.22 also has good dramatic theatre at its core with a narrative that has more layers to the relationships between the four characters on stage than just a simple horror story format.
​****
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Stand & Deliver Traverse Theatre Edinburgh 19th May  ​
​One person on-stage who does not play in this band is Jo Freer, who plays the part of Helen Monaghan. In this role, Jo is at times both narrator of the events of 1981, but also someone looking back upon them from the perspective of memories in 2026, and this works surprisingly well. Looking back from 2026 also has a more than a few poignant moments, particularly when it is time to tell us all in the audience what happened to some of the people on stage
****
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