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The Nutcracker, Birmingham Royal Ballet online
It’s a tough year for our festive favourite, with the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s (BRB) Nutcrackers all obstructed by the Government’s tier restrictions. But, 2020 style, it’s a pivot to digital for BRB, who live-streamed their production from Birmingham Rep … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, birmingham, birmingham rep, birmingham royal ballet, brb, carlos acosta, children, christmas, dance, digital, family, festive, kids, live stream, online, peter wright, review, streaming, the i paper, the nutcracker
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Lazuli Sky, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler’s Wells
“Finally, we’re back where we belong!” exclaims Carlos Acosta, introducing his belated premiere commission as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), and the first socially distanced production at Sadler’s Wells. What a way to mark World Ballet Day. Read my full The … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, birmingham royal ballet, carlos acosta, coronavirus, covid, dance, dancing, lazuli sky, lockdown, london, review, sadlers wells, social distancing, socially distanced, the i paper, theatre, will tuckett
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Guys and Dolls, Phoenix Theatre
It’s all change once more for Gordon Greenberg’s slick, protean revival, which began life at Chichester back in 2014, as three new leads join the show’s transfer from the Savoy to the Phoenix. If not a revelatory version of this … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, carlos acosta, dance, drama, frank loesser, gordon greenberg, guys and dolls, london, musical, new york, oliver tompsett, phoenix theatre, play, review, richard kind, samantha spiro, song, theatre, west end
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Strictly’s newbies and the same-sex debate
My articles in the October issue of the new Dancing Times magazine, out now: Strictly Speaking The class of 2015 assessed, from ringers and dark horses to marmite celebs and comedy acts. Stepping Out Is it time for a same-sex couple on Strictly? New in the Dance … Continue reading
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