Sadler's Wells has the admirable habit of running a Matthew Bourne ballet over the Christmas period and in to the New Year and my equally admiral habit is to go on, or near, my birthday. This year it was a slightly refreshed Swan Lake and that is as close to unmissable as you can get. I have seen it many times for very good reasons.
Frankly, £45 for Seat 4 in Row A of the Second Circle was something of a steal.
The pre-theatre meal in Banana Tree, a regular venue for me, was a near disaster despite booking a table beforehand. For reasons never explained, we had to wait almost half an hour for a table. At least they were reasonably apologetic about it, priorities our order and gave us a discount. The food was good too.
That little annoyance over, I settled into my seat ready to be swept away by the music and movement.
I think I spotted a couple of very minor changes in this production (there may well have been many more that I missed) but it was very much the show that I knew and loved and I loved it again.
I have nothing to add to what I have said about Swan Lake before, it is just a sumptuous mix of music and movement that captivated me for a couple of hours.
I thought that it had only been a few months since I saw Swan Lake at the cinema but, apparently, it was almost a year and a half ago. Here's hoping that the next wait to see it is not to long either.
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