Kneehigh’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk is a portrait of Marc Chagall’s and Bella Rosenfeld’s marriage. It is a portrait as colourful, as quirky and as inventive as Chagall’s own paintings, and it has enormous charm. Writer Daniel Jamieson and director Emma Rice created their first version of this story over twenty years ago for Theatre Alibi. This new production marks the end of Rice’s long association with Kneehigh, as she has now moved to become Artistic Director for Shakespeare’s Globe.

This year, thanks to the support of the Spielman Trust, the BOVTS was able to present its Graduating Showcase in a proper theatre setting, and Principal Paul Rummer was delighted to see that St George’s was packed out for the occasion. The BOVTS is in its seventieth year, and in that time it has accumulated an enormously impressive list of past students . . .