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Posted on August 5, 2011
This autumn, Ballet Cymru will take two productions on tour across England and Wales. The new Beauty and the Beast, choreographed by Ballet Cymru’s director Darius James, is inspired by Jean Cocteau’s film La Belle et la Bête. The production is designed by Steve Denton, with video projctions by Matt Wright and Janire Najera. The cast includes Lauren Poulton (pictured), Dancing Times’ Dancer of the Month in our August issue.
The tour also includes performances of Under Milk Wood, Darius James’ staging of the poet Dylan Thomas’ famous “play for voices”. Under Milk Wood opens the tour at the Wallingford Corn Exchange on September 24. The tour continues until December, closing with a performance of Beauty and the Beast at Stourbridge Town Hall on December 3.
Picture: Lauren Poulton in rehearsal for Beauty and the Beast. Photograph: Janire Najera.
Tour of Beauty and the Beast
SEPTEMBER
Wallingford
Corn Exchange
September 24, 7.45pm
01491 825 000
Lytham St Annes
Lowther Pavilion
September 28, 7.30pm
01253 794 221
Lincoln
Theatre Royal
September 30, 7.30pm
01522 519 999
OCTOBER
Lincoln
Theatre Royal
October 1, 7.30pm
01522 519 999
Newcastle Under Lyme
New Victoria Theatre
October 10, 7.30pm
01782 717 962
Livingston
Howden Park Centre
October 20, 7.30pm
01506 777 666
Street
Strode Theatre
October 27, 7.30pm
01458 442 846
Brecon
Theatr Brycheiniog
October 28, 7.45pm
01874 611 622
Bracknell
South Hill Park
October 29, 7.30pm
01344 484 123
NOVEMBER
Taunton
The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre
November 4, 7.45pm
November 5, 2pm & 7.45pm
01823 283 244
London
Sadlers Wells, Lilian Baylis Theatre
November 12, 7.45pm
0844 412 4300
Treorchy
Parc and Dare Theatre
November 15, 7.30pm
08000 147 111
Cardiff
Weston Studio
Wales Millennium Centre
November 19–20, 8pm
029 2063 6464
Stamford
Stamford Arts Centre
November 23, 8pm
01780 763 203
Grantham
Guildhall Arts Centre
November 25, 8pm
01476 406 158
Newtown
Theatr Hafren
November 26, 7.30pm
01686 625 007
Stroud
Cotswold Playhouse
November 30, 7.30pm
01453 760 960
DECEMBER
Ilfracombe
The Landmark
December 1, 7.30pm
01271 324 242
Runcorn
The Brindley
December 2, 7.30pm
0151 907 8360
Stourbridge
Stourbridge Town Hall
December 3, 8pm
01384 812 812
Tour of Under Milk Wood
SEPTEMBER
Newport
The Riverfront
September 23, 7.30pm
01633 656 757
www.newport.gov.uk/theriverfront
OCTOBER
Tewkesbury
Roses Theatre
October 13, 7.30pm
01684 295 074
Caernarfon
Galeri
October 22, 8pm
01286 685 222
NOVEMBER
Bromyard
Conquest Theatre
November 6, 7.30pm
01885 488 575
London
Sadlers Wells, Lilian Baylis Theatre
November 11, 7.45pm
0844 412 4300
Stamford
Stamford Arts Centre
November, 24 8pm
01780 763 203
Zoë was born in Edinburgh, and saw her first dance performances at the Festival there. She is the dance critic of The Independent, and has also written for The Independent on Sunday, The Scotsman and Dancing Times. In 2002, she received her doctorate from the University of York for a thesis on “Nationhood and epic romance: Ariosto, Sidney, Spenser”. She is the author of The Royal Ballet: 75 Years and The Ballet Lover’s Companion.
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