Our annual London season at Sadler’s Wells, sponsored by Manchester Airports Group, kicked off with a high profile opening night event. Guests from the worlds of art, business and media were all in attendance (photographs by Belinda Lawley).As ever, the Company’s dancers and Orchestra gave their all, delighting audiences throughout the week.
“Move over Nutcracker, this is big boys ballet – brutal, testosterone-driven and utterly gripping.” Islington Gazette
“The jarring and jagged routines from the troupe, led by Hinton-Lewis in the lead role, perhaps brought the raw torment of the piece across like no theatrical performance could.” Camden New Journal
“Nixon is a master of psychological narrative: relationships are characterised by movement values, volumes are uttered in looks, glances and small gestures.” Gross Britannien
A Teacher’s Resource Pack is now available for NBT’s production of Hamlet.
To download the pack or for more teacher’s resources, visit NBT’s Learning & Access pages here.
NBT have produced a new trailer for their production of Hamlet, in the run-up to taking the ballet to Sadler’s Wells in London. The advert features new pictures of the production and exclusive music by Philip Feeney.
This season’s programmes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet are now available on the Northern Ballet Theatre website as PDF files. You can download them from here by right-clicking the below links:
“Northern Ballet Theatre’s inventive and immersive take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet tragedy is set in Nazi-occupied Paris where Hamlet attempts to come to terms with his father’s death. In the dizzying intro scenes of ghostly visions…”
Saturday 16 February (evening) Hamlet - Christopher Hinton-Lewis Ophelia - Georgina May Gertrude - Nathalie Leger Claudius - Darren Goldsmith Horatio / RS ex man - Tobias Batley Polonius - Martin Bell Laertes - Hiro Takahashi
Monday 18 February (evening) Hamlet - Hiro Takahashi Ophelia - Keiko Amemori Gertrude - Patricia Hines Claudius - Kenneth Tindall Horatio / RS ex man - Ashley Dixon Polonius - Martin Bell Laertes - Tobias Batley
Tuesday 19 February (evening) Hamlet - Christopher Hinton-Lewis Ophelia - Georgina May Gertrude - Nathalie Leger Claudius - Darren Goldsmith Horatio / RS ex man - Tobias Batley Polonius - Martin Bell Laertes - Hiro Takahashi
Wednesday 20 February (evening) Hamlet - Christopher Hinton-Lewis Ophelia - Georgina May Gertrude - Nathalie Leger Claudius - Darren Goldsmith Horatio / RS ex man - Ashley Dixon Polonius - Martin Bell Laertes - Tobias Batley
Thursday 21 February (matinee) Hamlet - Hiro Takahashi Ophelia - Keiko Amemori Gertrude - Patricia Hines Claudius - Kenneth Tindall Horatio / RS ex man - Ashley Dixon Polonius - Martin Bell Laertes - Tobias Batley
Thursday 21 February (evening) Hamlet - Christopher Hinton-Lewis Ophelia - Georgina May Gertrude - Nathalie Leger Claudius - Darren Goldsmith Horatio / RS ex man - Tobias Batley Polonius - Martin Bell Laertes - Hiro Takahashi
Go to the Hamlet Website to hear exclusive excerpts of Philip Feeney’s new score for David Nixon’s latest ballet. Here you can also find the full Scenario for the ballet.
Keep checking for more updates in the run up to Hamlet’s Premiere on the 16th February in Leeds.
Christopher Giles, Set and Costume Designer on NBT’s latest production, Hamlet, has been interviewed by our Communications team. You can find the video on the new production Flash sites we lauched last week. These sites are still in development, but over the next few weeks new videos, galleries and production information will go up to give you a better picture of each of NBT’s Ballets.
NBT have just sent out their monthly E-Newsletter.
“We are currently conducting a survey of our audiences to find out about what you think of Northern Ballet Theatre. Everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win 4 tickets to any production next season…”
Northern Ballet Theatre have just sent out their October E-Newsletter.The newsletter contains information on upcoming performances this season including The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo & Juliet, plus a preview of next season, including David Nixon’s latest production, Hamlet.
You can read NBT’s October E-Newsletter by clicking here.
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Our annual London season at Sadler’s Wells, sponsored by Manchester Airports Group, kicked off with a high profile opening night event. Guests from the worlds of art, business and media were all in attendance (photographs by Belinda Lawley). As ever, the Company’s dancers and Orchestra gave their all, delighting audiences throughout the week. 
NBT have just sent out their monthly E-Newsletter.
