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- Liza Dezfouli
Maybe Forever is one to take away with you and sleep on. And by it be uncomfortably reminded of your own life.
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- Joe Lusk
To update an ancient story, to re-imagine in a modern context whilst maintaining the integrity of the narrative is no mean feat. To update an update successfully, well, that would be an heroic effort.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Although the physical skills are all there, confidence, verve and stage presence in many of the young performers was missing.
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- Stephanie Glickman
With the help of a superlative brassy band, five enthusiastic dancers and a large choir of multi-aged children, Kermond is never less than 100% in the moment.
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- Dione Joseph
Circus memories are like old smells. Comfortable and warm, often very strong and mostly associated with food and animals, they can transport you back in time within a nanosecond.
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- Joe Lusk
In Little Black Bastard, Tovey takes his audience through the trials and tribulations of his formative years, winding a tortuous path through the many buildings and institutions that he called home and past the numerous guardians that he either loved or loathed
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- Stephanie Glickman
Originally debuted in 1870 at the Paris Opera, Coppelia is a well-worn story ballet in the romantic ballet tradition.
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