Opera/Dance

Bewitching, beguiling and beautiful.. a stunning masterpiece. Sir Matthew Bourne has redefined the world of Ballet and his 2019 touring production of the ‘The Red Shoes’ (initially based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale and later turned [ read more ]

Riverdance became the global phenomenon twenty five years ago, in a seven minute interval act on the Eurovision Sing Contest and has gone on to be staged in many incarnations ever since. This latest derivative [ read more ]

Northern Ballet’s Victoria pirouetted its way into Curve last week. The subject matter needs no explanation as it is centred around our second-longest reigning monarch. When Queen Victoria is portrayed in modern day culture, the story [ read more ]

Having only ever seen The Magic Flute – or die Zauberflöte – in German, I was excited to see it English, to see how it translates. Unfortunately, the Welsh National Opera (WNO) production wasn’t exactly [ read more ]

Rambert’s latest contemporary dance piece, Life is a Dream, visits Curve this week. Based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca and choreographed by Olivier Award winning Kim Brandstrup, Life is a Dream [ read more ]

It’s hard to fathom that when Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake first opened in 1995, it was not loved by everyone who saw it. The idea of a male troupe of swans and a young Prince [ read more ]

Nothern Ballet’s production of The Three Musketeers pirouetted its way into Theatre Royal Nottingham last week. Watching The Three Musketeers felt a little bit like reading a novel that’s had every other page torn out, [ read more ]