Confuse Your Senses with a Feast of Fabulous Sounds
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Thursday, January 21, 2016 www.miltonkeynes.co.uk MILTON KEYNES GO 7 Theatre Bourne’s take on Sleeping Beauty their toes. MK THEATRE ‘It’s light theatre Principal Dancer Dominic North plays the role of Leo, By Georgina Butler at its very best...’ the royal gamekeeper who [email protected] Principal dancer falls head over heels in love with Aurora just before she Dominic North comes of age and is afflicted For dance theatre you can by the evil Carabosse’s curse. ers with its ensemble of He said: “This take on the really get your teeth into, you powerful male swans – yet classic fairy tale has so much need look no further than became the longest running going for it. Matthew Bourne’s vamped up dance show ever. “Like all Matthew Bourne’s Bourne’s clever take on New Adventures at work: Sleeping Beauty goes Sleeping Beauty. work there are some really Sleeping Beauty rationalises from classic fairytale to gothic romance clever twists and the charac- the tale, acknowledging the The classic fairytale we all ters are so well developed. passing of time during the know and love becomes a “I love that our Princess Au- 100 year period that Princess gothic romance with a dif- rora is a real wild child – you Aurora spends slumbering. ference in the hands of Mr see that in the baby puppet For emotional clout, Bourne Bourne – a choreographer and then when the grown-up with his finger firmly on the sets up the blossoming ro- Confuse your senses with Aurora is on stage she is still mance between the young zeitgeist. a bit of a rebel! royal and her handsome While the original ballet was “The relationship between beau before she dozes off a sumptuous 19th Century her and Leo is almost a bit a feast of fabulous sounds – making the famous “true spectacle by Marius Petipa Wuthering Heights or Lady love’s kiss” that breaks the – one of the most influential Chatterley’s Lover – which curse all the more believable. dime, he also talks about show Outside Looking In figures in classical ballet’s is exciting to dance and por- THE STABLES The quirky addition of vam- growing up with his mother, are all sold-out, but we can history –Bourne’s re-inter- tray. pires to the storyline then Only a handful of stand- the agony aunt Claire Rayn- endorse him; after all his pretation uses compelling “Our Sleeping Beauty defi- grants Aurora’s lover (who is, ing tickets remain for this er.’ appearance in the Keynes contemporary dance to nitely has something for refreshingly, the game-keep- evening’s Stables date in the On Stage 2, Zoe Schwarz Blue donkeys years ago (in Shenley awaken a world full of magic, everyone whether you are er and not a prince) the im- company of Think Floyd, Commotion will lead the Church End in case you are fairies, vampires, evil curses a die-hard dance fan or not. mortality required to follow with complete performances charge with a live set based reading, Ed) remains a high- and the love that conquers all “It’s got a good story, good her through the decades so of The Dark Side of the Moon around rootsy originals, fac- light of ours. in the end. dancing, good music, that he can be there to wake and Wish You Were Here. toring in catchy riffs and ex- While Ed has shifted eve- Bourne’s idiosyncratic style good acting and humorous her up. Genius! And if you don’t make haste citing grooves. ry last ticket for his two- has won him global acclaim moments too – it’s light thea- The production even throws to the box office, wishing you Patty Griffin will give you day stay (on Tuesday and and, fittingly, he received a tre at its very best. ” puppetry into the mix as were there is as close as you Monday motivation when Wednesday), fast-riser and Knighthood for services to We last saw Sleeping Beauty Bourne gives baby Aurora – will get, folks. the Grammy-award winner Radio 1 favoured Will Robert dance in the New Year Hon- at Milton Keynes Theatre normally safely ensconced Once those last few tickets treats you to material from will take care of Stage 2 busi- ours List 2016. three years ago. in an elaborately decorated have gone, that’s the end of it. her back catalogue, includ- ness on Tuesday, while Kim- Sleeping Beauty completes a Back by popular demand, it cradle for the christening Oysters3 take control on Fri- ing her most recent opus, the mie Rhodes (whose material trilogy of Tchaikovsky re-im- returns to the new city after scene during the first Act day evening. John Jones, September 2015 release Serv- has been covered by artists aginings created by the self- a seasonal stint at Sadler’s of the classical ballet – a Alan Prosser and Ian Telfer, ant of Love. as diverse as Willie Nelson made dance dynamo for his Wells, London. starring role. Expect to be the three founder members Support is coming from alt- and Mark Knopfler) handles company, New Adventures. Let Matthew Bourne cast his amazed (perhaps slightly and creative heart of folk- country renegade Frankie business on Wednesday, and First, he gave us a delicious- spell over you from Tuesday. disconcerted) to see this wil- legends Oysterband present Lee, who issued his critical- there is availability for both ly witty Nutcracker set in a Book via www.atgtickets. ful infant crawling across the something a little out of the ly acclaimed debut American of these shows, so crack on. Dickensian orphanage. com/miltonkeynes or call stage, scaling the curtains norm; a fresh acoustic per- Dreamer, late last year. Call the box office on 01908 Next came a Swan Lake that on 0844 871 7652. initially ruffled a few feath- and keeping the dancers on formance with a splattering Tickets to see funny chap 280800 or click to www.sta- of not-so-discreet stories. Ed Byrne at work in his new bles.org Pin back your lugs and get set for an insight into their his- tory, complete with cracking tunes from every era of their quite unique career... Confuse your senses on Sat- urday evening, when Jay Rayner presents Songs of Food and Agony. Jay is a TV familiar, and Mas- terchef judge and presenter of BBC4’s The Kitchen Cabi- net. But that’s only the half of it – he’s as good a jazz pianist as he it at rustling up a plate of something tasty, and he’ll show the latter off by per- forming tunes from the Great American food and drink songbook, accompanied by some pretty tasty musicians. ‘Woven through with anec- dotes from his life being paid Will Robert: Taking care of Stage 2 to eat out on someone else’s .