In the 65th anniversary year of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Scottish Ballet presents vibrant new take on A Streetcar Named Desire, collaborating with theatre and film director Nancy Meckler and international choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa to create a powerful infusion of drama and dance. Read more …
Trying to leave a troubled past behind her, fading southern belle Blanche DuBois moves into her sister Stella’s New Orleans apartment. Stella’s brutish husband Stanley sees that Blanche is not what she appears to be, and sets out to destroy her...
None of this works without talent to drive the story along, and the skilled ensemble cast gave its all.
Gritty and at times shocking, whilst still maintaining the beauty and subtlety one expects from the ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire is a must-see for regular theatre goers and newcomers alike.
A personal triumph for Mutso, and a tremendous premiere of a blazing new work for Scottish Ballet.
The Streetcar has stopped in these parts many times before but rarely does beauty succeed brawn as sublimely as it does here.
This is (not least in its brilliant and horrifying portrayal of sexual violence) a new ballet of truly tragic proportions.
While the combination of naturalistic gesture and dance is hard to accommodate at first, the stylised ensembles reveal an assured integration of stagecraft and cinematic vision.
Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is such a great play, it would be very easy to mess it up royally. Scottish Ballet knows what it is doing in this adaptation, though, and it really, really works.
It must be admitted that there were some longeurs in the second Act, and even the first Act, performed to a hushed, rapt audience, needed some very minor tightening up; but no first night is free of imperfections. Without risk, there’s no reward; Page’s risk has paid off with a stunning addition to Scottish Ballet’s repertoire.
If only every piece Scottish Ballet produced could have the courage of its convictions that this show clearly has.
An incredibly dynamic, exhilarating and edgy production.
A Streetcar that comes without the hot, humid music of Tennessee Williams's language may sound like a lost cause. But in Scottish Ballet's new version, created by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and director Nancy Meckler, you barely miss the spoken word.
Scottish Ballet director Ashley Page has done everything right. A choreographer himself, he knows that ballet-making is about assembling the right team. And that's exactly what he's done, to triumphant effect.
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Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Wednesday April 11, 2012, until Saturday April 14, 2012. More info: www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Wednesday April 18, 2012, until Saturday April 21, 2012. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen from Wednesday May 2, 2012, until Saturday May 5, 2012. More info: www.hmtaberdeen.com
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness from Wednesday May 9, 2012, until Saturday May 12, 2012. More info: www.eden-court.co.uk