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Birmingham Royal Ballet floods the stage a Sadler's Wells with fine dancing and some magical moments in its landmark production of The Sleeping Beauty
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Let's All Dance presents Goldilocks The Ballet, a charming adventure aimed at budding balletomanes, in Sadler's Wells second house, the Lilian Baylis studio
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A thrilling new cast renews a fine production of Donizetti's tragic opera
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London Tide, a sprawling play with songs adapted for the National Theatre from Dickens’s last novel, drags on and fails to grip
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The greatest love story ever told returns to the stage, this time courtesy of Northern Ballet's own version of Romeo and Juliet at Sadler's Wells
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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
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Musicals
The stage adaptation of the Japanese Oscar-wInning animation Spirited Away has its European premiere at the London Coliseum
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Rambert collaborates with LA-based choreographer Jill Johnson to present Analogue, a brand new installation that premieres at the Stone Nest in May
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Theatre
Searingly funny and abruptly sad, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' latest uses the guise of a school reunion to ponder the fragility of life and consequences of decisions
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Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina is exceptional in the title role of Bizet's opera, but what's the Duchess of Alba doing here?
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The Taiwan Festival at the Coronet Theatre is London's fist major celebration of contemporary Taiwanese arts and culture
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Breakin' Convention, the annual international festival of hip hop, returns to its London home at Sadler's Wells
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