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Critics round-up: Betty Blue Eyes – A pig takes over the West End as Cameron Mackintosh brings home the bacon

14 April 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Cameron Mackintosh hasn't lost his magic touch, and after 10 years without a new musical he's come up with Betty Blue Eyes which has delighted the critics. It's a musical about a pig, the animal kind, … [Read more...] about Critics round-up: Betty Blue Eyes – A pig takes over the West End as Cameron Mackintosh brings home the bacon

The funding cuts are deep, but “Ballet is dying” anyway, insists Sadler’s Wells chief Alistair Spalding

4 April 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Ballet is in crisis, with fresh talent and ideas struggling to break through and the major companies obsessed with 200-year-old productions at the expense of new work, according to the head of … [Read more...] about The funding cuts are deep, but “Ballet is dying” anyway, insists Sadler’s Wells chief Alistair Spalding

So it’s not The Most Incredible Thing after all

25 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

British pop duo the Pet Shop Boys have unveiled their first ballet score, a dance work based on the Hans Christian Andersen story The Most Incredible Thing. It is a fairytale about a ruler who offers … [Read more...] about So it’s not The Most Incredible Thing after all

First reviews are out of Wheeldon’s Alice at the Royal Ballet

1 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Neil Norman for The Daily Express has no doubt: I predict that Christopher Wheeldon’s triumphant production of Lewis Carroll’s immortal classic will become the must-see ballet for children and adults … [Read more...] about First reviews are out of Wheeldon’s Alice at the Royal Ballet

“Ideas batter me like hailstones. Who am I?” – Frankenstein at the National Theatre

28 February 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Frankenstein, the play, directed by Danny Boyle, is just the latest in an almost innumerable sequence of stage, television and film versions of Shelley’s book. Ever since it was published, almost 200 … [Read more...] about “Ideas batter me like hailstones. Who am I?” – Frankenstein at the National Theatre

Joyce DiDonato’s new CD “Diva, Divo” celebrates the vast and fabulous world of the mezzo-soprano

12 February 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

As the blurb succinctly puts it, "This new collection showcases DiDonato’s multi-faceted art – and the wealth of opportunities open to a mezzo-soprano – by presenting her as different characters, both … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato’s new CD “Diva, Divo” celebrates the vast and fabulous world of the mezzo-soprano

Even Florez is fallible: “a resonant expostulation of “Oh, shit” from the performer”

21 January 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Juan Diego Florez has been used to glowing reviews since his début at the Rossini Opera Festival. Recently he has started receiving some sterner criticism, and reactions to his latest recital in … [Read more...] about Even Florez is fallible: “a resonant expostulation of “Oh, shit” from the performer”

Nureyev knows the value of a stage kiss – Romeo and Juliet at the English National Ballet

7 January 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The Guardian's Sanjoy Roy ioffers the most positive criticism of the English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet: Rudolf Nureyev's version of Romeo and Juliet – restaged by English National Ballet, … [Read more...] about Nureyev knows the value of a stage kiss – Romeo and Juliet at the English National Ballet

A thumbs down for the revival of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella

10 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Created in 1997, Bourne's Blitz Cinderella is being revived at Sadlers' Wells. The critics had some doubts. Zoë Anderson in The Independent starts: Matthew Bourne can come across as a brilliant … [Read more...] about A thumbs down for the revival of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella

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Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan, aka ‘Gramilano’. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times. He wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

Since 2022, Gramilano is pleased to welcome guest authors: Alisa Alekseeva, Paul Arrowsmith, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Graham Watts, and Deborah Weiss.

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