nutcracker

A teenager was stabbed to death in Bow yesterday. Beat this for seasonal romance: an on-stage proposal by the lead of the Nutcracker. Aww.. Stamps commemorating the abolition of slavery go on show at the Museum of Docklands in January to mark the beginning of …

By Michael Garner courtesy of English National Ballet When Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker was first produced in St Petersburg in 1892, it was critically panned. The storyline, based on a fairy tale written by a German civil servant, is more or less nonsense and results in two …

By Michael Garner courtesy of English National Ballet The Coliseum’s getting a sprinkling of seasonal fairy dust shortly with the return of English National Ballet’s colourful Nutcracker for Christmas. A firm family favourite, The Nutcracker is basically a Christmas party plus a child’s fantasy dream …

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. …