Thursday, February 12, 2026
Sadler’s Wells East, LondonThe all-male French troupe Chicos Mambo mix parody and pointework in a fast-paced comic celebration of dance’s high art and sillier side
When the curtain goes …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMThe Corn Exchange, NewburyThere are quirky, characterful dances, bodies melting together and understated charisma in this story of a famed 1920s lesbian club
Le Monocle was a famed lesbian c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32AMSaturday, January 31, 2026
The Place, LondonCharlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey deliver a mesmerising and intimate ode to their performing lives together
Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey fell in love 24 years ago when th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMFriday, January 30, 2026
Glen Tetley’s fantastical ballet, set to an atonal Schoenberg score, is finally returning to Covent Garden. Dancers Marcelino Sambé and Joshua Junker discuss how they came under its spell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMWednesday, January 28, 2026
Linbury theatre, LondonFull of postcard moments, Taylor’s choreography harks back to a more straightforward, analogue age – and is all the better for that
Paul Taylor is not a choreograp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTuesday, January 27, 2026
She has based ballets on Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel and Eva Perón. So Annabelle Lopez Ochoa was well placed to take on the passionate, complicated figure of Anne Lister
A couple dance across …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PMMonday, January 26, 2026
The Place, LondonSadiq Ali’s intimate dance piece follows a woman with an HIV diagnosis at a time when it was misunderstood and stigmatised
In the programme note for Tell Me, its creator …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMTuesday, January 20, 2026
Linbury theatre, LondonThese gems, old and new, include an intense revival of Martha Graham’s Deep Song and a new piece by Christopher Bruce set to Leonard Cohen songs
Wow, the energy in a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMMonday, January 19, 2026
She started out performing in her living room, charging £1.50 a ticket. Now, having blazed through Love Island and silenced her Strictly haters, the Welsh sensation is really hitting the bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:02AMFriday, January 9, 2026
Pioneering Dutch choreographer who fused classical and modern ballet styles into stripped back movement
The Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen, who has died aged 93, was a pioneering and pro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMMonday, January 5, 2026
Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner unite for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Michael Sheen launches Welsh National Theatre and Bridget Christie revs up for a return to the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMFriday, December 19, 2025
Sainsbury theatre, London Academy of Music and Dramatic ArtBoutique staging with just 12 dancers makes up for its small scale with inventive choreography by Valentino Zucchetti and a spirite…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMWednesday, December 17, 2025
A meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best stage shows of the year
10. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMMonday, December 15, 2025
Who’s that daring young farmyard animal on the flying trapeze? The creatures of Mossy Bottom have been put on stage by ‘edgy’ circus stars Circa – but the burlesque shearing had to g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMSunday, December 14, 2025
DanceEast, Ipswich This colourful quest story is stylishly simplified for a young audience and an energetic cast of just four, choreographed by Luca Silvestrini to a melodious Frank Moon sco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMThursday, December 4, 2025
Tall, handsome and used to receiving fire emojis on his social media posts, the dancer has, with his partner Mayara Magri, been called ‘the Posh’n’Becks of ballet’. But there is suff…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMSadler’s Wells East, LondonScrooge is a glam ice queen fashion maven until her heart is melted in ZooNation’s delicious festive show – danced to a blisteringly high standard
Who knew B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMWednesday, December 3, 2025
Emerald theatre, LondonA mashup of Irish dance, tap and talent-show sparkle, Adam Garcia’s party wins you over with its energy and enthusiasm
In the nicest possible way, this feels a bit l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMFriday, November 21, 2025
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA trio of choreographers respond to Muhly’s vivid scores with works that veer from the meditative to the macabre
If you thought we had exhausted shows that were pos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMSunday, November 16, 2025
Royal Opera House, LondonIn an engaging triple bill, a new work from Cathy Marston explores the emotional charge of Britten’s Violin Concerto, while works by Justin Peck and George Balanch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMFriday, November 7, 2025
Sadler’s Wells East, LondonAkeim Toussaint Buck’s bass-heavy production invites the audience to get up and lose themselves in the music
A must for reggae lovers, and anyone in the marke…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMWednesday, November 5, 2025
The Place, LondonInspired by The House of Bernarda Alba, Amina Khayyam explores tensions between tradition, freedom, fear and love
I admire the work of Amina Khayyam. The Slough-based dancer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMMonday, November 3, 2025
Her latest work is built on dark, minimal beats and groups of dancers moving in unison. It’s sensual, visceral and, she says, totally intuitive
A couple of summers ago I was in a club in M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMFriday, October 31, 2025
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonMixed bill features twee neo-classicism, jazzy frocks and racial antagonism as it rachets up to an urgent and commanding Salomé that feels genuinel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMThursday, October 30, 2025
Somerset House and Stone Nest, London Installations, some triggered by the viewer’s own body, show off the wide range of a choreographer always fizzing with fresh ideas
Wayne McGregor want…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMWednesday, October 29, 2025
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe mythological piece for 12 female dancers was developed in Saudi Arabia and pulsates with physical intensity and ancestral rage
Akram Khan is a choreographer at hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMWednesday, October 22, 2025
Stage@leeds/Stanley & Audrey Burton theatre, LeedsAmrita Hepi measures words and movement as she talks through her artistic journey and Tiran Willemse takes Moon River in a new direction…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMSunday, October 19, 2025
The Place, LondonThis delightfully unique triple bill spans many worlds with Busby Berkeley-style sci-fi formations, a hazy summery waltz and a wild rampage of Welsh folk dance
The sequins a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMYork Theatre RoyalJeyasingh’s choreography is well wrought and precise but Caliban’s struggles with servitude and resistance feel adrift amid a sea of ideas
Choreographer Shobana Jeyasin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMFriday, October 17, 2025
Barbican, LondonAmala Dianor Company and baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants combine for an occasionally exquisite yet oddly dispassionate show
The marrying of music and dance is an indefa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMWednesday, October 15, 2025
Mimi’s Shebeen, choreographed by Alesandra Seutin, charts South African legend’s exile and ascendancy with ‘beautiful songs, strong messages and moments that hit’
“You speak about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM 
