Cinderella Man: Tom Pye on designing sets for Covent Garden

Tom Pye with the Cinderella Palace set at the ROH Production Workshop in Thurrock, January 2023

The Cinderella Palace set constructed at the ROH Production Workshop in Thurrock, January 2023

Tom Pye’s set for ENO’s Akhnaten

By Jonathan Gray, 13 March 2023

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Bachtrack, 5th March

Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and was due to be premiered at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, but was withdrawn by the composer in protest over President Trump’s actions.

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Bachtrack, 9th February

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Ukrainian ballerina Katja Khaniukova honoured

Bachtrack, 22nd January

The Order of Princess Olha was bestowed on her on Ukraine's Day of Unity by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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The Irish soprano talks about singing Mozart’s Così fan tutte with English National Opera, in London and Manchester – and how the wily Despina is the perfectly subversive character for her.

Force of passion: the origins of Ballet Rambert

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A century after its founding in 1926, former members of Ballet Rambert recall the joys and challenges of working directly with Dame Marie Rambert, one of the trailblazers of British ballet.

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.

Cinderella man: Tom Pye on designing sets for Covent Garden