Reviews
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
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
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
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
2017 Dance Enterprise Ideas Summit, East London Dance, Stratford Circus
The Dance Enterprise Ideas Summit is an annual event offering artists, producers, venues and organisations from East London and beyond the opportunity to share and exchange enterprising ideas in dance. Continue Reading
English National Ballet — Pina Bausch / William Forsythe / Hans van Manen - Sadler's Wells
Above all it’s the attention to detail, precision that demands respect here. In a rush to put out new work so many companies appear under rehearsed but that cannot be said about this piece, indeed this whol… Continue Reading
Christopher Wheeldon - An American in Paris - Dominion Theatre
I think this American in Paris proves problematic. For a dance to fully express a narrative moment it needs time to unravel – but this disrupts the musical’s flow and makes for pauses and longueurs. … Continue Reading
