Birmingham Hippodrome 2

Birmingham Royal Ballet 2024-25 Season

February 1, 2024 by David Mead

Premiering in Birmingham (October 3-5, 2024) before moving to Sadler’s Wells (October 22-23), Luna is a two-act abstract ballet in six movements

November 20, 2023 by David Mead

Momoko Hirata and Mathias Digman lit up the stage in the grand pas de deux. ‘Polished’ does not do them justice. Hirata sparkled like a cut diamond

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 by David Mead

Pick of the evening was Robert Battle’s The Hunt. About the predatory side of human nature, it’s intense. Very intense.

September 28, 2023 by David Mead

I don’t recall a Birmingham ballet evening like it. An evening of surprises. A real celebration of the band and its music. And of dance.

June 10, 2023 by David Mead

A huge welcome back for Apollo, remarkably now only five years from the hundredth anniversary of its creation

February 20, 2023February 16, 2023 by David Mead

A fine telling of the tale of love, betrayal and loss. An evening full of power and tenderness. Classical ballet at its classical best

February 8, 2023 by David Mead

Featuring eight Black Sabbath tracks alongside new music, Birmingham rock meets Birmingham ballet this autumn. Choreography by Pontus Lidberg

November 23, 2022 by David Mead

The refurbishment hasn’t just freshened the ballet up, it’s completely reinvigorated it… The perfect pre-festive treat for old and young alike

October 27, 2022 by David Mead

Tyrone Singleton and Céline Gittens bring elegance and class to Peter Farmer’s Rhineland village, with the final pas de deux the icing on the cake

October 24, 2022 by David Mead

A wonderfully varied evening…quite outstanding dancing, rounded off with the fireworks of Uwe Scholz’s The Seventh Symphony

October 6, 2022 by David Mead

In conversation with the choreographer’s assistant, Cora Bos-Kroese, ahead to the company’s first ever staging of a Kylián work