Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
The live band do more than justice to Steinman’s compositions, they give them fresh life and vigour with feet stamping indulgence
Nicola Claire
Northern Ballet: Jane Eyre
One of the most beautifully danced ballets I have seen in a long while. All the dancers were both technically and expressively excellent
Korea National Contemporary Dance Company: Jungle
An hour of extraordinary dance and mesmerising choreography as 16 dancers bring the jungle to the stage, to a music by Marihiko Hara.
Frantic Assembly x Aurora Orchestra: Carnival
The premise of ‘Dr Frompou’s Anatomical Study of an Orchestra,’ that locked up musical instruments escape, is amusing:
Circa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Daphnis and Chloé
A seriously impressive, eclectic display of acro and aerial dance gymnastics, performed on mats, each other, poles, high wires, ropes and drapery
A gleeful, riotous celebration: WAKE by Thisispopbaby
A cross between circus and burlesque. It thumps with energy from start to finish, and is gloriously chaotic and random
Northern School of Contemporary Dance: VERVE 2025
As an ensemble, they moved as one when required to do so. Individually, they were interpretive and wholly engaging.
We Wear Our Wheels With Pride by Robyn Orlin
A wonderfully energetic, colourful, and creative piece of theatre based on Zulu rickshaw drivers during South Africa’s apartheid years.
Close Up by Noé Soulier
A collaborative piece between six dancers and five musicians… Soulier explores the relationship between live music, live video and live dance.
A journey to the stars: The Little Prince
“A glorious journey through the improbable, which succeeds in taking the audience on a magical fantasy journey across the stars.”
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Anna Rose O’Sullivan stole the performance with depiction of a headstrong, intuitive, naïve, madly in love teenager