YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Dance & Physical Festivals Music Musicals Theatre
Friday 15 August 2014 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Friday 8 August 2014
And the LDN-based events the ThisWeek team is tipping today are…
DANCE: Mariinsky Ballet – Cinderella | Royal Opera House | 15-16 Aug
Formerly known as the Kirov, Russia’s formidable Mariinsky Ballet stay loyal to Prokofiev’s grand and magical ‘Cinderella’ score, following nouveau-classical choreography by one-time Bolshoi AD Alexei Ratmansky. Details and tickets here.
MUSIC: Neutral Milk Hotel | The Forum | 15 Aug
Following the cancellation of the Jabberwocky festival at the ExCel Centre earlier this week, headliners Neutral Milk Hotel and another of the festival’s acts, the Ex, have found a new home at The Forum tonight. Various other acts who were due to play the two-day event have also been moved to gigs in other venues around the capital over the weekend, listings for which can be found here. Details and tickets for the Neutral Milk Hotel show here.
THEATRE: See Rock City And Other Destinations | Union Theatre | 15-30 Aug (pictured)
Winging in from off-Broadway, this acclaimed all-American road musical by song/script-writing team Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias follows a young man’s tour of the US’s most famous tourist hotspots, all this backed with a score incorporating pop, rock and folk. Details and tickets here.
