Junior Company of Polish National Ballet joins Rambert School at the Linbury I don’t know whose idea it was to pair off students of Rambert School of Contemporary Dance and the Junior Company of The Polish National Ballet, for the fifth programme of Next Generation Festival 2026 at the Linbury Theatre. On paper, they were […]
Venus and Adonis – The Pit, Barbican Centre
Poetry, puppetry and music create a powerful production This superb production of Shakespeare’s tragicomic poem, Venus and Adonis, has been reprised by the dream team of Greg Doran, former Artistic Director of the RSC and Simon Russell Beale, one of the UK’s foremost Shakespearean actors. Both men are steeped in Shakespearean knowledge and the staging […]
Staging The Sleeping Beauty at the RAH
English National Ballet Director Aaron S Watkin Interview The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best-loved 19th-century classical ballets still in repertoire around the world. The Charles Perrault fairy tale about a Princess who is fated to sleep for 100 years until true love awakens her had its first ballet incarnation in imperial Russia, where […]
West End Theatre Previews
What’s hot at the theatre from summer through to winter 2026 There are so many great West End Theatre productions to see over the summer months, you may want to consider a staycation. London Unattached has previewed what’s on and what we are looking forward to. Over the next few months, London’s West End stages […]
Acosta Danza Yunior – Next Generation
Carlos Acosta’s Young Dancers Strut Their Stuff Cuba remains, despite unimaginable deprivations, an extraordinary crucible for dance talent. Year after year, its dance schools turn out wave after wave of exceptional dancers, and by virtue of his international prestige, Carlos Acosta, Cuban ballet superstar, has the pick of the best. Acosta’s latest project is Acosta […]
20th Century Masterpieces
Birmingham Royal Ballet Honours Three Choreographic Giants Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) ends its season on a high with a compact series of performances of a demanding triple bill entitled 20th Century Masterpieces. The weekend performances follow a one-off gala marking the 100th year of Director Laureate Sir Peter Wright, the man who steered the company’s […]
Much Ado about Nothing – Globe Theatre
A Menagerie of Mischief in this high-energy new production Directed by Chelsea Walker, last night’s Much Ado About Nothing sets the Bard’s timeless work in a contemporary world. Remarkably, despite being more than four centuries old, the play’s concerns with status, reputation and public performance feel entirely contemporary. Status, desire and romance are seasoned with […]
Glengarry Glen Ross – The Old Vic
All-female cast reprises David Mamet play Anyone who has ever felt intimidated or manipulated by an estate agent will enjoy this play, revealing the underbelly of a real estate office whose staff are as manipulative of each other as of their customers. David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic comedy, Glengarry Glen Ross, does not hold back […]
Next Generation Festival 2026, Linbury
Youth Company of the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera and The Royal Ballet School Next Generation Festival, an annual Royal Ballet initiative which brings young dancers and choreographers from around the world to the Linbury Theatre, kicked off its 2026 edition with wondrous displays of talent from Vienna and London. The Youth Company […]
Anish Kapoor – Hayward Gallery
A triumphant return Superlatives sometimes feel hyperbolic, but in the case of the recently opened Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, words like superb and stunning seem appropriate. Kapoor is one of only a few artists who have had a second exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. In1998, the Hayward was the first public gallery […]