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Leila Wright (dancer) and Dominic Stokes (violin) in 'String Theory' at Ballet Nights 008 at Cadogan Hall. Photo by Deborah Jaffe.

‘Ballet Nights 008’: Enchanted by music and dance

Cadogan Hall, London.5 June 2025. Cadogan Hall is an atmospheric building, transformed from a science church which opened in 1907, to a...

Catherine Chalk, Imogen Elliott, Jade Kennedy and Grace Molony in 'Little Women'. Photo by Nobby Clark.

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‘Little Women’ at Richmond Theatre: Movement as clear as the dialogue

Richmond Theatre, London.4 June 2025. Little Women was presented by Lee Dean and Daniel Schumann, in association with Pitlochry Festival Theatre, The...

Bleuenn Battistoni and Guillaume Diop in Paris Opera Ballet's 'The Sleeping Beauty'. Photo by Agathe Poupeney.

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Paris Opera Ballet’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’: A satisfying ‘happily ever after’

Cinema Screening from Opéra National Bastille.28 May 2025. The Sleeping Beauty by the Paris Opera Ballet opens with the prologue – the...

Rob Fowler as Falco and Sharon Sexton as Sloane in 'Bat Out of Hell'. Photo by Chris Davis Studio.

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‘Bat Out of Hell’: Loud, edgy and so much fun

Peacock Theatre, London.22 May 2025. Bat Out of Hell: The Musical is the kind of production that makes you realise how much...

Ballet BC in Johan Inger's 'PASSING'. Photo by Luis Luque.

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Ballet BC in Pite/Inger double bill of visual creations

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.21 May 2025. Dance Consortium presented Ballet BC in a Crystal Pite/Johan Inger double bill. It was a fabulous...

Northern Ballet's Dominique Larose and Joseph Taylor in Cathy Marston's 'Jane Eyre'. Photo by Emily Nuttall.

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Northern Ballet shines in Cathy Marston’s ‘Jane Eyre’

Sadler’s Wells, London.15 May 2025. Northern Ballet’s production of Jane Eyre by Cathy Marston was sensational. Action and detail filled every corner...

Andrea Riolo and Ixan Llorca Ferrer. Photo by Tristam Kenton.

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BRB2 in Carlos Acosta’s Ballet Celebration: Diving into Diaghilev’s repertoire

Sadler’s Wells East, London.10 May 2025. It is with excitement that I head to Sadler’s Wells East this evening (although it is...

Michael Maloney (Poirot), Simon Cotton (Samuel Ratchett) and Christine Kavanagh (Helen Hubbard) in 'Murder on the Orient Express'.

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Striking storytelling: Fiery Angel in Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

Theatre Royal Brighton, East Sussex.24 April 2025. I had never seen the film or read the book prior to watching today’s murder...

English National Ballet dancers performing William Forsythe's 'Herman Schmerman'. Photography by ASH.

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English National Ballet brings dance to the party with ‘The Forsythe Programme’

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.10 April 2025. You’d have been sorry to have missed this. The curtain opened on Act 1 of English...

201 Dance Company in 'Sad Book.' Photo by Josh Brady.

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‘I’m sad but pretending I’m happy’: 201 Dance Company in ‘Sad Book’

Hackney Empire, London.2 April 2025. Following the world premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 201 Dance Company has been touring UK theatres this...