★★★★☆ Many will already be familiar with this ballet’s music, if not the movement. The clog dance in the second act is a favourite on Classic FM, and although Hérold might not be a composer whose name rings many bells, his tunes are very familiar in that “I’ve heard this somewhere before” kind of way.
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StageTalk Magazine’s ROBERT GAINER was in New York recently and sent this impression of his visits to Broadway. Having seen and reviewed top flight shows in London’s West End and at regional theatres in Birmingham, Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon he wondered if the Americans had anything to offer that he hadn’t experienced already. Not surprisingly, they had – but at arm and a leg prices . . .
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★★★★★ This is a quality production by Birmingham Royal Ballet throughout. Sergei Prokofiev’s masterpiece of a score ensures that any production gets off to a head start. The Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Koen Kessels brought the Russian composer’s magic alive with a tremendously balanced and tight performance.
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★★★☆☆ The dancers responded brilliantly and revelled in the fun and liberty of the music . . . In The Upper Room was a perfect programme choice to raise spirits at the end of the night. It would be the one work from the evening that I would enjoy seeing again.
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★★★☆☆ This was a whirlwind sprint through two thousand years in about an hour and ten minutes. If you do come to see this show you will be educating your child or children through the school holidays without them realising. What can be wrong with that?
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