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Director & Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Music: Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky Reviewer: Robin King The Public Reviews Rating:   This show is undeniably spectacular on every level. Matthew Bourne demonstrates his unquestionable talent to take a traditional classic and turn it on its head to reveal a unique and arresting performance that leaves you both spellbound and speechless. The familiar storyline [...]

Artistic Director/Choreographer: David Nixon Music: Saint-Säens, Bizet, Debussy, Poulenc and Glazunov Reviewer: Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: This brand new production of Northern Ballet’s Beauty and the Beast premiered last year to widespread critical acclaim and great success. As the director and choreographer, David Nixon, has said: “This is not an adaptation of the Disney version of [...]

Music: Jonathan Taylor, Ros Stephen & Julian Rowlands Director: Karen Bruce Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: Should you wish to see superbly preformed dance then look no further than Midnight Tango. Sumptuous sexual tango performed alongside wonderful musicians in Tango Siempre results in a highly entertaining and visually stunning evening that delights the audience for the [...]

Performers: Priestley College Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating:   Priestley College have put together an evening of movement based performances looking at various genres of theatre, including contemporary dance and physical theatre. Set in a rather dingy French café with background music of the mid-20th century including Edith Piaf, each individual performance is designed to tell [...]

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Director and Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Designer: Anthony Ward Reviewer: David Aldridge The Public Reviews Rating: Once one realises that there is no eponymous nutcracker to be seen in Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker, one’s appreciation of the re-imagined story can begin. Enjoying the piece in April, I was happy to see the Christmas imagery much reduced. [...]

Director: Christopher Wheeldon, Liam Scarlett, Wayne McGregor Reviewer: Chantal Guevara The Public Reviews Rating: The internet has been abuzz over the past weeks, if not months, about the Royal Ballet’s latest triple bill with not one but two world premieres from its hottest talents, Wayne McGregor and Liam Scarlett. While the press has been awash with articles about [...]

Director: Boris Eifman Reviewer Chantal Guevara The Public Reviews Rating: There’s an ongoing debate about the relevance of programme notes while watching dance. Some feel that you should be able to follow the piece simply from watching it, or create your own interpretation. Eifman Ballet’s Anna Karenina is an example of programme notes being essential to understanding the [...]

Director: Boris Eifman Reviewer Chantal Guevara The Public Reviews Rating: Whatever I expected of Eifman Ballet’s Onegin, it certainly didn’t include snorts of laughter from the people around me for most of the show, and muffled laughter from elsewhere in the auditorium. Yet once you accept that your neighbours won’t let you take the show seriously, you realise [...]