Lanchbery: Tales of Beatrix Potter (The Royal Ballet)

Victoria Hewitt (Mrs Tittlemouse); Ricardo Cervera (Johnny Town-Mouse); Jonathan Howells (Mrs Tiggy-Winkle); Gemma Sykes (Jemima Puddle-Duck); Zachary Faruque (Mr Jeremy Fisher); Joshua Tuifua (Peter Rabbit);

"Peter Rabbit’'s beautiful and magical garden ofdreams will transport every adult straight back to their childhood." (The Stage)

Lanza: Angelin Preljocaj Choreography

Marie-Agnès Gillot (Médée); Wilfried Romoli (Jason);

Liszt: Mayerling

Irek Mukhamedov (Crown Prince Rudolf); Viviana Durante (Baroness Mary Vetsera); Lesley Collier (Countess Marie Larisch); Darcey Bussell (Mitzi Caspar);

"…while Mara Galeazzi as Mary Vetsera nearly stole the show with her natural conviction, exuberance and authoritative technique, the evening belonged to Watson as Rudolf, one of the most challenging male roles ever created." (The Sunday Express )

Liszt: Mayerling (The Royal Ballet)

Edward Watson (Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary); Mara Galeazzi (Baroness Mary Vetsera);

"…while Mara Galeazzi as Mary Vetsera nearly stole theshow with her natural conviction, exuberance andauthoritative technique, the evening belonged to Watson as Rudolf, one of the most challenging male roles ever created." (The Sunday Express )

Liszt: Mayerling (The Royal Ballet)

Steven McRae (Crown Prince Rudolf); Sarah Lamb (Baroness Mary Vetsera); Laura Morera (Countess Marie Larisch); Kristen McNally (Empress Elisabeth); Meaghan Grace Hinkis (Princess Stephanie); Mayara Magri (Mitzi Caspar); James Hay (Bratfisch); Gary Avis (Emperor Franz Joseph); Nehemiah Kish (Colonel Middleton); Elizabeth McGorian (Baroness Helene Vetsera); Catherine Carby (Katherina Schratt);

"The Royal Ballet season opens with a plunge into glittering darkness. Created for this company 40 years ago, Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling presents the steep decline of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, who died in a murder-suicide with his teenaged mistress, Mary Vetsera. The ballet is a stunning depiction of a repressed, repressive court, of lust and need and madness. Rudolf is one of the most demanding male roles in ballet, the heart of a long, complex drama. MacMillan traces Rudolf’s fall from his marriage to his death, with athletic duets with his wife, his mother and several mistresses." (The Independent ★★★★)

MacMillan /Massenet: Manon (The Royal Ballet)

Sarah Lamb (Manon); Vadim Muntagirov (Des Grieux); Ryoichi Hirano (Lescaut); Gary Avis (Monsieur G.M.); Itziar Mendizabal (Lescaut's Mistress); Kristen McNally (Madame); Thomas Whitehead (The Gaoler); James Hay (Begger Chief);

"Kenneth MacMillan’s retelling of Abbé Prévost’s cautionary tale of a young man brought low by an amoral young beauty has been a mainstay of the Royal Ballet repertoire since 1974. The current revival is vividly played and danced by some first-rate casts." (The Financial Times ★★★★★)