“E =
mc2”, “Tombeaux”, “Still Life at the Penguin Café”
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
15-16 October 2013
by Judith Cruickshank
copyright 2013 by Judithi Cruickshank
Gremlins appear whenever the Birmingham
Royal Ballet moves into Sadler’s Wells Theatre, or so claimed David Bintley,
the company’s Artistic Director when he appeared before the waiting audience on
the first night of the company’s London season.
Not one but two small fires in the grid had broken out and damaged the
computerised flying system. Despite a
day spent trying to solve the problem Bintley regretted that “you won’t see my
ballets the way I would wish”.
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