There were six or seven of them. It was the late 1980s and the dancers traveled around the country in a minibus, ironing their own costumes and sharing beds in cheap hotels. When they reached their ...

London — There’s never really been a term for Matthew Bourne’s particular brand of storytelling -- a cinema-influenced, live-on-stage mixture of dance and theater, with few fancy steps and never many ...

“Admit passersby!” urged Britain’s wartime instructions. In Matthew Bourne’s dance-theater production of “Cinderella,” we find a reminder to open up our hearts and let the sunshine in. But the story ...

3 Critics' Choice: Gary Naylor's Best Theatre of 2025 Matthew is the creator of the world's longest running ballet production, a seven-time Olivier Award winner, and the only British director to have ...

Matthew Bourne's audacious, rule-breaking reinvention of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered 30 years ago. It has now become the most successful dance theatre production of ...

Will Bozier and Dominic North dance in Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake.” (Johan Persson) Since 1876, Tchaikovsky’s iconic ballet “Swan Lake” has spread its wings to take on many forms, the most unique of ...