Festival theatre, EdinburghMary births a balloon and Elizabeth I towers on stilts in Sophie Laplane and James Bonas's production about the queens' distant relationship The second half of this show is much better than the first. It's often the way in (loosely) narrative ballet. There's all the scene-setting and character introductions before you can get to the guts of it " the relationships, the tension, the betrayal.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03AM on August 17, 2025