Matthew Bourne ’s The Red Shoes is a swirl of colour and intensity. Adapted from the 1948 film by Michael Powell and Emeric ...

Matthew Bourne’s audacious, rule-breaking reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago. It has now become the most successful dance theatre ...

‘I think ‘Oliver!’ is more than a classic musical. It’s part of our DNA, embedded in British culture’ ( Handout) In 1994, eight years after he launched his dance company, then known as Adventures in ...

"It’s unheard of!" exclaims choreographer Matthew Bourne when I meet him upstairs at north London dance theatre Sadler’s Wells. He is expressing his astonishment at the length of the run for his ...

Turning an iconic dance film into a ballet, Matthew Bourne has reduced a brilliant melodrama to a series of postures and fits. His version of 1948’s The Red Shoes took a raft of prizes in London after ...

Choreographer Matthew Bourne has spoken about the importance of dance being recognised by theatre awards ceremonies. Bourne, who picked up two Olivier Awards – Best Theatre Choreographer and Best ...

Spoiler alert: A pumpkin will not become a golden carriage nor will four white mice turn into four white horses in choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne’s dance drama, “Cinderella.” Bourne is best known ...

As usual with Bourne, the production will have been adjusted slightly with each iteration, but it’s possible to compare the 30th anniversary version with the 1995 one, of which handily there is a DVD.

When the choreographer Matthew Bourne was a teenager, he collected autographs. Waiting at stage doors on opening nights gave him a glimpse of the glamorous world of drama, music and movement that had ...

Matthew Bourne conjures the impassioned, hothouse world of ballet - 4/5 This richly realised production packs a wealth of ballet history into deft parodies ...