Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella returns for its 30th anniversary with an almost entirely new cast
New Adventures names the cast for its 30th-anniversary UK tour of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella, with an almost entirely new line-up of principals
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Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man – as good as it gets
Graham Watts sees the return of The Car Man to London – great ensemble choreography; tremendous individual performances; fantastic sets, and never a dull moment!
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The best dozen dance shows of 2025 – a legacy of memories from Graham Watts’ year in dance
Dance writer Graham Watts looks back at a year of dance and chooses 12 performances from the 157 he saw during 2025.
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Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes – distinct, visually arresting and magical
Matthew Paluch sees Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures The Red Shoes – Lez Brotherston’s sets and costumes are a wonder, the dancers are gifted, it won’t disappoint.
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Review: US premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Carmen opens The Joffrey Ballet’s 70th anniversary season in Chicago amid a myriad of milestones
Scott C Morgan sees the US premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Carmen with the Joffrey Ballet – an impressive story ballet adaptation.
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As queer male representation in ballet soars, queer female representation stays firmly on the ground
As the dance work based on Isherwood’s gay novel A Single Man comes to London’s Royal Opera House, Lily Hyde laments the lack of female queerness in ballet.
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Review: Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet – elevated by a brilliant creative team
Matthew Paluch sees Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet – spot-on costume design, ingenious set, and choreographer Paul Roberts is a master of all trades.
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Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell – the masterful storyteller returns
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees New Adventures in The Midnight Bell with Matthew Bourne exploring different kinds of love through “intricately beautiful choreography”.
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Matthew Ball to join the cast of Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet
In four weeks, Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet, opens in Plymouth and will tour the UK, including three weeks at London’s Sadler’s Wells theatre.
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The 25th National Dance Awards nominations announced
The Dance Section of the UK Critics’ Circle announces the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA25).
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Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet, tours UK from May
Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia: first an album for The Who, then a film, and now a ballet. It reaches Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London on 24 June.
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12 of the best in 2024 – fascinating memories from my year in dance
Graham Watts looks back at a year in dance and the 135 performances he saw in 2024. He picks out a dozen of the best.
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Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures announces the return of Doorstep Duets
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures announces the return of Doorstep Duets, touring to communities across the UK from 13 August to 10 September 2024.
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Sadler’s Wells in London has announced seven new Associate Artists
Sadler’s Wells has announced seven new Associate Artists who represent a wide range of dance styles and are among the most exciting talents working in dance today.
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London Dance 2023 – Matthew Paluch looks back on a year of dance in the capital
“Here’s another the-dance-world-according-to-one-person review of 2023 – because there aren’t enough of those, right?” – says Matthew Paluch
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[Review] Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands – seasonal magic without getting tangled in the tinsel
Lydia Wharf sees the opening of Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands in London, delighted to have some seasonal magic without getting tangled in the tinsel.
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[Review] Drew McOnie’s Nutcracker in London – the right amount of honesty and camp irreverence
The first London Nutcracker of 2023 is “an evening of total fun” – a new take with a young boy and his Action Man Christmas present.
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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – Cameron Mackintosh releases 5,000 best seats at £25
5,000 tickets have been made available at just £25 for theatregoers aged 30 or under to see Old Friends, celebrating the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim.
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[Review] The Limit – The Royal Ballet’s Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell in a new two-hander
Jann Parry sees The Limit with The Royal Ballet’s Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell – “marvellous movers, but the production’s premise is perverse.”
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Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands embarks on six-month UK tour
Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands will embark on an 18-venue UK tour in November, including a 7-week Christmas Season in London.
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[Review] Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet returns to London – drama, trauma and fake blood
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet: A dance theatre show many of Bourne’s contemporaries wouldn’t be able to achieve… The storyteller has done it again.
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Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures brings Doorstep Duets to SE England
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and Farnham Maltings will tour Doorstep Duets to libraries, parks… and on doorsteps, in the UK from 11 July to 5 August 2023.
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Tributes to the great ballerina Lynn Seymour who has died at 83
Lynn Seymour died on 7 March 2023 at the age of 83, on the eve of her 84th birthday. Gramilano collected some tributes to the great dancer.
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[Review] Hex – an alternative Sleeping Beauty from the National Theatre
Hex, a new take on The Sleeping Beauty: “characters – some familiar, some new – are more fallible, more human, but without losing any of the required magic.”
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[Review] Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: a joyous performance with the ‘wow’ factor
Guest author Deborah Weiss revisits Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty on the 10th anniversary of the production with a fresh-faced, new cast.
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[Review] Men in Motion: the male dance spectacular still delivers, ten years on
Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion celebrates its tenth anniversary at the London Coliseum with an international cast of male dancers.
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[Photo Album] Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall
Photos of both casts of Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man, first seen in 2000, which has just completed 14 performances at the Royal Albert Hall.
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National Youth Dance Company appoints Wayne McGregor as its next Guest Artistic Director
National Youth Dance Company, the UK’s flagship company for young dancers, appoints Wayne McGregor as its next Guest Artistic Director.
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London Children’s Ballet: eliminating barriers to talent
Anne of Green Gables is London Children’s Ballet’s new production – taking part is free so dancers come from every economic, social and ethnic background.
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Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man to open at the Royal Albert Hall
New Adventures will bring Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man back to the stage as part of the Royal Albert Hall 150th anniversary celebrations.
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