English National Ballet 2025-26 Season
The company are set to perform works by Martha Graham and Crystal Pite, a new ballet by Kameron N. Saunders, and some old favourites
Nutcracker
Birmingham Royal Ballet announces 2025-26 season and a centenary tribute to Sir Peter Wright
The return of Black Sabbath – The Ballet and Don Quixote, and of The Green Table in a fabulous triple bill, plus a gala for Sir Peter Wright
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall
Nothing says Christmas more than a performance of The Nutcracker, and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Royal Albert Hall production does not disappoint.
English National Ballet’s new Nutcracker
This much needed new production looks a treat… Paul Pyant’s video design is very good… Dick Bird’s sets are glorious… Act Two is a riot of colour
Ballet Theatre UK: The Nutcracker
Creates a fantasy of world that delights and entertains from start to finish with its fine storytelling, choreography… and a lot of excellent dancing.
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker. A real Christmas treat
Undoubtedly the best production of the ballet in this country by some distance, it’s once again casting its spell over audiences
Innovative, traditional, fun: Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana
There is a lot to like. It delights in so many ways. Filled with colour and energy, it’s guaranteed to put a smile on the face
Nutcracker in Havana: “Authentic but different” promises Carlos Acosta
Choreographer-director Carlos Acosta, and video and set designer Nina Dunn, talk about Acosta Danza’s forthcoming new Nutcracker in Havana
An evening of many colours: Badisches Staatsballett’s International Benefit Gala
Invariably a wonderful evening’s dance… this year’s gala was also a farewell, and a thank you, to outgoing artistic director Bridget Breiner
A Night at the Museum with Birmingham Royal Ballet
The highlight was Olivia Chang-Clarke’s new Melody in Three. While classical through and through, dotted throughout are quirky moments that make you smile
Carlos Acosta announces Nutcracker in Havana
A show that will, in his own words, have the “colour, feel and vibrancy of Havana with the tradition and beauty of The Nutcracker.”