Chunky Move in 4/4 in Reviews

★★✰✰✰   Melbourne based Chunky Move bring their new 4/4 to London's Southbank Centre. Sadly, a night of low-key introspection rather than excitement... 09 Nov 24

Royal Ballet and Others, Legacy Celebration in Reviews

★★★★✰   Royal Ballet principal Joseph Sissens, in collaboration with RB Director Kevin O'Hare, presented Legacy, a celebration of Black and Brown excellence in ballet. And a highly watchable night it proved... 30 Oct 24

Birmingham Royal Ballet in La Fille mal gardée in Reviews

★★★★✰   Birmingham Royal Ballet just brought Frederick Ashton's glorious La Fille mal gardée to London. Great performances by Yu Kurihara and Yasiel Hodélin Bello, if it's a ballet with a problem character... 28 Oct 24

Royal Ballet, Encounters: Four contemporary ballets in Reviews

★★★✰✰   A Royal Ballet night of new and recent works from Kyle Abraham, Pam Tanowitz, Joseph Toonga and Crystal Pite, delivers highs and lows with one spectacular hit and one spectacular miss... 23 Oct 24

Scottish Ballet on Tour in Soto | Petipa | Squire | Laplane quad bill in Reviews

★★★★✰   Scottish Ballet is doing a mini-tour of three recent works, including a premiere, plus a terrific bit of classical froth - the Grand Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker. It all makes for a fine night and in a fine theatre, too... 22 Oct 24

Sadler's Wells Young Associates Four bill 2024 in Reviews

★★★✰✰   This years Sadler's Wells Young Associates Four bill features works by Roseann and Sula, Maiya Leeke, Elisabeth Mulenga and BLUE MAKWANA. A night big on dance theatre, foundation-shaking bass and Haze... 16 Oct 24

Hofesh Shechter Company in Theatre of Dreams! in Reviews

★★✰✰✰   Hofesh Shechter Company are at Sadler's Wells with their new Theatre of Dreams!, a long stream-of-consciousness take on what we all do each night - dream. It can be a tedious work, but there is also some tremendous movement on display... 12 Oct 24

Birmingham Royal Ballet in Luna in Reviews

★★✰✰✰   Birmingham Royal Ballet has just premiered 'Luna', their tribute, using a flotilla of creatives, to the great women of Birmingham. Sadly, mission creep has led to a confused and exasperating work... 05 Oct 24

National Ballet of Canada in Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada (Pite/Kudelka/Portner) in Reviews

★★★★✰   The National Ballet of Canada are in London with an all Canadian bill of modern works featuring choreography by Crystal Pite, James Kudelka and Emma Portner. A terrific night of 21st-century ballet... 03 Oct 24

Chicos Mambo in TUTU in Reviews

★★★✰✰   Ten years and 700 performances after its creation, Chicos Mambo bring their humorous feel-good show, TUTU, to London for a short run at the Peacock. In terrific costumes, it proved energetic, good-natured, whimsical and exhausting by turns... 02 Oct 24