The Midnight Bell, devised and choreographed by Matthew Bourne to music by Terry Davies and mimed to pre-recorded period songs, is billed as “intoxicated tales from darkest Soho” and shows Bourne’s sk ...
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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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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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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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