Acosta's Don Quixote for BRB: polished but not quite enough panache

Momoko Hirata as Kitri and Mathias Dingman as Basilio in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote

Momoko Hirata as Kitri with Birmingham Royal Ballet in Don Quixote

Momoko Hirata as Kitri in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote with Birmingham Royal Ballet

Mathias Dingman as Basilio and Momoko Hirata as Kitri in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote

By Jonathan Gray, 24 April 2026

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“helped immensely with the look of the ballet through imaginative set and video designs”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 23 April 2026

Don Quixote (Marius Petipa, Carlos Acosta)

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Tim Hatley, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Peter Mumford, Lighting Designer

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Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray was born in Wales and studied at The Royal Ballet School, Leicester Polytechnic and Wimbledon School of Art. He was a member of the curatorial department of The Theatre Museum, London, from 1989 until 2005, and was editor of Dancing Times from 2008 until its closure in 2022.