2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (93+ words) Lesbian ballets are a rarity. Gentleman Jack is a major turning point in queer drama. It tells a true story of a rich woman, who lived in Yorkshire in the early nineteenth century....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (281+ words) Kinky boots are women's shoes in men's sizes for transgender people. This multi-award-winning musical very loudly and unapologetically celebrates gay culture and drag, full of respect and acceptance, championing equality and friendship. A family shoe factory in Northampton is facing…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (264+ words) Akram Khan's Giselle, which premiered in 2016 and has been seen all over the world, is poles apart from the classic Giselle balletgoers know from Mary Skeaping's much-loved production. Khan's version is not pretty; it is totally dark and brutally violent....

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (287+ words) Carlos Acosta, artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, aims to get new audiences with a fusion of classical ballet and heavy metal music. Two incompatible worlds collide. The production celebrates the legacy of Black Sabbath, who pioneered a new style…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (445+ words) There have been many versions of Cinderella over the centuries, going right back to Strabo in the first century AD and coming right up to Andrew Lloyd Webber in the present day. Gioachino Rossini's bubbling, sparkling opera, written when he…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (272+ words) In 1973 Pete Townshend wrote a multiple million selling double album, the most iconic rock opera album of its day. It went on to be a cult film with Phil Daniels and Sting. 50 years on, it's now a ballet and as…...