252 stories by "Sanjoy Roy"
Barbican, LondonThis third part of Peeping Tom's trilogy surreally explores the innocence and danger of childhood, but it's definitely not for kids
Having already graced the London internati…
Southbank Centre, LondonThis devised drama about relationships between young men moves from grim violence to understanding
Physical theatre company The PappyShow devises its material through…
Green Dragon hotel, Hereford2Faced Dance put on a reality-busting promenade performance featuring parkour, slapstick and a sit-down dinner
'Come along, chop-chop!" say our minders, rather br…
Jerwood DanceHouse, IpswichPita's adaptation of Mick Jackson's splendigly lugubrious children's book mixes mime, acting, song and dance to pleasingly twisted effect
If you like a happy endin…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Temple of Fine Arts explode with energy and Nahid Siddiqui captivates with her lightness and gravity
Initially a showcase for Indian classical music, since 2017 the…
Barbican, LondonRhythms ricochet around an imaginary cell as the hip-hop partnership return with a darker, depression-themed piece
In 2017, Boy Blue " the hip-hop partnership founded in 2001…
Birmingham Hippodrome Three dancers explore the harmony between music and movement in a show that flirts with parody as it unleashes joy
'Don't Mickey Mouse!" It's one of the most basic rule…
Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterPhelim McDermott's sublime collage of theatrical fragments is the fantastical, tearjerking fruition of a lifelong dream
In his youth, the actor and director…
The Dancehouse, ManchesterCat on a Hot Tin Roof with voguing sounds interesting, but Trajal Harrell's parade of dancers modelling soft-furnishings to free jazz is more vague than vogue
Ameri…
Dancers, actors and digital animation combine for a spectacle in an old railway depot, while Alphabus flexes its muscles at Manchester international festival
The dance strand of the Manchest…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThree dances with differing tones and temperament, including Jessica Lang's Lyric Pieces and Ruth Brill's Peter and the Wolf, make for an ambiguous show
As a title, [Un…
Palladium, London Ballet and B-movies collide as Sergei Polunin revives Russian villain Rasputin, suffers with Nijinsky, and tackles toxic masculinity with a pineapple
Once famous only withi…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Performers scurry across the stage in Deborah Colker's inventive but scattershot show about the people of the Capibaribe River
Brazilian choreographer Deborah C…
Gulbenkian theatre, CanterburyFour performers deftly bring the Saint-Exupéry story down to earth in Luca Silvestrini's comic production
In Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic children's sto…
Sadler's Wells, LondonRooted in traditional Greek dancing, the choreography only blooms when it ditches folky footwork for more elastic moves
The Thread has the hallmarks of a particular kin…
Grand theatre, LeedsCathy Marston's new ballet about Queen Victoria and her daughter Beatrice is outstandingly choreographed, cinematically scored and danced with nuance
Reading is a profoun…
DanceEast, IpswichThe dramatic aerial swimming and plaintive soundtrack of Cousins's celebrated 2012 work Within Her Eyes is revived for this intriguing programme of duetsWithin Her Eyes, cr…
Suspiria leads a crop of new films that track a dance troupe along a path of mounting horror. It's no surprise " dance has age-old links to dread, delusion and deathIs dance-horror a thing r…
Imperial War Museum North, ManchesterA dance work about the world flu pandemic that killed millions at the end of the first world war suggests a humanity invadedShobana Jeyasingh's Contagion…
Manchester Opera HouseThe story of an ill-treated 18th-century convent girl is troubling, but English National Ballet perform Kenneth MacMillan's version with breathtaking virtuosityThe open…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis sublime show features breakdancing, birdsong and a duet that is an insight into the secrets of choreography itselfThey say it's the quiet ones you have to watch ou…
The Place, LondonDesigned to be playable anywhere from local theatres to village halls, Ben Wright's choreographed play has small resources but creates a big worldThere's a lot to be said fo…
The Peacock, LondonIn their much-loved version, the company subtly point out ballet's constraints on female dancers while preserving the magic of the storyFounded in 1974 and still going str…
Undisclosed location, Salford Young performers deliver snapshots capturing the challenges and impacts of male behaviour in a fresh and brashly comic devised showThe venue for Oh Man " an hou…
The omnivorous and eclectic choreographer who has died aged 88, represented the last of a historic line In the world of dance, the death of choreographer Paul Taylor marks not only the end o…
