London dance December 2023
McOnie Company, Nutcracker review ★★★★★
This original, life-enhancing and thoroughly enjoyable version of The Nutcracker has stolen a march on everybody else and has been playing to audiences young and not-so-young at the delightful new pop-up space at the back of the Royal Festival Hall. Short and sweet with a glorious jazzy score.
Read more ...The Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker 2023, ROH
The Royal Ballet dance the impeccable Peter Wright production of The Nutcracker. It's sumptuous, full of wonder and magic, and with the company in fantastic form, glorious dancing across the board is guaranteed. And, of course, there is Tchaikovsky's peerless score played live by the Royal Opera House Orchestra.
Read more ...English National Ballet, Nutcracker (2023), London Coliseum
Hot on the heels of the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet brings its own Nutcracker to the Coliseum for its annual winter residency there. It's an idiosyncratic version of the Christmas ballet, but glorious dancing by a company at the peak of its form guarantees enjoyment.
Read more ...Birmingham Repertory Theatre's The Snowman 2023, Peacock Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre's dance version of Raymond Briggs's world-famous Christmas book, The Snowman, has been enchanting audiences for 26 years and is an indispensable part of the season at the Peacock Theatre.
Read more ...Edward Scissorhands, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, Sadler's Wells
For a few years now Sadler's Wells's offer for the festive season has eschewed the Christmas theme, and so it is this year with the return to its stage of Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands, his dance adaptation of the epoch-making Tim Burton film. It has plenty to tug at the heartstrings, alongside humour and spirited dancing.
Read more ...Scottish Dance Theatre, Pirates! The Place
A swashbuckling adventure through the medium of dance theatre, Scottish Dance Theatre's Pirates! comes to The Place to entertain children and adults alike this Christmas season.
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