• Review: The Nutcracker at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  By Justine Halifax on 4th December, 2018

  Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of the festive Nutcracker is magical, mesmerising and sensational.

• Review: Polarity and Proximity at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  By Phil Preece on 23rd June, 2018

  Birmingham Royal Ballet really know how to put on a gala evening and this triple bill - far from being a run of the mill...

• Review: Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  By Phil Preece on 9th February, 2018

  Matthew Bourne, whose Swan Lake famously rewrote the ballet rulebook, has turned his sights on this other archetypal tale, and the result is quite simply...

• Lichfield Garrick to host new Balletboyz show featuring four new pieces created in just 14 days

  By Ross on 8th November, 2017

  An innovative dance show featuring four new pieces each created in 14 days is coming to the Lichfield Garrick.

• Review: Summer Variations by Elmhurst Ballet School

  By Phil Preece on 15th July, 2017

  One of the little-known perks among the muck and toil of reviewing is that occasionally you get invited to something so spectacular it’s hard to...

• Review: Coppelia by the Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  By Phil Preece on 14th June, 2017

  Something special happened last night at Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Coppelia.

• Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  By Phil Preece on 16th February, 2017

  Some marvellous power has made this new, subtly updated version of Cinderella crucially urgent, and suddenly the iconic rags to riches story has become insistent,...

• Review: The Nutcracker by Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  By Phil Preece on 28th November, 2016

  I’m lucky enough to have seen Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker (now in its 26th year) every season it’s been presented but I can honestly say...

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  Review: The Tempest by Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  By Phil Preece on 6th October, 2016

  When Birmingham Royal Ballet mounts a new production they think big, and this colourful crowd-pleasing blockbuster of a show, co-produced with Houston Ballet Foundation, is...

• Review: Balletboyz at the Lichfield Garrick

  By Phil Preece on 2nd June, 2016

  BalletBoyz have caught the interest of dance lovers up and down the country with a vibrantly all-male ensemble and Lichfield was no exception with a...

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