4+ hour, 44+ min ago  (378+ words) Ballet Black at 25 is a double-bill which celebrates the anniversary of the company with a new, abstract piece and an established, narrative based, dance. Aspects of the dance are obscure; a dancer tries to impress his girlfriend with his skills…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (760+ words) Director and Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Orchestrator: Terry Davies Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes, his ballet adaptation of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1948 British classic, first premiered nearly ten years ago, yet it still feels astonishingly alive as it comes to…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (520+ words) Pina Bausch / Meryl Tankard: Kontakthof " Echoes of "78 " Sadler"s Wells, London'The Reviews Hub Pina Bausch / Meryl Tankard: Kontakthof " Echoes of "78 " Sadler"s Wells, London Choreographer and Director: Meryl Tankard The first performance of Pina Bausch"s Kontakthof was in 1978. Now,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (240+ words) Yasmina Reza's 1994 comedy of manners, Art, established the writer's signature style: mostly unlikable characters whose veneer of middle-class civility rapidly spirals into domestic chaos, leaving a more-or-less cathartic landscape of emotional wreckage in its wake. The play saw a high-profile…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (91+ words) Artistic Director: Federico Bonelli Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Northern Ballet's world premiere of Gentleman Jack is an engaging, quirky and beautiful ballet that comfortably lands as the story of Anne Lister " the bold Yorkshire landowner and diarist who lived unapologetically…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (602+ words) The Reviews Hub Scottish Ballet: Mary, Queen of Scots " Sadler's Wells, London. Composers: Mikael Karlsson and Michael. P. Atkinson It might be useful to brush up on Tudor dynastic politics before attending this performance by Scottish Ballet in order to recognise…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (172+ words) Music: Ludwig Minkus, Hans Vercauteren Writer: Miguel De Cervantes While it might not be one you're familiar with, if you're looking for a classic ballet, Don Quixote turns out to be one that will absolutely deliver. There are vast ensemble…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (667+ words) Writer: August Strindberg Adapter and Director: Richard Eyre In a new adaptation written and directed by Richard Eyre, Strindberg's classic play about isolation, marital strife and existential discontent becomes almost a screwball comedy that leans into some of the works…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (251+ words) Story: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson Matthew Bourne has taken Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1948, Technicolor masterpiece of British cinema, The Red Shoes and turned it into'not only a fully fledged…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (176+ words) Susan Hill's The Woman in Black has had an enviable life, originally a 1983 Gothic novella, followed four years later by a stage play, a BBC TV movie adaptation in 1989, then a 2012 film starring Daniel Radcliffe. Central to the production's success,…...