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    Birmingham Royal Ballet's summer spectacular

    The Birmingham Royal Ballet's programme features a sizzling taste of Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy and Noël Coward as part of their summer celebration

    1. Birmingham Royal Ballet at Munich Festival

      1. The Dream

      Frederick Ashton's The Dream is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

    2. The Dream Birmingham Royal Ballet

      2. Mendelsson soundtrack

      Ashton's witty choreography is soundtracked by Felix Mendelsson's tuneful, instantly recognisable music from A Midsummer Night's Dream

    3. Birmingham Royal Ballet at Munich Festival

      3. Oberon's revenge

      Having argued with beautiful Titania, Oberon, king of the fairies, seeks a suitable revenge and drips a potion into Titania's eyes causing her to fall in love with the first person she sees

    4. The Dream Birmingham Royal Bal Birmingham Royal Ba

      4. The Grand Tour

      The Grand Tour takes us back to the 1920s as our heroine joins Noël Coward, Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw on a transatlantic journey to Europe. But these famous faces aren't necessarily the friendliest of shipmates.

    5. The Grand Tour Birmingham Royal Ballet

      5. Life on the high seas

      Add stowaways and a rather handsome Chief Steward into the mix and things might get a little... complicated.

    6. The Grand Tour Birmingham Royal Ballet

      6. Joe Layton

      Choreographer American Joe Layton's The Grand Tour is a funny take on the eccentric celebrities that populated England's stages, screens and newspapers in the 1920s. Accompanied by unique orchestral renditions of Noël Coward songs, The Grand Tour makes a long-overdue return to the stage.

    7. Far From The Madding Crowd Birmingham Royal Ballet

      7. Far From The Madding Crowd

      With an evocative score by Paul Reade and choreography David Bintley, Far From The Madding Crowd, an adaption of Thomas Hardy's novel, is a story of lust, deceit and murder.

    8. Far From The Madding Crowd Birmingham Royal Ballet

      8. Bathsheba Everdene

      At the centre of the story is Bathsheba Everdene whose beauty enchants three men - but only one can claim her as his own.

    9. Far From The Madding Crowd Birmingham Royal Ballet

      9. Hardy's tale of love and betrayal

      Their love for Bathsheba Everdene will change the three men's lives for ever.

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