300 stories by "Anna Winter"
Black cats, yellow hats and salt " the superstitions that swirl around flamenco culture form the core of Isabel Bayon's enjoyably bizarre
The most famous teenage lovers in Western literature didn't actually die. At least, not in Lost Dog's outstanding Juliet and Romeo, a
With no hip-hop dance-graded syllabus available, where's best to learn house and krump? Anna Winter finds out how to take street moves
Marianela Nunez knew she wanted to be a dancer at three years old. Now starring in Giselle and celebrating her 20th year
A spate of high-profile robot deaths, a mysterious tulip and the machinations of a malevolent teddy bear with gleaming red eyes. Welcome
April de Angelis' 1993 play Playhouse Creatures is a witty and poignant backstage drama that explores the moment in history when lustrous-locked
The Royal Ballet institution has a pretty much sacrosanct relationship with Petipa's Sleeping Beauty. Sumptuously and symphonically scored by Tchaikovsky, it's the
Five New York women, each called Betty Boop, join forces to stage the play-within-a-play from A Midsummer Night's Dream. In doing so,
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Hades is located underneath Waterloo station. At least, it is until March, during the run of Chivaree Circus' immersive show
Nicole Acquah's For A Black Girl is a vital and vibrant two-hander that scrutinises racism and sexism, the very existence of which
There's nothing comforting about Mother (Moeder), by Gabriela Carrizo and her company Peeping Tom. In this strange and unsettling piece of dance
This year, the Royal Ballet's Marianela Nunez celebrates two decades with the company, most of them as principal. Here's a ballerina at
Camden People Theatre's feminist theatre festival Calm Down Dear gets off to a cracking start with Racheal Ofori's So Many Reasons. It's
For all its wit and whimsy, the world of Betes de Foire " Petit Theatre de Gestes, created and performed by Elsa
Since being founded in Dundee 32 years ago, Scottish Dance Theatre has gained an enviable reputation for its pioneering spirit. As the
Blood, sweat, soil " and a Cyr wheel. This is the stuff of Santa Madera, an eye-widening feat by circus performers Juan
A charming zoologically-inspired circus show, Fauna never descends into twee anthropomorphism in its exploration of animal movement. Initially performed at the Glastonbury
An evening meal becomes a wordless passive-aggressive ritual for an unhappy couple in Finnish company WHS's evocative Lahto ("departure"), part of the
Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth, choreographed in 1965 to Mahler's revered song cycle, ranks as an early masterpiece. A profound meditation
This Qdos production of Cinderella strains to show you how big its budget is. Look how lavish and spangly the sets! An appearance
Writer and director Tom Crowley's felicitous 21st century adaptation of Great Expectations turns Dickens' beefy Bildungsroman into two hours of funny, gripping
La Soiree is an Australian-born variety show with a distinguished provenance. It premiered in London in 2010, having evolved from co-creator Brett
Greenwich Theatre's Cinderella is a slick and spirited show with local appeal. The heroine, played with winning directness by Louise Young, lives with
Theresa Heskins' Treasure Island is a misguided festive show that's ended up on the rocks. It's an odd choice of Christmas fare,
Roller is a fervent, funny and touching show about female aggression. While asking questions about revolution and progress, it contrasts the pugnacity
