With a single dessert and just two glasses of wine our bill was kept in check - but the effort of doing so was not much fun
Babbo
Film
This is a film with beautiful performances and a visual style that urges you towards reflection
Bright Star
Theatre
Although the first half of Kwei-Armah’s production is pacy, funny and intelligent, the energy level then drops off
Seize The Day
I loved this film from start to finish. Take the girlfriend, tell your mum - I'd see it again tomorrow and will buy the dvd.
I saw this last night and can't remember the last time I was so moved in the theatre.
I have been to many of London's so-called best Japanese restaurants and none have been as good as the food that I've had at Aqua Kyoto
London,
05.11.09
The dancers are very good but everyone seems bemused by the choreography in the Royal Ballet's latest mixed bill.
04.11.09
A former Rambert dancer, has revved things up with new work, new dancers and newly commissioned music.
28.10.09
Before ballet got pointy and athletic, it must have looked something like Mark Morris's V.
26.10.09
Given she’s been off injured for a year, Sarah Lamb understandably took things carefully in Sleeping Beauty.
22.10.09
It was good to see Wendy Whelan and Leanne Benjamin at Sadler’s Wells for Morphoses, says Sarah Frater.
19.10.09
Before you read any further, call the Peacock Theatre and book tickets to see Cirkus Cirkor.
16.10.09
Serge Diaghilev’s arrival in Paris 100 years ago forever changed classical dance
14.10.09
James Thierree's new show Raoul hasn't been properly thought through but he does eventually win you over.
08.10.09
The Royal Ballet performs its first performance after the summer break and Kenneth MacMillan's brilliance shows through.
07.10.09
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan is a strange opener to Dance Umbrella, which usually programmes the indie and the unexpected.
02.10.09
As part of its 40th anniversary tour, the Scottish Ballet performs a mixed bill that tracks the progress of Ballet over the past four decades.
14.09.09
After the minimalist splendour of Rosas Danst Rosas, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker completed her visit to Sadler's Wells with Zeitung
09.09.09
In Rosas Danst Rosas, dance-maker Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker offers no sets and no costumes; there’s no narrative, plot, nor a sense of place
17.08.09
Closing its London visit with The Sleeping Beauty should be a hit for the Mariinsky. However, it felt a bit thin with the tired 1952 Sergeyev...
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13.08.09
The Mariinsky looked so sexy and so good in their Balanchine triple bill that you half wished they'd dance only the Russian-born choreographer’s work....
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10.08.09
After a disappointing Romeo and Juliet last week, the Mariinsky set all to rights with Swan Lake.
05.08.09
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée performs with such innocence you smile anew as he produces rabbits from hats and ducks from serving platters in Cirque...
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04.08.09
It can't be easy being the Mariinsky Ballet. The Russian visitors are in London with seasons of both opera and ballet.
31.07.09
Chun Yi is a kung fu caper, with 40-or-so high kicking, air-punching, ye-ha-ing performers
30.07.09
With tighter direction and better orchestration, Shall We Dance would top the summer slot. As it is, you’d never know the zing of Rodgers.