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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 […]
Five Questions With: Adam Cooper
Award-winning performer ADAM COOPER plays the intimidating director/choreographer Zach in Curve Leicester’s production of the groundbreaking musical A Chorus Line, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Ellen Kane (running until 31 December 2021). Having gained acclaim for creating the lead role of the Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne’s production of Swan Lake – a role […]
DVD and Blu-rays of Bourne’s Swan Lake and Romeo + Juliet
Illuminations are releasing the DVD and Blu-rays of Matthew Bourne’s hit 2018 re-imagined version of his innovative Swan Lake and 2019’s critically-acclaimed Romeo + Juliet. Filmed live at Sadler’s Wells during the 2018/2019 tour, the 21st century version of Bourne’s convention-bending version of the classic ballet Swan Lake features Liam Mower as The Prince, with […]
Sky Arts debuts for New Adventures productions
The broadcast premieres of Matthew Bourne’s 2018 re-imagined version of his innovative Swan Lake and last year’s critically acclaimed Romeo and Juliet have been announced as part of New Adventures’ newly-launched programme, A Festival Of Classics. Filmed live at Sadler’s Wells during the 2018/2019 tour, the 21st century version of Bourne’s convention-bending version of the […]
Royal Ballet star Matthew Ball to debut in Matthew Bourne’s festive Swan Lake
The Royal Ballet’s newest principal dancer Matthew Ball will join New Adventures for the entire London season of Matthew Bourne’s new production of his innovative Swan Lake this Christmas. After making his debut as Prince Siegfried in the Royal Ballet’s traditional Swan Lake, Ball will star in Bourne’s famously all-male version of the classic ballet, […]
Matthew Bourne pays tribute to Jonathan Ollivier – 1977-2015
Just hours before he was due to perform in the final show of Matthew Bourne’s production of The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, dancer Jonathan Ollivier died tragically in a motorbike accident. Below, Bourne pays his own tribute. JONATHAN OLLIVIER, 1977 – 2015 A TRIBUTE FROM MATTHEW BOURNE AND NEW ADVENTURES Following yesterday’s tragic incident and […]
