Reviews
Review: Rosie Kay Dance Company: MK ULTRA - Trinity Laban Theatre
Rosie Kay’s weird language is well developed and her iconoclastic skills powerful. In the post-show talk led by Luke Jennings, Kay and Adam Curtis encouraged us to anticipate MK ULTRA as the wider picture o… Continue Reading
Review: Hong Kong Dance Company - Mulan - Southbank Centre
Witnessing a clear story telling prowess, I welcome the opportunity to see more of this collaboration that also asks the audience to think beyond classic European dance and dance theatre, to see the nurturing mix… Continue Reading
Review: Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young - Betroffenheit - Sadler’s Wells
Betroffenheit is a masterpiece. Theatre, dance, spoken word, song, set design (by Jay Gower Taylor), soundscape (by Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe), costumes (by Nancy Bryant), lighting (by Tom Visse… Continue Reading
Review: New Adventures — Matthew Bourne’s Early Adventures - Sadler's Wells
Droll, daft and delightful, as pat and fun as triplet alliteration, Early Adventures provides the guffaws we so need, and is a cheering example of work from a choreographer understandably beloved. Continue Reading
Review: Wild Card - Dan Daw
Technically, it’s a brilliant performance as she funnels her body from broad strapping body builder into a narrow slithering Medusa. Her physical change is so swift, there’s barely time to register ju… Continue Reading
Review: 42nd Street Musical - Theatre Royal Drury Lane
There’s nothing subtle about 42nd Street – this is musical theatre on the grandest of scales, putting the “ooh-ah” into spectacular. Mark Bramble’s adaptation of the 1933 hit film, c… Continue Reading
Review: THE ROYAL BALLET - JEWELS
Created in response to his visit to the Fifth Avenue jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels, the Russian-American choreographer’s plotless ballet presents three distinctive works, each representing a jewel motif;… Continue Reading
