Matthew Bourne

Ballet Central

Time: 7.30pm Minimum Price: £9 Maximum Price: £10 Admission price: £10.00 / £9.00 concessions Grantham Guildhall Arts Centre St Peter's Hill Grantham Lincolnshire More Venue Details and Events ›› Note: Lincolnshire County Council is not responsible for the content of external weblinks Website:...

Sharp witted

Matthew Bourne's ballet rehearsals are nothing like a Degas painting. No one wears a tutu. There are no leotard-clad girls executing elegant pliés at the barre. No straight-backed women wearing hairnets and issuing instructions, and no ballet slippers.

Album: Dave Stapleton & Matthew Bourne, Dismantling the Waterfall (Edition)

This impressive experimental duo set by tyro pianists David Stapleton and Matthew Bourne consists of 17 shortish, continually diverting pieces titled after lines of a 17-line poem by Julie Tippetts.,/p> There's no show-off virtuosity, but instead a surprisingly winning regard for sound as sound,...

When pot-boilers come, a reviewer's lot is not a happy one

Published Date: 16 May 2008 THANK God for witches, Wilde, West End Wendys, Wogan . . . and more witches. Which is why, when a colleague challenged me to name five shows not to miss in Edinburgh between now and the end of the year, anything that has become a staple on the touring circuit failed to...

The lady's great, the play's fair

The lady's really loverly, but nothing else around her is of quite the same spectacular calibre. ... That's the verdict on the production of My Fair Lady that opened at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on Friday as part of Dancap Productions' season. Phonetics professor...

A fair and frisky "Fair Lady"

The National Theatre's splendid revival of "My Fair Lady" arrives at the Paramount; theater review by Misha Berson. ... Scenically splendid, fleet-footed and dressed to kill, the National Theatre of Great Britain's "My Fair Lady" was a knockout in its London premiere in...

Cold Lake

Tchaikovsky would have approved. 'Swan Like on Ice' is not like any version of the ballet we've ever seen. Neither is it like any other ice show. ... The swans glide and fly in the Imperial Ice Stars' version of 'Swan Lake,' playing at the Sony Centre next week. Imperial...

Sarasota Ballet ends with world premiere

The new season ... jholmes@bradenton.com It's interesting to watch Iain Webb's face light up when he talks about the closing program of his first season guiding the Sarasota Ballet under his wing. Both choreographers recently flew into Sarasota for the ballet company's...

Rushes: into the heart of obsession

As 'Rushes', a dark and disturbing new ballet, opens at Covent Garden, Ismene Brown talks to its creator Kim Brandstrup and star dancer Carlos Acosta. ... As 'Rushes', a dark and disturbing new ballet, opens at Covent Garden, Ismene Brown talks to its creator Kim...

Nutcracker!

Matthew Bourne has bravely taken on this classic Christmas ballet and branded it with his own distinctive mark. But how does it compare to the original? ... A Review of Matthew Bourne's Remake of the Classic Matthew Bourne has bravely taken on this classic Christmas...