Tag Archives: Cathy Marston

Robert Tanitch reviews The Royal Ballet’s The Cellist on line

The cellist is Jacqueline du Pre (1945-1987) who made her debut at 16 and quickly established an international reputation. Her career as a player stopped in 1973 with the onset of multiple sclerosis. ...

andrew 1091 views 0 likes Jun 2, 2020

Northern Ballet celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with a new and arresting ballet

Robert Tanitch reviews Victoria at Sadler’s Wells, London EC1 The first play to be written about Victoria, Laurence Housman’s Victoria Regina in 1934, was not publicly performed until 1937 because the ...

Mark 1856 views 0 likes Mar 28, 2019

This thought-provoking drama is powerful and compelling

Eileen Caiger Gray reviews Northern Ballet’s Victoria at Sheffield Lyceum (March 19th 2019) Queen Victoria spent 64 eventful years on the throne; Northern Ballet, with National Ballet of Canada, ...

Mark 1823 views 0 likes Mar 21, 2019