Matthew Bourne

The really Wilde show: Matthew Bourne take on Dorian Gray

"I'm actually quite scared of Dorian Gray," says Matthew Bourne, whose new dance-theatre version of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece is tipped as the hot ticket at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Surely it's not the...

Coming to a big screen near you – live opera

Matthew Bourne on his new work The Picture of Dorian Gray By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent A season of performances from the Royal Opera House is to be screened live at cinemas in Britain and across Europe. The autumn...

New Swan Lake's big splash

THE great classical ballet Swan Lake is so well-known it has been re-invented or parodied many times - it even crops up in the smash-hit film Billy Elliot, which closes with Billy performing in Matthew Bourne's all-male version...

Is it time West Side Story got a 21st-century makeover?

Two woodwind players sneak in fast with an insistent cross rhythm, expectation shimmers on the air... "Could it be? Yes it could/ Something's coming, some-thing good/If I can wait!/ Something's coming, I don't know what it...

The Lowry's autumn/winter season

FROM Calendar Girls and Le Grand Cirque to the Royal Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet, The Lowry has just announced a typically diverse line-up for its Autumn/Winter season. Following the success of Jimmy McGovern's King...

Bourne to run - Matthew Bourne interview

As his gender-bending Dorian Gray nears its Edinburgh debut, Matthew Bourne tells Chitra Ramaswamy the tale of eternal youth has long inspired him 'THERE'S something about the light being turned on you, in a poetic sense, when...

Response: My Olympic dancers are not promoting gangsta rap

My Olympic dancers are not promoting gangsta rap Our show is clean, it's for families, and we address the negative lyrics of hip-hop, says Kate Prince Your article stated that "the unruly spirit of Britain's 'hoodie' culture...

Oliver! with Rowan Atkinson and 'I'd do Anything' winner Jodie Prenger [Factsheet Available]

Theatre Royal Drury Lane - England Cameron Mackintosh presents his triumphant new staging of Lionel Bart's masterpiece Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which was last seen at the Palladium in 1994. Oliver! is one of...

Because Wilde's worth it

Dorian Gray reimagined as a gay aftershave model for our times? Star choreographer Matthew Bourne tells Judith Mackrell why he couldn't resist Thursday June 12, 2008 The Guardian Choreographer Matthew Bourne and designer Lez...

Dancers are in step

People can enjoy an afternoon of ballet this weekend on the big screen and a live performance from local dancers. ... The Centenary Square screen will beam the Royal Ballet's production of Romeo and Juliet live from London's Royal Opera House on Sunday. The screening...