Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella is a mesmerising blend of elegance, magic, and breathtaking performances, earning a well-deserved five-star review.
Category: Ballet
Ballet in the Midlands
Luna
A 5 star review of the World Premiere of Luna. The final part of Carlos Acosta’s Birmingham Trilogy.
La Fille Mal Gardée ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A 5 star review of a classical ballet with an abundance of comedy. Perfect for the whole family.
BRB Sleeping Beauty
A review of BRB’s spectacular performance of Sleeping Beauty at Birmingham Hippodrome.
Romeo and Juliet, Matthew Bourne
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s a new twist on the classic tragedy of Romeo + Juliet in Matthew Bourne’s latest touring production, which opened today (until 21st Oct 2023) at Wolverhampton Grand, before continuing its tour to Aberdeen, Paris and Los Angeles. Well known for his innovative, unconventional approach to classical ballet, Matthew has once again pushed the…
BRB Black Sabbath
A review of Black Sabbath: The Ballet
BRB Triple Bill ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
As an avid ballet fan, when you go to see a Birmingham Royal Ballet Triple Bill, you know you’re in for an amazing evening of the most phenomenal dancing. The Apollo|Interlinked|’Still Life’ at the Penguin Café is a wonderful example of this. Three astounding ballets telling their stories through expressive choreography, elegant movements from the…
Swan Lake 2023
Each Birmingham Royal Ballet performance wows me with its beauty, elegance and ability to keep me sat still, mesmerised, in awe, fascination and contentment for a period of time. Last night I saw Swan Lake at Birmingham Hippodrome, my third time of seeing it, and although this time it felt darker and more gothic-like, the…
Coppélia
The perfect ballet for everyone. From ballet novice to balletomane. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was easy to award five stars to last night’s performance of Sir Peter Wright’s Coppélia performed by the astounding Birmingham Royal Ballet. Having been a regular at the ballet now since around 2018, I haven’t seen Coppélia before. It was last performed by…
Into the Music
Birmingham Royal Ballet have once again danced a breathtaking triple bill performed to music by the talented Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Thomas Jung. Into the Music included Forgotten Land, World-Debut Hotel and The Seventh Symphony. Three incredibly different and yet complimentary pieces to one another. The show opened with Benjamin Britten’s powerful Sinfonia da…