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Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands
4 stars
Sadler's Wells, London
Matthew Bourne's visually striking staging of Tim Burton's film returns to Sadler's Wells.
Savion Glover Australian Dance Theatre: G
4 stars
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Australian Dance Theatre stage Garry Stewart's contemporary update of Giselle.
Savion Glover Savion Glover: Bare Soundz
4 stars
Sadler's Wells, London
The US tap sensation brings his new, stripped down show to Sadler's.
Toki Sankai Juku: Toki
4 stars
Sadler's Wells, London
Second of two shows at Sadler's by the leading exponents of butoh, Sankai Juku.
Romeo and Juliet Mark Morris Dance Company: Romeo and Juliet
3 stars
Barbican Theatre, London
Mark Morris stages an early version of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet - complete with happy ending.
To Be Straight With You DV8: To Be Straight With You
4 stars
National Theatre, London
Powerful dance theeatre piece that uses verbatim texts to address homophobia.
Les Ballets C de la B Les Ballets C de la B: Aphasiadisiac
2 stars
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, London
The Belgian dance company perform a piece by guest choreographer Ted Stoffer.
Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet
4 stars
Sadler's Wells, London
The renowned Russian ballet company present two new programmes.
Lunar Sea Momix: Lunar Sea
Peacock Theatre, London
Acrobatic dance troupe Momix use UV light to dazzle and delight.
Scottish Ballet Scottish Ballet
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Scottish Ballet's autumn triple bill features new work by Stephen Petronio set to the music of Radiohead.
in-i in-i
National Theatre, London
Potent collaboration between actor Juliette Binoche and choreographer Akram Khan.
Les Trocks Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Peacock Theatre, London
The renowned all-male ballet company return to London.
Dorian Gray Dorian Gray
Sadlers Wells, London
Matthew Bourne's striking adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel.
The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs: Dancing On Your Grave The Cholmondeleys & The Featherstonehaughs: Dancing On Your Grave
Shunt Vaults, London
A gloriously ghoulish new work from Lea Anderson.
Divas Divas
Apollo Theatre, London
Dance piece influenced by the trinity of Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland.
The Lastmaker Goat Island: The Lastmaker
BAC, London
The Burst festival concludes with the ninth and final work from Chicago based performance group Goat Island.
Und Doris Uhlich: Und
BAC, London
Doris Uhlich's dance piece, part of the BAC's Burst festival, features a cast of amateur performers aged between 58 and 86.
Zeb Fontaine: The Cows Come Home Zeb Fontaine: The Cows Come Home
Camden People's Theatre, London
The bovine and human blur in Zachary Dunbar's experimental dance theatre piece.
Vula The Conch: Vula
Barbican Pit, London
A moving and multi-faceted study of the relationship between Fijian women and the sea.
Press Press
Gate Theatre, London
Pierre Rigal's striking new solo dance theatre piece makes a virtue of limited space.
Bonachela Bonachela Dance Company: Square Map of Q4
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Experimental new work from Rafael Bonachela with music by Marius de Vries.
NOW IN THEATRE
FEATURE: The musicOMH London theatre top ten of 2008!

FEATURE: musicOMH's New York theatre highlights of 2008

NEW YORK: The Atlantic Theatre Company stage The Cripple of Inishmaan

OFF WEST END: Marina Carr's The Cordelia Dream at Wilton's Music Hall

OFF WEST END: David Haig stars in Joe Orton's Loot at the Tricycle

WEST END: A small scale revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

NEW YORK: Shrek the Musical opens on Broadway

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