I saw my first pantomime at the Everyman (then still the Opera House) when I was about five. It influenced my life and set me on a path which I am still on more than half a century later. The importance of a visit to the theatre...

The name of Ballet Black rather gives the game away. While not entirely a company of black dancers, there are not any white Anglo-Saxon performers either. Their stated aim is to “bring ballet to a more culturally diverse...