Rupert Christiansen

Welcome back to London City Ballet – but can they please change their name?

Plus: a new production of A Chorus Line that has all the necessary razzle-dazzle

Alvaro Madrigal and Ellie Young perform Eve. Credit: Photo by ASH  
issue 10 August 2024

There’s sound thinking behind this summer’s resuscitation of London City Ballet – a medium-scale touring company popular in the 1980s that went bust in 1996. Given that larger institutions operating outside London such as Northern Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet are hamstrung by ever-tightening budgets that leave them increasingly risk-averse, there’s a crying need for something lighter on its feet and more adventurous in its repertory.

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