‘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 ...

Recent days have seen the 1948 Powell and Pressburger film. The Red Shoes, gracing our TV screens - the very film that a young Mathew Bourne ...

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 ...

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty sees the popular choreographer return to the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer's ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with ...

A powerful tale of obsession, possession and one girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer is to return to the stage, choreographed by Matthew Bourne.

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.

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 ...

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’s Swan Lake returns with a fresh look for the 21st century. Retaining the iconic elements of the original production loved by millions around the world, Matthew Bourne and award-winning ...