Tag Archives: Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Robert Tanitch reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Black Sabbath – The Ballet at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

Carlos Acosta, artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, aims to get new audiences with a fusion of classical ballet and heavy metal music. Two incompatible worlds collide. The production celebrat ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet, at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

In 1973 Pete Townshend wrote a multiple million selling double album, the most iconic rock opera album of its day. It went on to be a cult film with Phil Daniels and Sting. 50 years on, it’s now a bal ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

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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Robert Tanitch reviews Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London

Charlotte Bronte based Jane Eyre on her own dark passions, dreams, frustrations and rebellion against a lonely and monotonous life. Her novel has all the ingredients of a popular romantic Gothic melod ...

andrew 558 views 0 likes May 16, 2025