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Starry, starry night: Birmingham Royal Ballet's celestial Cinderella provides magic

By Mark Pullinger, 26 January 2017
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“Momoko Hirata's slight appearance and expressive eyes give her a touching vulnerability”
Reviewed at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on 25 January 2017
Programme
Cinderella (David Bintley)
Performers
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Koen Kessels, Conductor
John Macfarlane, Set Designer
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Momoko Hirata, Dancer
Joseph Caley, Dancer
Samara Downs, Dancer
Laura Purkiss, Dancer
Céline Gittens, Dancer
Delia Mathews, Dancer
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.