MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
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Minimalist mastery of tragic tale
Susan Darlington reviews Romeo and Juliet at The Grand, Leeds
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation
RON JACOBS welcomes the political lessons for today, about organisation and withdrawal from conflict, made by an erudite and conversational biography
4/5
Romeo and Juliet has been a signature work for Northern Ballet for the last 20 years but, while the company has previously toured Christopher Gable and Massimo Moricone’s theatrical version, they’ve returned to Shakespeare’s tragedy with this production by Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Les Ballets de Monte Carlo.
It’s a welcome contrast to much in the company’s programme, in which the dancing is often overshadowed by Lez Brotherson’s ornate set designs.
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