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Directors: Jessica Latowicki and Dan Canham. Reviewer: Jack Trott The Public Reviews Rating:   Handed popcorn as you walk into the intimate theatre space and greeted by Jessica Latowicki with a warm smile, standing atop a podium, the audience is engaged from the very outset of We Hope That You Are Happy . The seating set too close [...]

Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Natalia Ryshenko & Viktor Smirnov-Golovanov The Public Reviews Rating: Moscow City Ballet (MCB) must be one of the hardest working ballet troupes in the world. From January 3rd to end of March they will have done nearly 70 shows throughout the UK; varying performances between The Nutcracker, Giselle, Swan Lake and, tonight’s show, Romeo [...]

Music: Tchaikovsky Director/Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Many have tackled Tchaikovsky’s ballet standard, but not many have managed to bring such a level of originality and vision to the piece as Matthew Bourne has done here. Originally produced over 20 years ago, Nutcracker! has an almost filmic quality to it, one that leaves [...]

Creator & Director: Michael Flatley Reviewer: Robin King The Public Reviews Rating:   I can only imagine there were a number of additional toe-tappings at the Bristol Hippodrome as the talented cast of The Lord of the Dance worked their magic over the audience. Their mesmeric performance led us on a mystical journey through Irish folklore in a [...]

Composer: Tchaikovsky Original Choreography: Petipa Adapted Choreography: Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: What an embarrassment of riches to have so many first class classical dancers on hand that they are not identified in a cast list. There was no way to know who was dancing Clara, Drosselmeyer, the Nutcracker Prince or the Sugar [...]

Music: Rafael Lloyd Iglesias Reviewer: Ali Lantukh The Public Reviews Rating: One of my favourite memories of all time took place in Spain one summer, listening to two flamenco guitarists in the cloisters of an old monastery, the glow of the early evening setting, with the smell of oranges wafting through the still air from the gardens. Sheer [...]

Writer: Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II Director: Paul Kerryson Reviewer: Vicki Goodwin The Public Reviews Rating: The King and I will be a familiar story to many theatre goers. After several iconic stage and screen performances, everyone has their view as to what will comprise the perfect production. Happily, Paul Kerryson’s adaptation of Rogers and Hammerstein’s [...]

Music: Prokofiev Choreographer: Victor Smirnov Golovanog Reviewer : Steve Turner The Public Reviews Rating: Prokofiev’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic tale of the doomed lovers is brought spectacularly to life in this production by the Moscow City Ballet. Originally rejected by both the Kirov and the Bolshoi before its premiere in 1938 this notoriously difficult ballet seems to have [...]