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UCL East Marshgate review – an inward-looking class act

University College London’s flexible new campus is all complex drama within, yet its forbidding exterior sits somewhat uneasily with its Olympic Park neighbours

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023

Climate protesters disrupt Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells

Climate activists interrupted a performance of Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells theatre last night, demanding an end to its partnership with Barclays.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Leonard Tucker obituary

Pioneering lighting designer with Laurence Olivier and Peter Hall at the National Theatre, and later in the West End

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

Dame Beryl Grey obituary

One of the most celebrated British ballerinas of her generation who later dedicated herself to the training of dancers

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

When Burnley was the UK’s cultural capital

Letter: In the 1940s, the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells ballet and opera companies took refuge in the north, writes Austen Lynch

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022

Beryl Goldwyn obituary

Dancer who was able to capture the essence of Romantic ballet and was also impressive in more modern works

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022

Spice Girl Melanie C to dance at Sadler’s Wells

The former Sporty Spice will open the London theatre’s spring season in a contemporary dance collaboration with experimental choreographer Jules Cunningham

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022

Mama, just killed a samurai! How Japan used Queen to liven up Romeo and Juliet

How do you give the star-cross’d lovers a lift? Drop them in 12th-century Japan and add a classic Queen album. As it opens in Britain, A Night at the Kabuki sends shivers down our writer’s spine

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022

A mighty groove: Sadler’s Wells sets up new dance home in east London

Due to open in Stratford next year, the sibling to the Islington institution will have a special emphasis on local talent, hip-hop and artists of colour

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022

The Rite of Spring review – a bruising collision of life, sex and death

A Covid-dogged company of African dancers triumph in an unbearable yet riveting revival of Pina Bausch’s take on Stravinsky

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022