The sultry, slinky melodies of Carmen have been sliding across our collective consciousnesses since they slipped from George Bizet’s quill…
Matthew Bourne’s ‘The Car Man’ at the Sheffield Lyceum is utterly stupendous. Despite the show not having been on tour…
On the hottest day of the year in the UK, the return of The Car Man to The Lowry feels…
Powell and Pressburger’s classic movie The Red Shoes was about a ballerina forced to choose between love and art, so…
A dancer enters the stage wearing vibrant red ballet shoes, the lighting renders her faceless, the music boldly proclaims that…
Matthew Bourne’s production of The Red shoes is a true masterclass in storytelling. Directed and choreographed by Bourne, it enchants…
Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell arrived in Sheffield with all the pomp of a bold dance show and all the…
T.S. Eliot said that poetry can communicate before it is understood. The Midnight Bell is poetry in motion – not…
Disney’s magical nanny is back delighting audiences all over the UK, and children (even the big kids) are bound to…
Having previously been swept away by Matthew Bourne’s Romeo & Juliet and the haunting brilliance of Edward Scissorhands, I knew…