Northern Ballet: Merlin review " all-action take on the boy wizard
Nottingham Theatre RoyalKevin Poeung impresses as the Arthurian sorcerer in an energetic but unsubtle telling for family audiences of his younger years Drew McOnie's first full-length ballet, Merlin, is a likable stab at a fantasy drama for a family audience, based on the story of the legendary wizard, with warring kingdoms, spear-fighting, stage magic, a smoke-breathing dragon and a mighty, LED-studded Excalibur. T…