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ENB Ballerina Erina Takahashi Interview
As Akram Khan’s iconoclastic Giselle returns to Sadler’s Wells, English National Ballet’s lead principal dancer Erina Takahashi discusses ballet's tragic heroine
by Teresa Guerreiro
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Imelda Staunton Dazzles in Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly! fills the London Palladium stage with colour, joy and razzmatazz in a traditional production given tremendous depth by Imelda Staunton in the title role
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The 12 best BBC Proms 2024
Marvel at Beethoven from memory, join the CBeebies children's choir or cross the Atlantic in music. It's all in the annual orchestral and choral feast by Claudia Pritchard
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The Art House Hosts Light in Motion
The London Design Festival opens with Light in Motion, an exhibition featuring collectibles, durational artworks and installations all showcasing light by Teresa Guerreiro
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The Biba Story, 1964-75 review ★★★★★
Mini-skirts, psychedelic prints, baked beans.... For 11 heady years, it was all go at Biba. And in the East End, workrooms kept London dressed by Claudia Pritchard
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State Ballet of Georgia's London Debut
The State Ballet of Georgia’s Swan Lake is a traditional production with luscious sets and costumes and variable dancing
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Autumn opera at Covent Garden: Royal Opera productions to catch
From Mozart to Tchaikovsky to Bernstein, the ups and downs of couples in love find voice in a season of classics. Booking opens at 9AM on Wed 10 July by Claudia Pritchard
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Dance
Tickets go on sale on 11 September for the cinema screenings of English National Ballet's spectacular Swan Lake in-the-round, coming to a cinema near you this autumn
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Festival
Battersea Power Station showcases all things South East Asian in its CelebrASIA weekend festival
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Immersive
The Coronet Theatre's first ever site specific event, The Belt -Past and Future is helmed by South Korea's energetic Ambiguous Dance Company
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Dance
Possibly the first classic of the 21st century, Akram Khan's extraordinary remake of the uber-Romantic ballet Giselle for English National Ballet returns to Sadler's Wells
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Dance
Brought to Sadler’s Wells directly from China, Wing Chun is a spectacular dance drama centred on the real life figure of Yip Man, a Grandmaster of Chinese martial arts
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Immersive
The Barbican Theatre becomes jazz club for an immersive performance of Charles Mingus's jazz masterpiece, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
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Tried and Tested
Dance
The State Ballet of Georgia’s Swan Lake is a traditional production with luscious sets and costumes and variable dancing
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Dance
Fresh from an acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival, Scottish Dance Theatre brings its latest double bill, Moving Cloud and The Flock, to The Place
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Design
The London Design Festival opens with Light in Motion, an exhibition featuring collectibles, durational artworks and installations all showcasing light
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Dance
Nigeria's QDance Company takes the Queen Elizabeth Hall by storm with the high octane Re:Incarnation celebrating the breadth and power of Nigerian music
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Dance
Encounters: Four Contemporary Ballets is the Royal Ballet's first mixed bill of the 2024/25 season, bringing new work by four fresh and exciting voices
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MaddAddam, choreographer Wayne McGregor's monumental adaptation of Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood's dystopian trilogy, comes to Covent Garden
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Christmas theatre shows for all the family
From twisted fairytales to festive musicals: book now for the best Christmas theatre shows London 2023 has to offer READ MORE
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Our merry guide to Christmas TV 2023
From the final season of The Crown with Imelda Staunton to the latest BBC Agatha Christie adaptation Murder is Easy starring David Jonsson, here's our Christmas TV 2023 guide
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Best concerts and opera in December
Handel's Messiah dominates the month's great music, but there is also Bach, passionate Italian opera and a German fairy tale by Claudia Pritchard
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Christmas party edit
We round up our favourite pieces for party season, from rhinestone long skirts to glittering eyes and chunky, comfy heels
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The best winter pop-ups for feeling festive
From a cosy alpine lodge to a kitsch cocktail den transporting guests back in time, we round up London’s festive pop-ups to hunker down in this winter
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London's best art exhibitions to see this month
What are the best art exhibitions in London now? This month starts with David Hockney!
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Shining bright: London's loveliest Christmas lights
The streets of London are twinkling once more. Here are the loveliest Christmas light displays to catch this year
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