
Kelly Apter
Contributing Arts Journalist at The Scotsman
Arts Journalist at Freelance
Contributing Arts Journalist at The List (magazine)
Freelance arts journalist for The Scotsman and The List. Editor at Creative Lives. All views my own.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Kelly Apter
With a talented cast, arresting design and a phenomenal score, this show captures what it was like to be young at an important cultural moment, writes Kelly ApterQuadrophenia: A Mod Ballet, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh ★★★★When something iconic starts life in one genre and evolves into another, it always comes with challenges.
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1 month ago |
scotsman.com | Kelly Apter
Ballet Black: Shadows, Edinburgh Festival Theatre ★★★★Unlike a meal, where the various courses complement each other, a dance programme often has to cater to all palates. Ballet Black’s Shadows tour does an especially good job of that, made all the more enjoyable by the current crop of dancers who each have talent dripping from every toe. If you like your dance served on the abstract side, leaving room for interpretation, Chanel DaSilva’s A Shadow Work is ripe for exploration.
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1 month ago |
scotsman.com | Kelly Apter
Turning The Who’s iconic album into a stage show has required a complex marriage of dance and theatre, director Rob Ashford tells Kelly ApterPitched battles on Brighton seafront, amorous exchanges in alleyways and fleets of motorcycles and scooters hurtling along the streets.
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2 months ago |
msn.com | Kelly Apter
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2 months ago |
scotsman.com | Kelly Apter
Choregraphy and score work in perfect tandem to evoke the hysteria and hatred engulfing Salem in Scottish Ballet’s revival of The Crucible, writes Kelly ApterScottish Ballet: The Crucible, His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen ★★★★We can scarcely imagine the fear, confusion and ultimately violence that swept through Salem, Massachusetts during the 17th century witch trials.
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