Podcast » Thea Musgrave
In 1969, Peter Darrell choreographed Beauty and the Beast for Scottish Theatre Ballet. In this podcast Thea Musgrave discusses with Stephen Johnson the challenges and idiosyncrasies she found when...
companies » Scottish Theatre Ballet
In The Prisoners, Peter Darrell’s work for Western Theatre Ballet in 1957, two convicts escape from prison, one to his death, and the other to a life of enslavement to his friend’s wife. The...
Timeline Event » 1969 – Scottish Theatre Ballet (later Scottish Ballet) established
In 1969, Peter Darrell accepted an invitation to relocate the company he opened with Elizabeth West – Western Theatre Ballet – to Glasgow, becoming Scottish Theatre Ballet. This marked...
Timeline Event » 1972 – Premiere of Peter Darrell’s The Tales of Hoffmann by Scottish Theatre Ballet
Peter Darrell’s The Tales of Hoffmann, created for Scottish Theatre Ballet at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1972, used music arranged by John Lanchbery from the opera by Jacques Offenbach to...
Timeline Event » 1973 – Premiere of Jack Carter’s Three Dances to Japanese Music by Scottish Theatre Ballet
Three Dances to Japanese Music. Three Dances to Japanese Music is a ballet originally choreographed by Jack Carter for Scottish Ballet after he had spent some time working in Japan. It consists of...
In 1973, Scottish Theatre Ballet presented a new production of The Nutcracker. Using Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s score, Darrell created largely new choreography, but retained the original dances by...