Tag Archives: Matthew Bourne

Robert Tanitch reviews Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

30 years on, its erotic impact is undiminished. In 1995 Matthew Bourne took a traditional ballet and its classical score and made it contemporary. Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake is a landmark in English b ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews a touring production of A Chorus Line at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

Backstage stories have always been the norm ever since Hollywood discovered the musical. The most popular cliché is the one in which a girl steps out of the chorus to stand in for the leading lady and ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Carlos Acosta’s Carmen at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

1845 Prosper Merimée’s novel is published. 1875 Georges Bizet’s opera is premiered. Its clarity, vivacity, colour and melody have made it the most popular and frequently performed opera in the world. ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

I last saw Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands at its premiere in 2005. The faults it had eighteen years ago remain. The storyline is poor and far too much time is spent caricaturing American suburbi ...

andrew 1044 views 0 likes Jan 8, 2024