ballet

London’s arts scene wakes from its early winter slumber to bring us two arty openings this week. Both Indian Highway and Magnificence of the Tsars open today. At the V&A, Magnificence of the Tsars looks at the opulence and grandeur of Imperial Russia; the perfect …

Temperatures drop, shopping stress rises, and London rolls into festive season good and proper this week. Here’s our guide to the saner side of London’s arts scene; it’s not all about carols and pantos, you know. That Hamlet starts at the Novello today, without the …

Earlier this year, we saw English National Ballet stripped back to bare essentials in a celebration of ballet and the history of the company. This winter they’re back at the beautiful Coliseum with a sumptuous trio of classic ballets: Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Manon. …

English National Ballet returns to the Royal Festival Hall this July after an absence of 11 years, with a promisingly lyrical, accessible and pleasing mixed bill. The Company was formed in 1950 – the same year as the Festival Hall as part of the Festival …

After the (non-)scandal of (un-)banned Tube posters, the works of Lucas Cranach the Elder are now well and truly on show at the Royal Academy. Painter, print-maker, illustrator, businessman, propagandist, and huge fan of the female nude, this is Cranach’s first major exhibition in Britain. …

Ahh, art or money? It’s something we ponder daily here at Londonist. (Can’t we have both?) The big question is also being asked over at the Old Vic by none other than Kevin Spacey and his mate Jeff Goldblum in Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow. We’re also pondering …

Be there first Circus-style theatre comes to London in Afrika! Afrika! opening this week after heavy advertising which has been around for months. Performers from 17 different African nations make up the show; contortionists, acrobatics, jugglers, high-wire acts, musicians, singers, the list goes on. If …