DANCE fans are in for a treat when Rambert returns to Bath Theatre Royal from 2nd to 4th November, with choreographer Ben Duke’s new double bill, Death Trap. Described as a meta dance comedy, it is an original and darkly funny programme. Goat is inspired by the music and spirit of Nina Simone, with a…
A DANCE theatre show inspired by the choreographer’s childhood experience of dyslexia has a south west rural tour, continuing with Dorset’s Artsreach on 9th November at Broadmayne. Little Murmur is dance with a difference – featuring stunning projected images, a blizzard of paper and confetti, and an extraordinary soundscape, dancer Aakash Odedra uses South Asian…
HUNDREDS of people from Yeovil and the surrounding area showed their backing for the Octagon Theatre at a meeting at Westlands entertainment centre on 10th October. The Yeovil Town Council was called to discuss a possible partnership with Somerset Council to ensure the future of the project to refurbish the Octagon Theatre and enable it…
CATCH one of the most talked-about new dance theatre works of the year when Birmingham Royal Ballet comes to Plymouth Theatre Royal from Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th October, with four performances (including a Saturday matinee) of Carlos Acosta’s tribute to Black Sabbath. Expect dazzling dancing to the band’s biggest hits.
PLANS for an ambitious redevelopment of Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre have been put on hold by Somerset Council, because of the impact of rising interest rates on the council’s borrowing to fund the £30 million scheme. Yeovil Town Council called a special meeting at Westlands to discuss the way forward. Councillors on Somerset Council have asked…
WHEN the Russians invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv City Ballet was in Paris. Ever since, the company has been in exile, on what its director Ivan Kozlov calls the “infinity tour,” performing across Europe and making a first visit to the US. At the beginning of October, Kozlov and his wife, company artistic director…
A DANCER from Kyiv City Ballet takes an elegant bow – the company, in effective exile from its Ukrainian homeland since the Russian invasion in February 2022 – is visiting North Dorset from 2nd to 8th October. The programme includes a traditional Bread and Salt welcome at deli Compton McCrae, workshops with local schools and…
STRODE Theatre at Street opened on 5th October 1963 with its first public event, a concert by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and marked the start of its diamond jubilee year with a return visit by the BSO on the actual 60th birthday. The theatre, which is part of Strode College and one of the…
THE four-day celebration of ballet and dance at Hatch House near Tisbury ended with one of the coldest, wettest days of an exceptionally cold and wet July. But it takes a lot more than a bit of bad weather to deter fans of the “Glyndebourne of dance” – and this year’s audience was rewarded with…
THE latest “”Etoile” of the famous Paris Opera Ballet is the exciting and hugely talented 23 year old Guillaume Diop. His elevation to this exalted post –he is the first black dancer to be promoted to “Etoile” in the company’s 354-year history – means there will be three stars of the Paris Opera at this…