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Cirque du Ciel ShangHi – Princess Theatre, Torquay

Producer: Stephen Leatherland Director: Zhang Wan Reviewer: Marina Spark The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ The Princess Theatre, Torquay plays host to the breathtakingly stunning Chinese acrobatics extravaganza Cirque du Ciel ShangHi. The show already has a sizeable and well deserved following, so there is a buzz of excitement and anticipation for the death defying feats of acrobatics that [...]

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Rambert Dance Company: Seven for a Secret – Theatre Royal, Brighton

Artistic Director: Mark Baldwin Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ The Rambert Dance Company is a national company for contemporary dance. It was founded by Marie Rambert in 1926 and the company has sustained it’s recognition for pioneering choreography and developing dancers as artists for the past 85 years. There were 3 individual dances, with a short [...]

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Cirque Du Ciel, Shanghi – St. George’s Hall, Bradford

Director: Zhang Wan Reviewer: Audrey Pointer The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ Producer Stephen Leatherland was inspired to create Cirque Du Ciel after seeing Cirque Du Soleil in London and Las Vegas. The re-imagining of traditional circus forms combining acrobatics, modern dance, martial arts and other Chinese elements, has been a feature of recent years, proving that there is still [...]

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Cinderella – Liverpool Empire

Music: Prokofiev Director/ Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Reviewer: Stephanie Rowe The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ Unlike the traditional Fairy Tale Matthew Bourne’s imaginative and inspirational production of Cinderella set in war torn London during the Blitz is a far cry from the sentimental drivel we were all fed as children. The show starts with a Pathe newsreel leading into Act [...]

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