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Work: The Midnight Bell

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ComposerDavies, Terry
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeDance
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Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell: emotionally compelling

New Adventures in Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell © Johan Persson
In The Midnight Bell, Sir Matthew Bourne has produced some of his best choreography, loose and free-flowing but tense with desire and mixed with dread.
****1
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A trip back in time to fog-bound Soho and Fitzrovia

A world premiere for New Adventures is much less dance than theatre but, when needed, Bourne's choreography carries the story along outstandingly.
****1
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