Barrowland Ballet return to Edinburgh’s The Studio theatre with their award-winning production, The Gift, returning by popular demand, as they say for good reason as the show has garnered widespread praise for its story acknowledging how cardboard boxes and wrapping can open\-up the imagination, and are not to be discarded – playfulness, creativity and imagination are the true gifts.

In a beautiful production celebrating the art of play and taking ordinary objects making them extraordinary and magical, even the disappointment of a toy that doesn’t work gives way to the best day ever, with the arrival of an imagined friend who can help transform the world around us, and igniting a playful inspiration in children and their families.

All images Andrew Perry.