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REVIEW: Swan Lake (English National Ballet) – it takes your breath away
Arts & Culture ➤ October 7, 2022

REVIEW: Swan Lake (English National Ballet) – it takes your breath away

AD-Gifted Swan Lake by English National Ballet has swooped into Manchester with a production that truly takes your breath away. Even those with no care for ballet, will have heard of Swan Lake. A simple...

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GUEST REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
Arts & Culture ➤ December 1, 2018

GUEST REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

AD-Gifted Matthew Bourne is an absolute genius in my eyes. He takes stories and turns them into beautiful, often sinister adaptations. He balances traditional ballet with modern contemporary in some kind of hipster mixology. Even...

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I watched Giselle on Sky’s new Virtual Reality mobile app
Arts & Culture ➤ January 28, 2017

I watched Giselle on Sky’s new Virtual Reality mobile app

English National Ballet have partnered with Sky, Europe’s leading entertainment company and Factory 42, a new virtual reality studio. This may seem an unusual combination, but they joined forces to create a ground breaking video...

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Beauty and the Beast | Northern Ballet
Arts & Culture ➤ January 10, 2017

Beauty and the Beast | Northern Ballet

I am a huge Disney fan as I’m sure most 90s kids were, so this ballet quite easily caught my eye. Beauty and the Beast is an iconic animation not only because it was one...

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Strictly Ballroom the Musical | West Yorkshire Playhouse
Arts & Culture ➤ December 26, 2016

Strictly Ballroom the Musical | West Yorkshire Playhouse

The Production Last week Show Film First emailed me with a last minute juicy offer to see the matinee performance of Strictly Ballroom the Musical in Leeds, so of course I snapped them up quickly!...

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Billy Elliot the Musical | Alhambra Bradford
Arts & Culture ➤ June 24, 2016

Billy Elliot the Musical | Alhambra Bradford

Everyone has a talent. You don’t choose it. It chooses you. It might be something that frustrates you to the core. Something that makes you feel sick with nerves. Something that makes you cry until...

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Sleeping Beauty | Matthew Bourne
Arts & Culture ➤ April 26, 2016

Sleeping Beauty | Matthew Bourne

Gothic Retelling This ballet was a Gothic adaptation of Sleeping Beauty, that entered into a supernatural world and distinctly left the Disney one. I was unaware of this change in the story, so the Vampires...

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Nothern Ballet | The Nutcracker | An adults take on the story
Arts & Culture ➤ March 13, 2016

Nothern Ballet | The Nutcracker | An adults take on the story

My take on the story One of the most famous ballets. With the most famous songs. And most famous stories. Let me describe The Nutcracker by the Northern Ballet in an oh so nontraditional way. I...

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1984 | Northern Ballet Leeds
Arts & Culture ➤ March 12, 2016

1984 | Northern Ballet Leeds

This Place I’ve heard rumours of this place. A place where the past is permeated into the floors, the walls, the doors. It has seeped into the very fabrics of the room, flooding it with...

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