David Mead

The dancers are outstanding. Their coherence was stunning, creating visual effects by moving as a group, shaping and reshaping ‘The Wall,' defining and redefining what greatness in Britain means to them.

Schauspielhaus, Stuttgart July 12, 2024 With the 1950s modernist building of the Nationaltheater Mannheim presently being refurbished, a

Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe July 13, 2024 At the end of every season, the Badisches Staatsballet brings top dancers to Karlsruhe for a gala.

Various venues, Munich July 5-13, 2024 For nine days in early July, the biennial festival, Think Big, made the city of Munich throb

A group of top street dancers from Canada, they take the Southbank by storm. This is a group of fierce individuals, each with their own style and story, and yet their ensemble work is outstanding. They move together in such cohesion, not a beat out of place, that would put many a classical ballet corps to shame.

A stolen treasured Gretsch and an unexpected love/hate relationship with White Falcons are all part of this rock ’n’ roller’s life in gear

Opera House, Stuttgart July 14, 2024 It's always a fine way to spend a Sunday lunchtime: in the company of the students of the John Cranko School at Stuttgart's Opera House.

New album Heavy Soul finds JST pushing her vocals to new limits and pushing tube amps beyond their limits, and it cements her rep as one of the great blues players of our time

Mackenzie Brown and Henrik Erikson delivered in spades. Brown’s Juliet seemed to surf the waves of emotion that were flooding through her body

Staatstheater, Nuremberg July 17, 2024 The double-bill of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Les Noces , and Sol León and Paul Lightfoot's