94 stories by "Katie Colombus"
Coliseum, London: This modern triple bill by the Mikhailovsky Ballet St Petersburg is the last in its London run, rounding off a varied season.
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February 22-25: Strange things happen when the moon is full. But considering that this is Pina Bausch we are talking about, things could be a whole lot stranger. Compared with some of her ea…
Sadler's Wells, London: No one does tragi-comic dance quite like Pina Bausch. Seeing her company, here recently for the World Cities 2012 season, is like seeing old friends. Familiar faces a…
Palace Theatre, Watford: The Ballet Boyz are in a strong position at the moment. Rather than downsizing their now 11-year-old company after their performing careers came to an elegant end, t…
Royal Festival Hall, London: The most surprising (and successful) thing about cabaret diva Meow Meow's dark and sparkling Christmas revue show is how quickly the action switches track -…
Radlett Centre, Radlett: It's a tale as old as time, but not in the Technicolor Disney sense. Good versus evil, a traditional love story and a right royal knees up all come together in …
The Place, London: Work by Rosemary Butcher isn't for the apathetic. You really have to draw your own conclusions, create your own narrative and search for the meaning in the physical m…
Wembley Arena, London: Ice Age Live is perfect for a good old kids' holiday romp. It's like the best night at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, with a sprinkle of Twentieth Century Fox.
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Royal Opera House, London: The Royal Ballet proves its 21st century stance in three works of great scope spanning modern, pedestrian and neo-classical ballet.
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Lilian Baylis Studio, London: I thought the best thing about the new programme of Jonzi D's work was poet and songstress OneNess Sankara, after she performed a work with incredible stru…
Lilian Baylis Studio, London: Performing his show on the London stage for the first time in 10 years, the most obvious question about Jonzi D's Lyrikal Fearta is whether or not it'…
Barbican, London: I can't think of anything better than going to a dance performance where Jarvis Cocker appears onstage as a Halloween zombie, rocking out with his band as dancers grin…
Radlett Centre: These Tinga Tinga Tales are a perfect example of how an idea, no matter how simple, can be brilliantly produced to make an authentic and enjoyable children's show.
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Sadler's Wells, London: Sasha Waltz's dancers are athletes - strong, lithe and inspiring. Whistling through time to silence, a regular percussive beat, or epochal orchestral symphonies,…
Sadler's Wells, September 7: Last year, emerging choreographer James Cousins won the inaugral New Adventures Choreographic Award and the prize fund that went with it. Tonight he produces the…
Arena, St Albans: It's often said that children are the harshest of critics. Thankfully, in the case of Angelina Ballerina The Mousical - Live On Stage, that's not the case. Any sh…
Lyric Theatre, London: It can be difficult to find shows suitable for the very young - the best theatre for tiddlypeeps often has a rather frustrating five-plus recommendation - but here is …
Sadler's Wells: With its roots sprung from the banks of the Danube, Wiesenland, which bookends Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch's World Cities 2012 run, is inspired by images of Hungar…
Sadler's Wells: For a choreographer who made her name with works of soul-wrenching melancholia, comment on human cruelty and a song of general postmodern despair, this later work made in 200…
