Akram Khan’s Giselle review: Unremittingly grim staging

Akram Khan is a talented choreographer, so what on earth is behind his version of Giselle, one of the most dearly loved works in the classical repertory?  The only the word appropriate here is “marketing”. The new version of the story is unremittingly grim, the lighting dim and the characters repetitive and dull, all designed […]