Featured Stories

View More
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” Slowly Finds Its Sunshine

There are ballets about death, betrayal and ghosts. Then there is Don Quixote, where people clap, flirt, lie, fake death, shake tambourines and somehow expect all of this to end in a wedding. Carlos Acosta’s production for Birmingham Royal Ballet, after Petipa, understands that silliness is part of the pleasure. On a warm April evening at Sadler’s Wells, that brightness feels welcome. The evening, however, does not blaze at once. It has all the ingredients of a fiesta, but takes time to turn them into heat.Tim Hatley’s colorful designs and Peter Mumford’s warm lighting create a world of sunlit squares,…

Digital World

Travel & Tourism

More Top Stories