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BirminghamThe Maiden of VeniceWorld premiere
Minkus: The Maiden of Venice
Marius Petipa; Carlos Acosta; Birmingham Royal Ballet; Anna Fleischle; Lucy Carter
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Sir Matthew Bourne; New Adventures; Lez Brotherston; Chris Davey
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Birmingham Royal Ballet: a sparkling and sobering close to the season
Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) close their 25/26 season with an ambitious triple bill running for just four performances on their home turf at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
BRB’s Sir Peter Wright Centenary: a fitting tribute
A splendid evening of celebration for Sir Peter Wright at the Birmingham Hippodrome focusing on excerpts from his own classical ballets and The Green Table by Kurt Jooss.
Welsh National Opera’s Dutchman docks in Birmingham
This bracing performance of The Flying Dutchman is a powerful reminder of the extraordinary musical standards which are at risk in the face of WNO’s subsidy cuts.
A Diaghilev celebration from BRB2
Carlos Acosta devises a programme of Ballets Russes highlights to celebrate Serge Diaghilev and to showcase the young dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s junior company, BRB2.
BRB in La Fille mal gardée: every role is lovingly cherished
Ballet’s best romcom, a lovingly maintained classic.
BRB's The Sleeping Beauty: celebrating 40 years of magic
Sir Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty exudes that magical, ageless feeling, here brought to life by a new and enchanting performance of the title role.
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet A hit or a miss?
A remarkable merging of two of Birmingham's greatest cultural institutions.
WNO’s abstract Magic Flute proves more contemporary than cohesive
WNO delivers a well-performed production of Mozart’s Magic Flute with some fresh ideas, but other which dilute it.