10 reasons why The Nutcracker is overrated
1. IT IS EXPENSIVE With tickets priced anywhere between £50 and £200, a fun family day to the theatre will be quick to burn a hole in your pocket. 2. IT IS OLD FASHIONED Whilst billed as a Children’s Christmas classic, it is difficult to find a little boy or girl in 2017 that would…
A Brief Encounter at the Empire Theatre
Tucked away in the bustle of Piccadilly, KneeHigh Theatre’s Brief Encounter is enjoying a pleasantly long run at the Empire Theatre Haymarket. The two-hour, no-interval production is based on Noel Coward’s classic film, released in 1945. This particular production has been doing the rounds since 2008, but has rarely settled in London for so long.…
Will Brexit kill the British Ballet scene?
Whilst Theresa May flexes her Brexit plans in the face of Michel Barnier, the young graduates of Britain’s dance schools warm up for their daily classes all over Europe. Half of the 2018 graduates of Elmhurst Ballet School, a British, elite, classical ballet training academy, are in jobs across Europe. Just five years ago, twelve…
Nina Mattiello Azadeh 