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A “high-five” for the maturity, professionalism and outstanding production values of the London Children's Ballet's latest full-length ballet.

English National Ballet School have discovered a truly successful formula with its My First Ballet series. Hundreds of young children are transported by Swan Lake at London's Peacock.

Liñán leads the way with a trio of solos, each showcasing his magnificent command of zapateado, opening with a back-to-audience performance that exemplified the silky-smooth fluidity of his hands, wrists and arms.

Absolutely enchanting production of The Secret Garden that will transport you directly into Frances Hodgson Burnett's world.

A Message In A Bottle that will surely travel well! 

In February 2022, Kyiv City Ballet embarked upon a three week tour of France having finally recovered from scheduling disruption due to COVID, and haven't been back since.

A story of broken lives, through civil war, persecution and flight, set against the songs of Sting, is surprisingly joyous and uplifting at the Peacock Theatre.

An intense double bill of extreme physicality at Sadler's Wells.

A pacy extravaganza of hi-energy dance and humour at the Peacock Theatre. 

Partnered dance doesn't get much better than this!  

Burlesque ballet - a wonderful mix of serious, comical, pastiche mixed with envy, self-doubt, rivalry and a swig or two of bourbon... 

Fresh energy and vibrant comedy marks the Trocks' return to the UK  

Rather than compiling a Top Ten of Baroque Hits, The Enchanted Island amounts to much more than a gallimaufry of choice gobbets, seasoned with French galenterie.

Fine performances from a confident cast brought some terrific singing as well as depth of characterisation in Stravinsky’s only full-length opera.

Phoenix Dance Theatre collides with the headlines with their mixed programme at Sadler's Wells.

The final instalment of Kevin Finnan's Earth trilogy is a fast-moving, electrifying fusion of dance, circus and digital technology 

A stunning tribute to the surreal slapstick humour of Buster Keaton in stunning physical theatre 

Fantastical, innocent and full of wonder.

An evening of acrobatic dance exploring an ecological truism: water’s essential role in survival.

This show can’t be faulted for the quality of dancing or music but the heavy emphasis on sex occasionally slips into unecessary coarseness and inelegance 

A rich menu of thoughtful and engaging choreography, very well  performed by consistently excellent emerging dancers and musicians

British Youth Opera revives a forgotten operatic entertainment from the 1960s with flair and professionalism.

It’s not every day that you attend an evening of classical ballet and hear the audience chortling and guffawing as the dancers on stage perform extracts from well-loved traditional ballets.

Jonathan Dove's joyous old-fashioned fairytale, magically realised in a very stylish production including some wonderfully original puppetry, is a fabulous talent showcase from British Youth Opera - and fun for all the family. 

NEBT presents a very well drafted and delivered programme of new choreography at Peacock Theatre

Pilobolus conjure an ephemeral world of colourful creatures in Shadowland at London's Peacock Theatre. 

Travel to India with the Merchants of Bollywood. Rosamaria Cisneroz-Kostic reviews Merchants of Bollywood at Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre, London.

Gansu Ensemble's vibrant Silk Road presents an ancient Chinese story to its modern audiences with energy and flair. At Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre, London.

Jaime Robles and children in the audience review Birmingham Repertory Theatre's The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre.

If you are like me and have ever wondered how a crime story would be transposed into dance, Jasmin Vardimon’s Justitia is the show for you. Recipient of the 2013 International Theatre Institute Award for Excellence in Dance, Vardimon, who was raised on an Israeli kibbutz, is one of the leading force in British dance theatre.

The Secret Marriage has been a hit from its earliest days. At its 1792 première in Vienna, King Leopold II was so delighted by the performance that he ordered the whole company to repair to his mansion, be treated to a magnificent dinner, “and then play the entire opera through again, immediately”.

Wit is the ruling spirit of British Youth Opera’s delectable production of Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden’s operetta Paul Bunyan, directed by Will Kerley.

On Wednesday 30 January, Argentinian company Tango Fire presented its latest production to a delighted audience packing London’s Peacock Theatre. With superb choreography by the young, talented Germán Cornejo, also a remarkably fine dancer in the show, Flames of Desire offered two hours of sheer and intense entertainment.

British Youth Opera have been fostering the best of young British vocal talent for 25 years, and it’s a delight to see them celebrating their anniversary this year with a work precisely as old as they are: Judith Weir’s A Night at the Chinese Opera dates from 1987, and made for a lively showcase for these rising stars at London’s Peacock Theatre last night.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary season, British Youth Opera are once again exploring the 19th- and 20th-century lyric repertoire in staging their first ever production of Smetana’s comic opera The Bartered Bride alongside Judith Weir’s A Night at the Chinese Opera.