He ruffled feathers among the ballet purists with a half-naked all-male ensemble in Swan Lake. He turned Tim Burton's Edward Scissor-hands into a gothic fairytale and transformed Bizet's Carmen into a ...

Choreographer-librettist Matthew Bourne ("Swan Lake," "Car Man") has taken Tchaikovsky's traditional Christmas chestnut and placed it firmly inside an artistic nutcracker of his own, squeezing and ...

THERE are no boys in tights or girls in tutus here. But do expect to see pyjama-clad cupids, gobstoppers, Liquorice Allsorts and a Knickerbocker Glory when you are transported to Sweetieland. Matthew ...

Matthew Bourne’s dance panto Nutcracker! had its very fresh charms in 1992 – the classical skit that launched a path to a knighthood, naughtiness nicely bedecked in every shade of pink, on stage and ...

Proving Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker is not just for Christmas, Matthew Bourne’s adaptation is exquisite and fun. Transposing the Act 1 setting from a sumptuous bourgeoisie drawing room to an austere ...

Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker arrived at the Liverpool Empire theatre last night, bringing a new take on the classic tale. Nutcracker begins on Christmas Eve at Dr. Dross’ Orphanage and follows the ...

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