Birmingham Hippodrome; Linbury Studio, LondonDavid Bintley created Hobson's Choice in 1989 for the Royal Ballet touring company which was soon to sever its links with Covent Garden and become Birmingham Royal Ballet. The work, based on a play by Harold Brighouse, tells of the fortunes of a cobbler and his three daughters in Victorian Lancashire. Atmospheric and gently humorous, it's set to a vivid score by Paul Reade…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on February 25, 2012