What on earth does a Black Sabbath ballet look like? It was hard to imagine when Birmingham Royal Ballet director Carlos Acosta announced the project, part of his mission to plant Brummie culture at the heart of BRB. But it is an inspired idea as Sabbath’s music is full of drama.
The concept is not to tell the band’s story, although there are voiceovers from its members and Sharon Osbourne. These include the tale of guitarist Tony Iommi losing the tips of his fingers in a sheet metal factory accident, and the nugget that the band’s cocaine bill was more than one album’s recording bill (and that was £80,000).
