Cinders in the Blitz
Mature Times reviews Cinderella at the Bristol Hippodrome Most of us will be familiar with the fairy story of Cinderella; the downtrodden girl; the domineering stepmother; the loathsome ugly sisters; ...
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Lovers to bed, ‘tis almost fairy time
Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at London Coliseum In 1662 Samuel Pepys saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the first time and thought it the most insipid ridiculous play he had e ...
Cinderella doesn’t only lose her shoe in Matthew Bourne’s version
Robert Tanitch reviews Cinderella at Sadler’s Wells, London EC1 Cinderella has been popular Christmas entertainment ever since the very first spectacular production in 1830 at Drury Lane. Given a choi ...
Matthew Bourne’s production of The Red Shoes
Mature Times reviews The Red Shoes at the Bristol Hippodrome Many of us will remember The Red Shoes as the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale and whist others will recall the 1948 Academy Award-winnin ...