Shoes

By Julie Taylor, 30 September 2010

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Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 9 September 2010

Shoes (Stephen Mear, Aletta Collins, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Kate Prince, Mark Smith)

Regents Opera’s Salome lands a knockout punch at York Hall

Mark Pullinger, 10th April

Mark Ravenhill directs a brutal, bloody Salome at the spiritual home of British boxing, York Hall.

****1

Elisa Verzier commands Tom Cairns’ iconic Traviata at Glyndebourne

Eleanor Knight, 13th October

Elisa Verzier, making her Glyndebourne debut, is astonishing as Violetta in a revival of Tom Cairns' 2014 production.

****1

ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage

Matthew Rye, 25th November

English National Opera's It’s a Wonderful Life makes for a feel-good evening of theatre, but it requires a sweet tooth.

***11

Too many mirrors spoil the Staatsoper's Hippolyte et Aricie

David Karlin, 25th November

Excellent musical performances are confounded by clumsy, unimaginative staging in Rameau's explosive first opera.

**111

Entertaining but not entrancing: Turnage's Coraline

David Karlin, 29th March

Mark-Anthony Turnage's take on Neil Gaiman's classic young adult novella is well sung and well staged, without quite reaching peak intensity.

***11

Rambert: Ghost Dances & other works

Graham Watts, 16th May

Britain's oldest dance company continues to entertain, challenge and inspire with yet another well-rounded triple bill

****1

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Julie Taylor

Freelance PR, writer and dance critic Julie Taylor is based in the UK. Throughout her career she has worked for a number of opera and ballet companies. Julie reviews a wide range of dance from classical to modern and has a particular interest in new work.