London Children’s Ballet: The Secret Garden
Forget any preconceptions you might have about ‘children’s ballet’… a stunningly professional show… a super evening’s entertainment.
Peacock Theatre
Juggling meets Pina Bausch in Gandini Juggling’s Smashed
The company are not content with being superb jugglers. There’s a lot of movement skills and comedic flair too
Ockham’s Razor: Tess
The circus work is skilful. Joshua Fraser’s use of a cyr wheel to symbolise Alec’s immorality and avarice is effective and very well executed
The Snowman
Taking my seat with the real audience, my two grandchildren, the excitement in the auditorium was palpable. It doesn’t disappoint
Malevo: dance and music to blow you away
The drummers coalesce into a pulsating oneness of movement, dance, and drumming. The pounding rhythm gets inside you and sweeps you along
Message in a Bottle, extraordinary and totally unforgettable
A complete unity, where everything is slotted-in and tied together so profoundly that it is hard to imagine them as separate entities
Keeping the flag flying: Kyiv City Ballet
Most interesting of the fifteen excerpts and pieces danced, were the unknown. The undoubted highlight was Servant of the Muse by Volha Kastsel
An absolute treat: London Children’s Ballet in Snow White
Costumes and sets are colourful, simple and very effective… having live music is a joy… The standard was, on the whole, most impressive.
Something special: London Children’s Ballet
We talk to Ruth Brill artistic director of London Children’s Ballet ahead of its performances of Snow White at London’s Peacock Theatre
Dark days, inner voices and coming through: Nobody by Motionhouse
With its digital imagery, shape-shifting set and athletic, highly physical choreography, Nobody is spectacular
Viewing the human condition through the lens of recent events: a look ahead to Motionhouse’s new show, Nobody
A show driven by the raw emotion of recent experiences but with an upliftng end. Kevin Finnan promises audiences will relate to what they see and be moved by it