Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell was reviewed at Sadler’s Wells, London where it continues until 21 June 2025. The tour continues until 4 October 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: The Next Generation – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: The Next Generation was reviewed at the Milton Keynes Theatre where it continues until 19 April. The tour continues until 9 November 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Lez Brotherston to receive an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2022
New Adventures has congratulated associate artist and Tony and Olivier Award-winning designer Lez Brotherston on his Order of the British Empire in The Queen’s New Year Honours 2022 for services to Dance and Theatre. Matthew Bourne said today: “Sending enormous congratulations to Lez Brotherston OBE on this much-deserved honour, from the entire New Adventures Family. As […]
The Midnight Bell – Leicester Curve and Touring
The Midnight Bell was reviewed at Leicester Curve and continues touring until 27 November 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Matthew Bourne’s highly-anticipated premiere graced the Leicester Curve for its thrilling spin (pardon the pun) on Patrick Hamilton’s bittersweet novel The Midnight Bell (or rather, taking elements from his entire trilogy […]
Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell to premiere with UK tour
New Adventures has announced the world premiere of Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell at the Cheltenham Everyman on 9 September 2021 at the start of a UK tour of 13 venues. Inspired by the distinctive work of 20th century playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton and set in London’s Soho, the new production has been created […]
Bourne’s The Car Man to drive into the Royal Albert Hall for a limited run in 2021
Matthew Bourne’s multi-award-winning dance thriller The Car Man will return for 14 performances only as part of the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary celebrations in 2021. Presented by New Adventures and the Royal Albert Hall, the acclaimed work inspired by Bizet’s Carmen will be re-imagined for the iconic venue utilising the full expanse of the […]
Wise Children to offer summer school theatre courses
Bristol-based company Wise Children is stepping up its online presence with the launch of The School for Wise Children’s Summer Spread – a series of online theatrical courses launching next month. Running from 15 June until 17 July 2020 and offering three paid places and three free places per course, the lessons will be delivered […]
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet to premiere in 2019
New talent will perform alongside seasoned professional dancers when Matthew Bourne’s version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet receives its world premiere next year. Directed and choreographed by Bourne, the re-imagining of the ultimate romantic tragedy will feature established stars alongside the finest emerging male and female talent selected following a nationwide talent search which began […]
Flowers for Mrs Harris – Chichester Festival Theatre
Flowers for Mrs Harris continues at Chichester Festival Theatre until 29 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Daniel Evans’ farewell production at The Crucible, Sheffield before taking over as Chichester’s artistic director was the staging of this new British musical, based on the 1958 novella by Paul Gallico. Rachel Wagstaff […]
Me and My Girl – Chichester Festival Theatre
Me and My Girl continues at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 25 August 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This season’s productions at Chichester have not met with the usual acclaim from other critics, although they have been well received by audiences and by this reviewer. Not surprisingly there has been speculation over […]
Musical highlights of Chichester Festival Theatre 2018 season are Flowers For Mrs Harris and Me and My Girl
Productions of the Noel Gay classic Me and My Girl and new musical Flowers For Mrs Harris will be the musical highlights of artistic director Daniel Evans and executive director Rachel Tackley’s star-studded second season at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Following on from a record-breaking 2017, the new season will feature a mix of major revivals […]
Matthew Bourne and New Adventures to stage The Red Shoes
New Adventures has announced the world premiere of Matthew Bourne’s production of The Red Shoes, opening at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on Monday 21 November with an eight-week Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells from Tuesday 6 December 2016 to Sunday 29 January 2017 (press night is Wednesday 14 December). A beloved fairy-tale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has seduced audiences and […]
Show Boat is Sheffield Theatres’ Christmas musical
This Christmas Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans will direct Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s timeless masterpiece Show Boat on the Crucible stage. The musical will run from 10 December 2015–16 January 2016 (press night is 16 December). Evans said: “I’m thrilled to announce our autumn season. I’m looking forward to directing a seminal work of American musical theatre, Show Boat, our most ambitious Christmas production to […]
Oh What a Lovely War returns to Theatre Royal Stratford East
Following a sold-out run in spring 2014, Terry Johnson’s revival of Oh What a Lovely War will return to its spiritual home – Theatre Royal Stratford East – in January 2015, before embarking on a national tour. It will be produced by Judy Lloyd and Matthew Mitchell. Oh What a Lovely War, a satirical musical about the First World […]
