Michael Ball discusses his exciting new theatre show, Chess at the London Coliseum

MARK KEHOE Mr Ball is very excited to star in Chess Lesser mortals would be aghast at the prospect but you can almost feel his pleasure at being so busy. On Sundays he’ll be hosting his Radio 2 show; the rest of the week he’ll be starring in the revival of the musical Chess at […]

Le Jeune Homme et La Mort/ La Sylphide review: English National Ballet London Coliseum

ENB Tamara Rojo and Ivan Vasiliev in Le Jeune Homme et La Mort Two hugely contrasting ballets brought back one star and launched another in a night that, once again, asserted the ENB’s impressive renaissance. Returning hero Ivan Vasiliev was the hot ticket as the stricken and shirtless Le Jeune Homme of the title in […]

The ENB Nutcracker at London Coliseum is a Christmas cracker of a show

In just a few years, the ENB has made its latest Nutcracker a real contender in the overcrowded Christmas stages across the UK. Last year’s London leg saw almost 80,000 thrilled by the sumptuous retelling of the most seasonal of ballets. This year has seen the ENB dazzle London with Akram Khan’s jaw-dropping reinvention of […]