Month: January 2017

Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes review

By Simon Parris on January 5, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

Dazzling and affecting in equal measure, Matthew Bourne’s new work The Red Shoes is as superbly realised as it is ingeniously conceived.

The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty review

By Simon Parris on January 4, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Commemorating 70 years since Sadlers Wells Ballet moved across town to reopen Royal Opera House after WWII, The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty remains a traditional, highly decorative production with an agreeable […]