| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2013 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling makes a darkly compelling night at Covent Garden |
 When the cast sheet warns the audience that there will be gunshots in each act, you know you are not at The Nutcracker. Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet Mayerling is famously about sex, obsession, madness and death – a cocktail that apparently sells enough tickets to ensure its regular revival at the Royal Opera House.Read full review... | |
| 30-Jun-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | A Journey: The Royal Ballet perform Ashton and Nijinska |
 The penultimate programme of The Royal Ballet’s season takes the audience on a journey, from a joyous celebration with seven imperially dressed ballerinas, to a summer dacha filled with tense emotions, and finally back in time to the ceremonial rites of a Russian peasant wedding. The link to the three ballets is the great English choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, who created two of the works and personally arranged for the third to be re-staged, thus saving it for posterity.Read full review... | |
| 16-Apr-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Covent Garden becomes a veritable Wonderland for Alice's Adventures |
 The Royal Ballet's 2011 reimagining of Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice stories was a glorious triumph, as proved by its immediate, slightly reworked revival for the 2012 season. Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot combine contemporary freshness with affectionate nods to the traditions of their respective crafts and together with playwright Nicholas Wright and the Royal Opera House's production team, they have created a gorgeously lush Alice, whose shimmering music, set wizardry and sheer exuberance will no doubt delight audiences for many seasons to come.
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