Less Than Kind, by Terence Rattigan, Jermyn Street Theatre, January 2011
Posted on 26 January 2011This play is a must-see for any Rattigan fans, or indeed for anyone else, but this delightful theatre is small and tickets scarce.
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Giselle, Royal Ballet, live relay from Covent Garden, January 2011
Posted on 20 January 2011This two-act ballet creates a wonderful dichotomy between daylight and night-time. Act I is set in the everyday world, but the second act takes place in world of the wilis, spirits of dead maidens who rise up and destroy any young man they encounter.
Giselle with Benjamin and Watson, Royal Ballet, January 2011
Posted on 16 January 2011Giselle is a jewel in the Royal Ballet’s repertoire, and this production by Peter Wright carefully preserves the nineteenth century mime sequences in Act I, where Giselle’s mother warns about the legend of the wilis who will capture some carefree young fellow and make him dance to his death. The young Count Albrecht, sowing his wild …
The King’s Speech, Movie in Cinemas in the UK and USA, January 2011
Posted on 9 January 2011On 6th February 1952, King George VI died in his sleep, aged 56. His daughter Elizabeth flew back to the UK from Kenya to become Queen Elizabeth II. Though I was a child at the time, I remember dreaming one night that my Dad and I went to the palace to help the king. Surely …
Romeo and Juliet, English National Ballet, ENB, London Coliseum, January 2011
Posted on 6 January 2011Nureyev’s choreography gives a real edge to the fight scenes, and the punch-up in Act I sets the stage for the ensuing spitefulness between two feuding families. He first created the production for this company … in 1977, dancing the role of Romeo himself. This revival … has a thrilling energy, just like Nureyev himself …