REVIEW: Giselle
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis production is a masterclass in ensemble work, staging, dynamics, dance, design and audience engagement through rhythm and pacing
Category Dance
REVIEW: Varna International Ballet – The Nutcracker
Reading Time: 2 minutesFounded in 1947, the critically acclaimed Varna International Ballet returns to the UK following a breathtaking debut tour. Renowned for its award-winning soloists and magnificent corps de ballet, the company has been delighting audiences for decades at home and abroad with its performances of the highest quality.
REVIEW: Nutcracker
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis festive season, step into a world where anything is possible. Join Clara on a fantastical adventure as English National Ballet’s Nutcracker bursts to life with over 100 dancers and musicians.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Bayley Webster
Reading Time: 3 minutesBayley joined Varna State Ballet in 2023 where he’s danced Prince Sigfried in Swan Lake, and performed in Nutcracker and Cinderella. He has toured with the company in Mexico, France, Italy and Bulgaria.
REVIEW: The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutesColourful, magical and heart-warming, The Snowman continues to charm new generations Presented by Birmingham Repertory at the Peacock Theatre, this stage adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ book The Snowman (and the beloved 1982 animated film it inspired) remains what it has long…
REVIEW: The Snow Queen
Reading Time: 4 minutesI have and always will have a deep love and admiration for fantasy. Dress it up in music and dance and I’m there with bells and whistles and there is no mistake, this company have captured that fantastical element beautifully.
REVIEW: Ballet Black Shadows
Reading Time: 2 minutesBallet Black: SHADOWS is a production split cleanly down the middle - two halves, two sharply contrasting moods. It’s an evening that begins tentatively and ends in gleeful, macabre triumph.
REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
Reading Time: 2 minutesA timeless fairytale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has captivated audiences and inspired generations of dancers
REVIEW: The Nutcracker at the Birmingham Hippodrome
Reading Time: 2 minutesBirmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker is pure festive joy: captivating, magical, and timeless There are some festive traditions that feel almost synonymous with the season, and The Nutcracker is undoubtedly one of them. Yet despite its iconic status, this was…
REVIEW: Marking Time
Reading Time: 3 minutesMarking Time delivers three fiercely distinct visions of how sound and movement bend, stretch, and disrupt our sense of time. Earlier this year, I saw Outlander at Kings Place and was fascinated by the musical chemistry between…