Sadler's Wells Spring / Summer 2015

Spring / Summer 2015

Welcome to the new season at Sadler’s Wells – Spring / Summer 2015 Sadler’s Wells is a world-leading dance house, presenting a vibrant yearround programme of dance of every kind – from tango to hip hop, ballet, flamenco, Bollywood and cutting-edge contemporary dance. It commissions and produces original work for its stages and tours productions to major cultural venues around the world, as well as bringing the best of British and international dance to large audiences at its three theatres in London.

Sadler’s Wells’ aim is to champion the public’s enjoyment and understanding of dance, while at the same time developing the art form by supporting artists and the creation of exciting new work.

Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists BalletBoyz® / Matthew Bourne / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui / Jonzi D / Sylvie Guillem Michael Hulls / Michael Keegan-Dolan / Akram Khan / Russell Maliphant Wayne McGregor / Crystal Pite / Kate Prince / Nitin Sawhney / Hofesh Shechter Jasmin Vardimon / Christopher Wheeldon Resident Companies New Adventures / Russell Maliphant Company / Wayne McGregor | Random Dance / ZooNation Dance Company Associate Company English National Ballet

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Front cover photo: What The Body Does Not Remember, by Ultima Vez. Photo by Danny Willems

Photo: Hugo Glendinning

A message from Alistair Spalding

Our Spring / Summer 2015 season marks a landmark moment in the recent history of Sadler’s Wells. Ten years ago, we embarked on a new venture to produce as well as present the best dance from around the world and PUSH, the acclaimed show with Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant, was one of our first productions. Sylvie has decided to stop dancing at the end of 2015 and so we will bid an emotional farewell to her as she performs in London for the last time. Her new programme is the final chance to see her dance on our stage and the opportunity to celebrate her outstanding talent and unique contribution to the art form.

We also mark the beginning of an exciting collaboration with English National Ballet, which is now an Associate Company of Sadler’s Wells. The company will perform two seasons each year at Sadler’s Wells, beginning this March with Modern Masters, featuring work by Jiří Kylián, John Neumeier and William Forsythe.

Work by our Associate Artists is always an important part of our programme.

This season, we are delighted to present a new triple bill by Hofesh Shechter, Crystal Pite and Kate Prince and to welcome the return of Wayne McGregor’s Atomos, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s m¡longa and TOROBAKA by Akram Khan and Israel Galván and Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man. Among the world-class international productions coming to our stages are works by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and Boris Charmatz.

Beyond our walls, a major event this spring is the country’s general election. As the decisions that politicians make affect the cultural offer available to us, I encourage you to cast your vote on 7 May to make sure your voice is heard.

Alistair Spalding CBE Chief Executive and Artistic Director

10 - 15 March English National Ballet

9 May BBC Young Dancer

18 March Wild Card: Casson & Friends

12 - 16 May Rambert

14 - 18 January BalletBoyz

20 & 21 March Candoco Dance Company / Jérôme Bel

19 & 20 May Boris Charmatz / Musée de la danse

16 January =dance: Magpie Dance

21 March =dance: Equation

22 & 23 January Compagnie 111 / Aurélien Bory / Kaori Ito

22 March =dance: Corali

22 & 23 May Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Boris Charmatz & Amandine Beyer

Spring / Summer 2015 Calendar 9 & 10 January The Royal Danish Ballet

26 & 27 January Richard Alston Dance Company 27 January - 14 February Tango Fire 2 & 3 February Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion 5 - 8 February Crystal Pite / Kate Prince / Hofesh Shechter 7 February Questions and Dancers 10 & 11 February Ultima Vez 13 & 14 February Wayne McGregor | Random Dance 16 February - 1 March Flamenco Festival 17 - 28 February Cirque Éloize 3 - 29 March Romeo and Juliet 5 & 6 March François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

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26 - 31 May Sylvie Guillem

24 - 28 March Northern Ballet

28 & 29 May Hetain Patel

31 March - 2 April Scottish Ballet 2 - 12 April English National Ballet & English National Ballet School 3 & 4 April Family Weekend: Varmints

4 - 6 June Alain Platel, Fabrizio Cassol, Rodriguez Vangama & Serge Kakudji 9 - 13 June Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui 9 June - 12 July Traces

4 April Family Weekend: Aracaladanza 10 April National Youth Dance Company / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui 15 - 26 April Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

16 - 18 June Philippe Decouflé Company DCA 20 - 28 June Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company 30 June - 5 July Akram Khan & Israel Galván

24 April Wild Card: Katye Coe

7 - 11 July INALA

23 - 26 April London Children’s Ballet

8 - 11 July Dutch National Ballet

2 & 3 May Breakin’ Convention

14 July - 9 August New Adventures

5 - 23 May Titanium

25 & 26 July Hercules

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The Peacock

London Coliseum

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“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers” José Narosky

BalletBoyz Young Men WORLD PREMIERE Wednesday 14 - Sunday 18 January Young Men is a new full-length production from BalletBoyz, winners of the National Dance Awards’ Best Independent Dance Company 2013.

In an intensely moving portrayal of love, friendship, loss and survival, Young Men explores the theme of war and the bonds that develop between the men consumed by it. Drawing inspiration from images of conflict through the ages, the production is a compelling hybrid of dance, theatre and screen performance from the ever-inventive BalletBoyz and their all male dance company theTALENT.

Performance Times & Prices Wed - Sat at 7.30pm Sun at 4pm £12 - £38 Sadler’s Wells Patrons’ Event: Thu

Opening Sadler’s Wells’ 2015 programme, Young Men is choreographed by rising star Iván Pérez (Nederlands Dans Theater I and II, Ballet Moscow, and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba) and features a newly-commissioned original score from the cult singer songwriter Keaton Henson (albums ‘Dear…’ and ‘Birthdays’), performed live.

Featuring the ten award-winning dancers of theTALENT and live music, Young Men is a co-production with Sadler’s Wells and 14-18 NOW WW1 Centenary Arts Commissions.

Photo: George Piper

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From January 2015 Some of the most exciting and innovative dance today is being created and performed by deaf and disabled artists and inclusive companies. After sell out performances in 2014, Sadler's Wells’ =dance presents three new programmes in the Lilian Baylis Studio.

In celebration of their 30th year and marking the debut of the newly formed High Fliers, Magpie Dance will present a mixed programme including a specially commissioned piece choreographed by David Willdridge (Stopgap Dance Company).

Equation is the culmination of the inaugural year of =dance, presenting highlights from featured companies and artists, followed by a debate around the contribution of their work to the =dance series and its impact on the dance sector.

Corali presents a mixed programme including its acclaimed work Empty Theatre Dream and two new works resulting from collaborations with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance and Impermanence Dance Theatre.

Performance Times & Prices Magpie Dance Fri 16 Jan at 7.15pm £12 (£6 concs)* Equation Sat 21 March at 5pm £12 (£6 concs)* Free post-show talk (BSL interpreted) Corali Sun 22 March at 4pm £12 (£6 concs)* Free post-show talk (BSL interpreted) For information on performances, talks and workshops: sadlerswells.com/equaldance *Concessions available for Access members, students, under 18s and over 60s Photo: Andrea Testoni

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“A jewel of optical theatre, at the crossroads of magic, dance, puppetry and cinema” Le Monde

Compagnie 111 / Aurélien Bory / Kaori Ito Plexus UK PREMIERE Thursday 22 & Friday 23 January Conceived by Aurélien Bory for the extraordinary Japanese dancer Kaori Ito, Plexus is a “jewel of optical theatre” (Le Monde) presented by Sadler’s Wells and London International Mime Festival.

Entrapped by five thousand cords, a forest of brilliantly lit strings, a warrior-woman conquers her environment so that she floats, like a black angel, in a sumptuous cage that she can only leave by vanishing completely.

Performance Times & Prices Thu & Fri at 7.30pm £12 - £28 Free post-show talk: Thu Contains nudity

Following his Olivier Award nominated What’s Become of You? for flamenco dancer Stéphanie Fuster, Plexus is director Aurélien Bory’s latest portrait of a remarkable dancer. Kaori Ito trained in classical ballet in Japan and America, then came to Europe where she performed and choreographed with Philippe Decouflé , Angelin Preljocaj, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, James Thierrée, and Alain Platel’s les ballets C de la B. Aurélien Bory and Kaori Ito are two of Europe’s most exciting dance innovators; with lighting design by Arno Veyrat, sound by Stéphane Ley and costumes by Sylvie Marcucci, Plexus is a revelation.

Photo: Aglae Bory

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“What he does, he does so beautifully. Revel in it” Evening Standard

Richard Alston Dance Company Rejoice in the Lamb, Burning, Nomadic, Madcap Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 January Richard Alston Dance Company launches its 20th anniversary celebrations with a programme unique to Sadler’s Wells. New to London is Alston’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Britten’s joyous setting of the brilliant and fervent words of poet Christopher Smart.

Performance Times & Prices Mon & Tue at 7.30pm £12 - £38

New also is Martin Lawrance’s latest piece, Burning, as passionate and turbulent as its music, the Dante Sonata of Franz Liszt.

In Sadler’s Wells commission, Nomadic, Alston revisits the musical genre of his hugely popular Gypsy Mixture - this time though, the music is darker and sharper, from Ursari Gypsy band Shukar Collective. To explore the interaction between gypsy music and urban sound, Alston is collaborating with the young dancer and choreographer Ajani Johnson-Goffe.

Finally the iconic band Icebreaker play Julia Wolfe’s percussive score for Lawrance’s dynamic and exhilarating Madcap.

“The choreography crackles with an energy that makes you realise just how versatile, how unstinting, the dancers are. Wow!” The Herald Photo: Chris Nash

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Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion One Flute Note & Body Not Fit For Purpose Monday 2 & Tuesday 3 February Choreographer Jonathan Burrows and composer Matteo Fargion have been invited around the world with their unique brand of humour and intellectual rigour, radiating delight even as they make the audience think.

Performance Times & Prices Mon & Tue at 8pm £17

Collaborators for 25 years, the two artists clash the formality of classical music composition with an open and often anarchic approach to performance, bringing them an international following. In this one hour performance they present two recent pieces.

One Flute Note is a meditation on memory and music, which generates accumulating worlds of sound and action out of a single event. Body Not Fit For Purpose is their first overtly political work, commissioned by the 2014 Venice Biennale and taking as its starting point the uselessness of dancing to express anything of any real concern and at the same time the inherent, gloriously foolish radicality of the attempt.

“There's a beguiling mix of the scholarly, the quizzical and the righteously indignant that is unique to Fargion and Burrows” The Guardian on Body Not Fit For Purpose Photo: Ben Parks

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The Associates Crystal Pite / Kate Prince / Hofesh Shechter UK PREMIERE Thursday 5 - Sunday 8 February Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists represent some of the most dynamic and exciting talent working in contemporary dance today. For this very special programme, three of the Associates present new and critically acclaimed work.

Performance Times & Prices Thu - Sat at 7.30pm Sun at 4pm £12 - £29 Sadler’s Wells Patrons’ Event: Thu

Sadler’s Wells’ newest Associate Artist, Crystal Pite, will present A Picture of You Falling – a duet for a man and a woman. It centres on Pite’s fascination with the shared narratives that live in our bodies – the familiar repetitive storylines that move across cultures and generations, and the body’s role as illustrator.

Inspired by the complex beauty of baroque music Associate Artist, Hofesh Shechter, presents new work, the barbarians in love, a sparse world in which six dancers move with mathematical precision and passion. The stage is stripped back to reveal Shechter’s choreography at its most elegant and intimate as the work trembles with emotion residing within the order.

Completing the bill is a brand new work, SMILE, choreographed and performed by Tommy Franzén, and directed by Associate Artist Kate Prince (ZooNation). Inspired by the song Smile, originally composed by Charlie Chaplin, the piece looks behind the smiling face of one of the world's greatest entertainers.

Photos: Simon Prince, Jake Walters and Michael Slobodian

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Sally Marie & John Ross Questions and Dancers Saturday 7 February Questions and Dancers is a double bill of new works for young people, bringing together new dance talent: Sally Marie, nominated for the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for new talent and John Ross, winner of the New Adventures Choreographer Award. Sally and John each create an original short dance piece with final year students from London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS), inviting inquisitive young minds to share their feedback and questions after the show.

Performance Times & Prices 2.30pm & 7pm £7 Age Guidance 8+ Free post-show discussion after both performances

Sally Marie presents I am 8, a world in which children’s personal stories and dancers’ lives blend in a tale of discovery, spanning what it is like to be 8 years old to being 21. What does it actually feel like? Can you imagine? Can you remember?

In There, There Stranger by John Ross, uncertainty arises in a labyrinth where anything is possible. Untangling different paths, the dancers go on a quest that gets physical: moving through darkness and light, from the scary to the absurd.

Both works are commissioned thanks to The Choreography for Children Award 2014 produced by Sadler’s Wells, Company of Angels, The Place and LCDS in partnership with MOKO Dance.

Photo: Pippa Dodds

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Ultima Vez What the Body Does Not Remember Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 February The amazing debut of Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez in 1987 stunned the world of dance at the time. Vandekeybus and composers Thierry de Mey and Peter Vermeersch received the prestigious Bessie Award in New York for this “brutal confrontation of dance and music: the dangerous, combative landscape of What the Body Does Not Remember.” 28 years later and with a new cast and live music by contemporary ensemble Ictus, the show still stands as one of the most exciting pieces of dance ever made and is once again on an unmissable world tour.

Performance Times & Prices Tue & Wed at 7.30pm £12 - £27 Free post-show talk (BSL-interpreted): Tue

Presented as part of a Dance Touring Partnership tour

Vandekeybus’ first piece of choreography balances on the razor edge of attraction and repulsion. Dancers are driven to act and react at high speed and with split second timing, to each other, and the music. Moments of humour thread through explosions of aggression, fear and danger in this adrenaline-fuelled distinctly physical performance.

“Tough, brutal, playful, ironic and terrific. An extraordinarily innovative dance piece” New York Times

Photo: Danny Willems

Wayne McGregor | Random Dance Atomos Friday 13 & Saturday 14 February Cutting-edge contemporary choreographer Wayne McGregor has now been leading his company through a radical trajectory of work for 20 years. A Resident Company of Sadler’s Wells, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance has won accolades and awards around the world.

McGregor’s latest full-length work Atomos returns to Sadler’s Wells, having enjoyed a rapturous reception at its world premiere in 2013. Atomising bodies, movement, film, sound and light into miniature shards of intense sensation, Atomos is performed by ten incredible dancers in McGregor’s unique style - sculptural, rigorous, jarring and hauntingly beautiful.

Performance Times & Prices Fri & Sat at 7.30pm £12 - £32

Valentine’s Day performance in support of Random Spaces.

McGregor is accompanied by a team of sensational artists including longtime collaborators lighting designer Lucy Carter and filmmaker Ravi Deepres, along with costumes by the ground-breaking designers of wearable technologies, Studio XO. Neo-classical ambient composers A Winged Victory For The Sullen provide the soaring score.

“McGregor’s choreographic curiosity hasn’t lost its power to thrill” The Guardian Photo: Ravi Deepres

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Flamenco Festival London Monday 16 February - Sunday 1 March Gala Flamenca Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Jesús Carmona, Karime Amaya Mon 16 - Wed 18 at 7.30pm Directed by Ángel Rojas, this spectacular programme presents “a showcase of flamenco, in all its flavours" (The Boston Globe): the master of flamenco Antonio Canales, one of Spain’s most powerful dancers; the unforgettable choreographer of Nuevo Ballet Español Carlos Rodríguez; the riveting performer and young starlet Jesús Carmona; and the sensational Karime Amaya, much-admired in her performances with Farruquito in 2013’s Flamenco Festival London.

Arcángel / Guest Dancer Patricia Guerrero Olor a Tierra Thu 19 at 7.30pm Arcángel is one of the leading lights of a new generation of flamenco vocalists known for his creative renditions of the classical ‘cante jondo’ repertoire, critically acclaimed as the heir of the late and great Enrique Morente. The gossamer refinement of Arcángel’s singing is perfectly matched by Dani de Morón’s subtle accompaniment, a rising star of the modern flamenco guitar, and the graceful movements of uprising dancer Patricia Guerrero.

Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía / Director Rafaela Carrasco Images: 20 Years Fri 20 & Sat 21 at 7.30pm. Sat Mat at 3.30pm Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, the most important representative of flamenco art in Spain, returns under the direction of Rafaela Carrasco. Images: 20 years commemorates the 20th anniversary of the company, revisiting five of the most celebrated choreographies of its repertoire. Not only a tribute to the former directors who also inspired Carrasco during her career, the show is also an interpretation of the rich history of the company. “You will remember it” El País Gerardo Núñez / Guest Dancer Carmen Cortés In Concert Sun 22 at 7.30pm Famed guitar master Gerardo Núñez is known for his amazing speed and cross-cultural collaborations. His soulful performances “show brilliancy of means and beguiling charm” (Financial Times) and recordings encompass traditional flamenco with innovative jazz and latin inspired rhythms. He will be joined on stage by the electrifying gypsy dancer Carmen Cortés renowned for her performances of flamenco puro.

Eva Yerbabuena ¡Ay! Mon 23 & Tue 24 at 7.30pm A theatrical performer, Eva Yerbabuena is a Flamenco Festival favourite. Her performances of ¡Ay! in 2013 showed her as a “terrific flamenco performer, her form and footwork both precise and nuanced” (The Guardian). Returning once more with this dynamic and dramatic show, Yerbabuena balances the need to take the art form in exciting new directions with a reverence for the flamenco tradition, marking herself as one of the most exciting figures dancing today.

Ballet Nacional de España / Director Antonio Najarro Grito & Suite Sevilla Thu 26 - Sat 28 at 7.30pm. Sat Mat at 3.30pm “Spain’s pre-eminent dance company” (Daily Telegraph) Ballet Nacional de España is undergoing a creative revival under the direction of the contemporary creator Antonio Najarro. His recent work, Suite Sevilla, with 35 dancers on stage and live music, fuses cutting-edge trends in both music and dance with Najarro’s unique approach to choreography, and a powerful and evocative score from Rafael Riqueni. The choreography in Grito, a masterpiece created by Antonio Canales, features the wide variety of styles of flamenco.

Compañía Manuel Liñán Nómada Sun 1 March at 7.30pm Nómada is the fourth creation from the multi-award-winning performer Liñán as a choreographer, bringing together a cast of six dancers, three singers and two guitarists. Hugely respected and admired, “Liñán’s gift is transcendental. He awakens rhythms, images, wildest possibilities of dance, and banishes the predictabilities of sitting in a theatre watching carefully staged flamenco” (Financial Times). £12 - £40 Photo: Javier Suárez

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“Outspoken, bold in many ways, humorous and excessive” Libération

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea altered natives’ Say Yes To Another Excess - TWERK Thursday 5 & Friday 6 March François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea have been provoking audiences from Paris to Tokyo with their fresh perspective on dance. Their sexually-charged work springs from a wide outlook on what constitutes dance, and a desire to challenge how dance history is written.

In their new work, they delve into their personal history of clubbing with an unusual anthropological take, physically examining free styles such as Jamaican dancehall, 70s voguing and today’s twerking. Together with New York voguer Alex Mugler, contemporary performers Ana Pi and Elisa Yvelin, Chaignaud and Bengolea have set themselves the challenge to trust dance and its poetic, expressive powers to create something immediate and visceral.

UK PREMIERE Performance Times & Prices Thu & Fri at 8pm £17 Free post-show talk: Thu Contains strong language and nudity

The piece is also a joyous exploration in grime music. An electro music form born in East London in the early 2000s, the genre combines sounds from dancehall, hip hop and UK garage, bringing the urgency of its MCs to an abstract yet ferocious synthetic sound. Leaders of the new grime wave DJs Elijah and Skilliam mix live on stage in this bold and energising performance.

Photo: Emile Zeizig

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English National Ballet Modern Masters Tuesday 10 - Sunday 15 March Modern Masters honours the work of three of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century: Jiří Kylián, John Neumeier and William Forsythe. Bold and galvanising, their choreographies are full of invention, energy, driven by music.

Jiří Kylián’s poetic Petite Mort features six men, six women, and six fencing foils, symbolising energy, silence and sexuality.

Performed to the slow movements of two Mozart Piano Concerti, the foils slowly become dancing partners, as the brutality of everyday life is revealed.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Thu, Sat & Sun Mats at 2.30pm £12 - £45 Free post-show talk (BSL-interpreted): Wed Sadler’s Wells Patrons’ Event: Tue

Spring and Fall was created by Hamburg Ballet’s John Neumeier.

Set to Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings in E Major, it is a work for two couples and corps de ballet and takes its narrative from the tension in the music. Spring and Fall is not in the repertoire of any other UK company.

With In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, William Forsythe started a new school of choreography, deconstructing classical ballet.

Set against a bare stage it is danced by nine individuals culminating in a fierce display of technical and physical wizardry.

Photo: David Jensen Photo design: Charlotte Wilkinson Studio

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“Brings dance to the public in wonderful new ways” New York Times on The Dance WE Made

Wild Card Casson & Friends Wednesday 18 March Wild Card returns with more specially curated evenings from a new generation of dance makers, bringing fresh perspectives to the stage. For each Wild Card, an up-and-coming artist is given the opportunity to present their own work, alongside performances by artists they admire.

Tim Casson is a London based performer and choreographer with an interest in collaboration, interactivity and technology. Best known for his innovative record-breaking dance project The Dance WE Made, Tim invites you to join him and his friends for a night of work created through unexpected and unique collaborations – between dancers, artists and perhaps even you!

Performance Times & Prices 8pm £17 Pre-show activities from 7pm.

Extra content to be announced.

See website for details.

BSL-interpreted performance

The evening includes the London premiere of Casson's solo work Fiend; a magical reimagining of Nijinsky's iconic Afternoon of a Faun, created in collaboration with computer programmer Tom Butterworth, which sees the dancer multiplied and seeking a connection in his virtual world.

Tim Casson invites audiences to join performers for an evening to explore the wonderful things that can happen when people work together.

Photo: Alisa Boanta

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Candoco Dance Company/ Jérôme Bel The Show Must Go On Friday 20 & Saturday 21 March Candoco Dance Company - the renowned contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers - presents a restaged version of Jérôme Bel’s award-winning The Show Must Go On, bringing together a UK-wide cast of 20 performers, 19 pop songs and one DJ.

Performance Times & Prices Fri & Sat at 7.30pm £12 - £27

The Show Must Go On was created in 2001 and is one of the iconic works in the career of French choreographer Jérôme Bel. The show examines the relationship between art and life, constantly surprising and challenging the viewer's expectations.

Controlled by a DJ and audio feed, the performers follow lyrics of the songs, ranging from musicals to well-loved pop songs.

Described as “a mischievously entertaining conceptualist who is less interested in movement than in messing with your head” (The Guardian), Jérôme Bel is famous for challenging expectations.

“One of the most charismatic and galvanising choreographers working today” New York Times

Photo: Riccardo Musacchio & Flavio Ianniello

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“Nixon’s choreography really flies” The Guardian

Northern Ballet The Great Gatsby Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 March After its sell out success at Sadler’s Wells in 2013, Northern Ballet’s The Great Gatsby returns by popular demand.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Thu & Sat at 2.30pm £12 - £42

On New York’s Long Island in the heady, indulgent days of the roaring 1920s, young Midwesterner Nick Carraway meets his infamous neighbour Jay Gatsby – a mysterious millionaire with a secret past and a penchant for lavish parties. As the sparkling façade of Gatsby’s world begins to slip, Carraway comes to see the loneliness, obsession and tragedy that lie beneath.

The seductive style of the era is carefully recreated through stunning sets and dazzling, authentic costumes. Music by Academy Award nominated and BAFTA-winning composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett CBE (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Murder on the Orient Express) will be played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic tale is brought to life by this remarkable company of dancers.

Audio-described performance: Sat at 2.30pm Touch tour at 12.15pm Insight/movement workshop at 10.30am

#### “You will leave the theatre with a warm glow and a smile” Sunday Express

Photo: Jason Tozer

Scottish Ballet A Streetcar Named Desire Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 2 April Scottish Ballet is one of Sadler’s Wells’ most popular visiting companies. The company returns with A Streetcar Named Desire following a South Bank Sky Arts Award winning tour in 2012.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Thu at 7.30pm £12 - £42 Age Guidance 12+

Trying to leave a troubled past behind her, fading southern belle Blanche DuBois moves into her sister Stella’s New Orleans apartment. Stella’s brutish husband Stanley sees that Blanche is not what she appears to be, and sets out to destroy her.

Set to a specially commissioned jazz-inspired score by awardwinning composer Peter Salem, Scottish Ballet presents its Olivier Award-winning adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ thrilling play.

The company continues to push the boundaries of modern ballet in a collaboration with theatre and film director Nancy Meckler and choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, creating a powerful infusion of drama and dance.

“A Streetcar Named Desire could serve as a template for how to tell a story through dance. Florid, poetic, poisonously beautiful” Evening Standard

Photo: Nisbet Wylie

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Sadler’s Wells Family Weekend Wilkie Branson & Sally Cookson Varmints Friday 3 & Saturday 4 April Varmints is a rich visual piece of original dance theatre for young people and their families, that tells the poignant tale of one small creature’s struggle to preserve a world in danger of being lost forever. Every day the city grows larger and the noise grows louder, until there is so much noise that no-one can hear themselves think.

Following a successful 2013 tour, Varmints returns with a specially added interactive post-show discussion in which the audience can meet the cast and discover more about the show.

This exhilarating dance-theatre show is choreographed by B-boy and Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Wilkie Branson, in collaboration with children’s theatre director Sally Cookson.

Co-produced and commissioned by East London Dance, Sadler’s Wells and Stratford Circus, Varmints is based on the awardwinning book by Helen Ward with beautiful illustrations by Marc Craste.

Performance Times & Prices Fri at 2pm & 5pm Sat at 12.30pm Adults £12 Children £7 Free post-show discussion after all performances Family Dance Workshops Fri at 12pm & 3.30pm Sat at 11am £2 on adult tickets Age Guidance 7+

“There is much to enjoy and admire here. The cast are genuinely engaging and perform with real verve” The Guardian Photo: Manuel Vason

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Sadler’s Wells Family Weekend Aracaladanza - Constelaciones Saturday 4 April Family Weekend is an annual festival where children and their families are invited to take part in a jam-packed weekend including performances, workshops and games. There is something for all ages happening across the entire building, with fun activities designed to complement the shows on the Sadler’s Wells and Lilian Baylis Studio stages.

Aracaladanza have been favourites at Sadler’s Wells since their Family Weekend debut in 2008. A critically acclaimed and awardwinning company, Aracaladanza has been sharing its fascinating universe with young audiences for nearly two decades. Through costume design, music, rhythm and movement they engage the spectator in a fantastic, dream-like world of possibilities.

Performance Times & Prices 2pm and 5pm Adults £16 Children £8 Family Dance Workshops 12.30pm & 3.30pm £2 on adult tickets Age Guidance 4+

Constelaciones is a new piece, inspired by the work of Barcelona born painter Joan Miró. A national icon in Spain and one of the 20th century’s most celebrated artists, Miró is known for his surrealist and experimental approach to his art. Constelaciones is a cocktail made of colours, shapes and games, inviting the audience to explore the colourful universe Miró composed with his paintings.

Photo: Pedro Arnay

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“The performers seem scarcely aware of their power, which only multiplies it” The Guardian

National Youth Dance Company / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Friday 10 April Now in its third year, National Youth Dance Company is fast establishing a reputation for producing high quality performances from a company of dancers who are expressive, brave and energise the dance environment. Having completed two sold out UK tours, National Youth Dance Company returns to Sadler’s Wells to premiere a new work created by the 2014-15 Guest Artistic Director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Cherkaoui is one of the most prolific choreographers working today; a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist, he has created more than 20 works. This new commission sees Cherkaoui revisiting moments from his established catalogue of work: Babel(words), Puz/zle, Genesis and TeZukA, incorporating new ideas and movement material from the young dancers. Cherkaoui’s unique choreographic process, combined with the fresh talent of NYDC dancers, illustrates the power and youthful creativity young people can bring to a professional dance collaboration. The work is created in partnership with Eastman.

Performance Times & Prices Fri at 7.30pm £12 £6 concessions* Under 5s admitted *Concessions: Over 60s, Access members, Students and Under 18s Part of Genesis Festival 10 - 12 April sadlerswells.com/genesis

This performance is part of Genesis, a three day festival focusing on the power of young dancers to shape the future of dance.

Performances and Conference, 10-12 April.

Photo: Peter Teigen

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört / Ahnen UK PREMIERE Wednesday 15 - Sunday 26 April Beginning her work as a choreographer in 1968, Pina Bausch is the inventor of tanztheater as it is known today. During 40 years as Artistic Director of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, she nurtured an ensemble of vivid imagination and grand scale.

Since her untimely death in 2009, the company has continued to tour her 46 choreographic works around the world.

Performance Times & Prices Gebirge Wed 15 - Sat 18 at 7.30pm Ahnen Thu 23 - Sat 25 at 7.30pm Sun 26 at 4pm £12 - £60

For this visit, the company perform two pieces from the 1980s never before seen in the UK. Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört (On the Mountain A Cry Was Heard) is an engrossing production, set upon a soil-strewn stage and featuring music from Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf and Henry Purcell.

Ahnen, first performed in 1987, features a similarly diverse score, and takes place in a thorny desert-scape, conceived by long-time set designer Peter Pabst.

Sadler’s Wells Patrons’ Event: Wed 15

During her 40 years of choreographing, Pina Bausch developed an artistic canon renowned for its diverse cultural influences and rich visual style. These two pieces capture Bausch at the height of her powers, remaining as fresh and exciting now as when they were first performed.

Photo: Karlheinz Krauskopf

Lilian Baylis Studio

Wild Card Katye Coe: Preparation Friday 24 April Wild Card returns with more specially curated evenings from a new generation of dance makers, bringing fresh perspectives to the stage. For each Wild Card, an up-and-coming artist is given the opportunity to present their own work alongside works by artists they admire.

Performance Times & Prices 8pm Pre-show activities and extra content to be announced.

See website for details. £17

Katye is a dance artist practising as a performer (Station House Opera, Florence Peake), curator (Decoda), maker and teacher (Coventry University) . One of her latest works, the running intervention ‘(to) Constantly Vent’ was recently presented at the Hayward Gallery. Her practice reaches across forms and communities, informed by the belief that thinking happens differently when it is located in dancing or moving. Improvisation is a core aspect of her work, as is collaboration.

This evening is curated by Katye in conversation with Charlie Morrissey, dance artist and collaborator (Steve Paxton, Siobhan Davies). Katye has anchored this evening through key questions in their evolving duet, where we are not. The performers' visceral presence makes visible the live-ness of decision making. Sound artist Graeme Miller and philosopher Alva Noe will also contribute works igniting the idea of ‘preparation’.

Photo: Gian Paolo Cottino

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Breakin’ Convention ‘15 International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 May Sadler’s Wells’ groundbreaking festival of hip hop dance theatre and culture, Breakin’ Convention, is back for the 12th year running.

Hosted by Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Jonzi D, the festival brings two nights of hip hop dance theatre performances from the very best international and UK poppers, lockers, house dancers, b-boy and b-girls.

Performance Times & Prices Doors 4pm Show 6pm £20 seated (£15 concs) £15 standing

Under 5s admitted

A packed programme of participatory activities throughout the foyers pre-show and during the interval offers something for everyone, with graffiti and dance workshops, freestyling sessions and live aerosol art.

With tickets just £20 or £15 standing, Breakin’ Convention is an unmissable highlight of the international dance calendar.

Full line-up to be announced in March 2015.

Check breakinconvention.com for updates.

“One of the world’s leading showcases of hip hop dance and dance theatre” The Guardian Photos: Belinda Lawley & Paul Hampartsoumian

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BBC Young Dancer 2015 Grand Final Saturday 9 May The inaugural Grand Final of BBC Young Dancer comes to Sadler’s Wells, with the UK’s best young dancers performing for this prestigious award.

Announced as part of BBC Arts, dancers aged 16-20 from all over the UK were invited to enter four categories: Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop and South Asian Dance. The winners of the Category Finals (to be shown on BBC Four) plus two additional candidates chosen by the judges, will dance at the Grand Final.

Each dancer will premiere a new solo piece created especially for them by a leading young choreographer. They will also dance a solo, duet (pas de deux/battle) and an ensemble piece. The judging panel for the Grand Final features some of the leading names in British dance: Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick Sandy and Alistair Spalding.

The Grand Final will be televised on BBC Two as part of the BBC’s continuing commitment to the arts and support of new talent.

BBC Young Dancer is part of BBC Four’s 'Year of Song and Dance'.

Performance Times & Prices Sat at 6.15pm £12 - £25

Rambert with Tredegar Town Band and the Rambert Orchestra Tuesday 12 - Saturday 16 May Live on the Sadler's Wells stage, the full ranks of Tredegar Town Band, 2013 British Open Champions, propel Rambert's wonderful dancers in Dark Arteries, the world's first brass band dance work.

Composer Gavin Higgins (who wrote the opening piece for 2014’s Last Night of the Proms) and Rambert Artistic Director Mark Baldwin have created a work that is powerful and uplifting, celebrating how brass band music endures as the legacy of the communities which mined the coalfields – the “dark arteries” – of Britain. It is a dance which draws you into its emotional heart, even as the sound lifts the hairs on the back of your neck, then raises the roof.

Dark Arteries forms the centrepiece of a new programme from Britain’s national dance company, which also includes the latest work from Alexander Whitley – “[his] cutting-edge contemporary choreography has made him one of the rising stars of Britain's dance scene” (GQ) – and a revival of celebrated US choreographer Lucinda Childs’ minimalist masterpiece Four Elements: “a classic by any standards” (The Times).

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm £12 - £38 Sat Mat at 2.30pm A shorter programme, with a special introduction £8 - £20 Family ticket for Sat Mat: £40 (Four tickets incl at least one child) Sign language interpreted show: Wed Free pre-show talks: with Artistic Director Mark Baldwin (BSL-intepreted) Wed at 6.30pm with Music Director Paul Hoskins Fri at 6.30pm

Photo: Benedict Johnson

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Boris Charmatz / Musée de la danse manger UK PREMIERE Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 May Since 2009 Boris Charmatz has been the director of the Centre choregraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne, which he proposes to transform into a new kind of museum of dance. He is also the Associate Artist of the 2011 Festival d’Avignon, and was invited at MoMA (NY) in 2013 and at Tate Modern in 2012.

Charmatz made his daring and provocative Sadler’s Wells debut in 2014 with the UK premiere of enfant, an intergenerational ensemble piece exploring the borders between the young and the old.

Performance Times & Prices Tue & Wed at 7.30pm £12 - £27 Pre-show Director’s Conversation: Wed, 6 - 6.45pm £4 Part of Musée de la danse in London: presented by Sadler's Wells and Tate Modern

For this new work, manger, Charmatz investigates how to set bodies in motion not with the eyes or with the limbs, but with the mouth. The mouth acts as the crossroads where food, voices, breath and words meet; a space where the self and the other engage, and ingest each other. Charmatz uses this metaphor as the vehicle for his choreography in manger, choosing to challenge the role that the mouth and eating play in choreography, dance and performance.

Standing at the boundaries between a mobile installation and a performance piece, manger offers its audience what Charmatz terms a ‘swallowed reality’: a slow digestion of the world.

Photo: Ursula Kaufmann

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Boris Charmatz and Amandine Beyer Partita 2 UK PREMIERE Friday 22 & Saturday 23 May What happens when two choreographers, famed for directing large groups of performers, rejoice in their love for their own dancing? In a repertoire of over 40 works, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker – an icon of contemporary dance – has never composed a duet in which she would dance herself.

Performance Times & Prices Fri & Sat at 7.30pm £12 - £27

In Partita 2, a collaboration between herself and French choreographer and dancer Boris Charmatz, De Keersmaeker departs from her usual meticulous construction of dance, embracing the improvisatory instincts and whimsical flair of Charmatz. The piece is named for its score, from JS Bach, the structure and form of which De Keersmaeker reflects in this new choreography.

Bach’s composition is performed by violinist Amandine Beyer, whose physical presence on stage lends the dance a sense of humility and intimacy, enhancing Michel François’ bare and beautiful set design in this exciting new collaboration from two of the most exciting names working in dance today.

Photo: Anne Van Aerschot

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Sylvie Guillem UK PREMIERE Tuesday 26 - Sunday 31 May After an unparalleled career that has spanned almost 35 years of both dancing ballet and contemporary work, Sylvie Guillem presents her final dance programme.

A world famous dancer with an extensive career at the Paris Opera Ballet, as a Principal Guest Artist at the Royal Ballet and Tokyo Ballet, Guillem has played some iconic roles including MacMillan’s Manon and Béjart’s Bolero.

A Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist since 2005, she has diversified as a dancer into the world of contemporary dance, performing acclaimed works such as PUSH, Sacred Monsters and 6000 miles away.

Performance Time & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sun at 4pm £12 - £75 Sadler’s Wells Patrons’ Event: Tue

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For this very special programme which will be the last opportunity to see her dance on the Sadler’s Wells stage, she will perform both existing and brand new work by choreographers who have influenced her contemporary career. More details will be announced soon. For updates: sadlerswells.com

“You can't take your eyes off Guillem. The flair and virtuosity of her dancing stops you in your tracks” Evening Standard

Photo: Lesley Leslie-Spinks

Lilian Baylis Studio

“Patel shapeshifts with delicious dexterity” The Guardian

Hetain Patel American Boy Thursday 28 & Friday 29 May Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Hetain Patel is a visual artist whose work for the stage has been attracting growing acclaim.

His practice crosses a number of art forms with the body and identity as core concerns. Major international institutions have shown his work including Tate Modern and the Southbank Centre, Sydney Festival, Bodhi Art New York, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Arts in China and Chatterjee and Lal in Mumbai.

Performance Times & Prices Thu & Fri at 8pm £17 Free post-show talk: Thu Contains strong language

Following sold out performances at Sadler’s Wells and a national tour in 2014, Hetain Patel returns to the stage with his one-man show American Boy, a personal and humorous take on identity shape-shifting.

Inspired by American movie culture and homemade YouTube videos, Patel looks at the multiple personas that we all inhabit in our day-to-day lives. Through a seamless synthesis of vocal and physical limitations, he revisits character impressions from his playground days: see Agent Smith from the Matrix argue with Michael Caine whilst Eddie Murphy dances alongside Spider-Man.

“Patel is as much entertainer as performance conceptualist” The Times Photo: Hetain Patel

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“One of Cherkaoui’s most touching and entertaining shows” The Guardian

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui m¡longa Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 June Deeply rooted in Argentinean culture, tango has fascinated and captivated the world with its sexuality, power and beauty.

Cherkaoui’s m¡longa debuted in 2013, and is the first international large-scale tango production to be directed by a non-Argentine artist. After its highly successful UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells, m¡longa is now touring across the globe, to great critical acclaim offering audiences the chance to explore the traditional tango dance from another cultural perspective.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm £12 - £38 Free post-show dance class: Wed A Sadler’s Wells Production

Internationally renowned for his ground-breaking and critically revered award-winning productions such as Sutra and Babel(words), Cherkaoui takes the idea of a milonga as his starting point – those social dance-evenings held in intimate late night bars in Buenos Aires – and draws on traditional influences, adding a contemporary twist.

Having collaborated with an incredibly talented cast of Argentinean dancers and live musicians, Cherkaoui has created “a very beautiful show indeed” (Daily Telegraph), bringing his own unique style to tango.

Photos: Diego Franssens & Tristram Kenton

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Alain Platel, Fabrizio Cassol, Rodriguez Vangama & Serge Kakudji Coup Fatal UK PREMIERE Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 June Inspired by the grand gestures of the rakish ‘sapeurs’ – the dandies of Kinshasa, Coup Fatal features Congolese countertenor Serge Kakudji, with an orchestra of 12 musicians from Kinshasa - engaging with the repertoire of various baroque composers. This new music integrates baroque phrases with traditional and popular Congolese music, rock and jazz.

Performance Times & Prices Thu - Sat at 7.30pm £12 - £27 Free post-show talk (BSL-interpreted): Thu

Composer Fabrizio Cassol and musician Rodriguez Vangama are the musical directors, while director Alain Platel and dancer Romain Guion seek to give the piece its theatrical form. The set is designed in collaboration with the artist Freddy Tsimba, who creates vast, disturbing sculptures using cartridge cases which he collects in Congolese war zones.

An artistic platform for a variety of choreographers, les ballets C de la B enables artists from various disciplines and backgrounds to take part in the creative process, upholding its motto: ‘this dance is for the world and the world is for everyone’. KVS is a city theatre in Brussels. Working in a diverse city, it incorporates the topics of poverty and exclusion into its programming, as well as colonial history.

Photo: Chris Van Der Burght

Philippe Decouflé Company DCA Contact UK PREMIERE Tuesday 16 - Thursday 18 June Philippe Decouflé is a creator of dreamlike performances, who finds inspiration in both high and popular culture and who challenges expectations with the use of the burlesque and the bizarre. With Contact, he creates a musical and visual comedy, a tale of our human – and sometimes superhuman – passions.

As an artist trained in mime, bodily expression, the circus and dance by the likes of Isaac Alvarez, Annie Fratellini, Merce Cunningham and Alwin Nikolais, directing a musical is a natural conclusion for Decouflé.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Thu at 7.30pm £12 - £32

He rewrites what the musical means for him, borrowing from cabarets, musicals and even flirting with Bollywood. Musical is simultaneously the subject, the source material, the dramaturgical structure, and the form. The score for this new endeavour has been created by Nosfell and Pierre Le Bourgeois, an opera from another world.

In Contact, we witness the culmination of Decouflé's trademark cinematographic prowess and his fragmented sense of trickery and illusion, expressed through an extraordinary troupe of sixteen dancers, actors, singers and musicians.

Photo: Elen Usdin

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Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company Flamencura UK PREMIERE Saturday 20 - Sunday 28 June Guitarist, composer, dramatist and producer Paco Peña has expanded the possibilities and changed perceptions of flamenco in a career spanning five decades. He returns to Sadler’s Wells with his new show Flamencura.

Art in all its forms has the potential of reaching a point of alchemy between interpreter and audience able to transport them into a mysterious level of emotion; a red-hot status capable of immersing the audience into an indescribable experience.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sun at 7.30pm Sat 27 & Sun 28 at 2.30pm £12 - £38 Free pre-show Flamenco classes: Sun 21 & Sun 28 at 6pm

In flamenco, this concept is referred to as ‘duende’. Performers never talk about it, but are always in pursuit of the inspiration that will allow them to get there, reaching total involvement in the art and deep communion with the audience. This elusive state can be referred to as the core of flamenco – artists will use all the ingredients available to them in order to achieve it. This show presents six musicians and three dancers bringing this together, adding a compound of qualities that their experience has provided them, everything that has taught them how and what makes that music be what it is. These elements, plus the character with which they are displayed amount to…Flamencura.

Photo: Rita Slattery

Akram Khan & Israel Galván TOROBAKA Tuesday 30 June - Sunday 5 July Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists today. In just over a decade, he has created an imaginative, highly accessible and relevant body of work including productions such as DESH, Vertical Road, Gnosis and zero degrees. The multi award-winning Israel Galván has been at the forefront of contemporary flamenco for 20 years. Galván is known for his innovative choreography and exquisite dancing technique.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sun at 4pm No perf Thu £12 - £38

With this unique artistic exchange, Khan and Galvan made TOROBAKA by bringing together kathak and flamenco to create something new, distinctive and defying classification or genre.

Returning after its highly anticipated UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells in Autumn 2014, TOROBAKA takes its name from a Maori-inspired phonetic poem by Tristan Tzara. The bull (toro) and the cow (vaca) are sacred animals in the dancers’ two traditions and represent the coming together of dance styles.

Rather than mimicking one another, Khan and Galván create something new by better understanding each other’s approaches to their craft.

Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez

Sadler’s Wells Theatre

“A dynamic marriage of contemporary dance and choral music” The Guardian

Mark Baldwin & Ladysmith Black Mambazo INALA Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 July Back due to phenomenal demand following their 2014 sell-out success, INALA returns to Sadler's Wells to present choral legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo in this unique artistic collaboration with multi award-winning choreographer Mark Baldwin. Featuring current and former members of the Royal Ballet and Rambert, this critically acclaimed production embraces an exhilarating fusion of South African and Western cultures live on stage.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sat Mat at 2.30pm £12 - £38

Four time Grammy Award-winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo first rose to worldwide prominence with Paul Simon’s Graceland album.

INALA’s original score is composed and performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, led by Joseph Shabalala and Ella Spira, blending the intricate rhythms and infectious harmonies of their native musical roots with live percussion, piano and strings. Mark Baldwin’s richly visceral choreography unites Zulu traditions with classical ballet and contemporary dance, performed by an exceptional company of 18 dancers and singers.

Produced by Sisters Grimm, celebrating 21 years of democracy in South Africa, INALA delivers a spiritually uplifting live experience, powered by a cultural explosion of music, song and dance.

Photo: Giulietta Verdon Roe

London Coliseum

Dutch National Ballet Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella UK PREMIERE Wednesday 8 - Saturday 11 July Dutch National Ballet presents a brand new interpretation of Cinderella, choreographed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Christopher Wheeldon. Premiered by Dutch National Ballet at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in December 2012 to a rapturous reception from ballet fans and critics alike, this will be the first time Dutch National Ballet has performed Cinderella on stage outside the Netherlands.

Performance Times & Prices Wed - Sat at 7.30pm Sat & Thu Mat at 2pm £10 - £80

Influenced by the Brothers Grimm story of Cinderella, Wheeldon has created an enchanting ballet set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score – performed live by Royal Ballet Sinfonia – with stunning sets and costumes by British designer Julian Crouch.

Wheeldon is one of the most sought-after choreographers in the dance world today. His Cinderella shows a kind-hearted heroine making the best of life without her beloved mother, while over at the Palace Prince Guillaume is struggling against the restrictions of royal protocol and princely duty. Elaborating on the traditional narrative with a fleshed out backstory for the lead characters, the ballet is choreographed with lyricism, elegance and wit to create a truly entertaining spectacle.

Photo: Angela Sterling

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“Mesmerising. Electrifying, a dynamite dance of desire” Daily Mail

“Glamorous, sexy, funny and dangerous. A triumph!”

Evening Standard

New Adventures Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man Tuesday 14 July - Sunday 9 August Matthew Bourne’s internationally acclaimed award-winning dance thriller is back. The Car Man is loosely based on Bizet’s popular opera and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertoire.

The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960s America where the dreams and passions of a small town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge.

Performance Time & Prices Tue - Sun at 7.30pm Sat & Sun Mats at 2.30pm £12 - £55 Audio-described performance: Sat 8 Aug at 2.30pm Touch Tour at 1pm Age Guidance 12+

Featuring Lez Brotherston’s epic design and Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling with music by Terry Davies and Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite (after Bizet’s Carmen), The Car Man is another spectacular production from the UK’s most popular dance theatre company.

“The Car Man is a superbly balanced, eye-grabbing combination of first rate choreography, effectively constructed drama and sheer entertainment” The Spectator Photos: Bill Cooper

The Royal Danish Ballet Soloists and Principals Bournonville Celebration Friday 9 & Saturday 10 January Ten years since The Royal Danish Ballet’s last visit to Sadler’s Wells, principals and soloists from this internationally renowned company perform a programme featuring excerpts from works

by August Bournonville, the acclaimed 19th century Royal Danish Ballet choreographer and ballet master who created more than 50 works for the company.

Performance Times & Prices Fri & Sat at 7.30pm Sat at 2.30pm £18 - £48

The essence of the Bournonville style lies in its joy of life, rhythm, harmony and easy elegance which will be showcased in excerpts from his ballets such as La Sylphide, Napoli, A Folktale, and Conservatory. As a choreographer, Bournonville believed that beauty is forever modern and with ballet companies still performing his ballets today, 136 years after his death, it proves that his sense of beauty is still very much alive.

Experience this rare opportunity to see dancers from one of the world’s leading ballet companies in their unique Danish style.

Photo: Martin Mydtskov Rønne

“Each duet a mini drama, sexual electricity at the twitch of a hip” Evening Standard

Tango Fire Flames of Desire Tuesday 27 January - Saturday 14 February Tango Fire returns to The Peacock after an acclaimed sell-out season in 2013. Since its formation, The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires has become a worldwide phenomenon and an international leading tango company. With a legion of fans across the USA, Europe and Asia, and a YouTube audience in excess of 18 million, Tango Fire brings this dynamic genre to life like no other show in the West End.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sat Mat at 2.30pm Sun at 2pm £15 - £42 Free post-show dance classes: Tue 3 & Tue 10

Tango Fire encompasses all that defines Argentine tango; dancing which sizzles with sensuality, accompanied by four of Argentina's brilliant young musicians, playing the unforgettable music of the great tango masters including Piazzolla, Pugliese and Gardel. As one of the world’s most popular dance forms, this exhilarating show combines the rawness and sophistication, seductive and sultry side of tango, evoking the intoxicating passion of late night Buenos Aires.

Featuring stars of tango German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, plus a cast including World Tango Champions and the best dancers from the tango houses of Buenos Aires. Coupled with sublime choreography from Cornejo, Tango Fire is “sensual, erotic and authentically Argentinian” (Daily Telegraph).

Photo: David Wyatt

Cirque Éloize Cirkopolis Tuesday 17 - Saturday 28 February A world leader in contemporary circus and a firm favourite in the West End, Cirque Éloize returns to The Peacock with a bold new show, following the success of iD in 2013. Based on the talents of its extraordinary performers, Cirque Éloize expresses its innovative nature through theatricality and humanity, and combines circus arts with music, dance and theatre.

Performing in tandem with an inventive stage design and accompanied by an original musical score and video projections, 12 acrobats and multidisciplinary artists rebel against monotony, reinvent themselves and challenge the limits of the factory-city. In a world where fantasy provokes reality, the veil of anonymity and solitude is lifted and replaced by bursts of colour and imagination.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sat Mat at 2.30pm Sun at 2pm & 6pm £15 - £42 Under 16s half price Free post-show talk: Tue 17

Dance Consortium presents

Cirkopolis transports performers and spectators alike between dream and reality in a frenzied and exhilarating stream of acrobatics, music, images and drawings to delight the eye.

“There are much bigger shows than Cirkopolis, but I’d bet there aren’t more beautiful ones” New York Times Photo: Valérie Remise

Rasta Thomas’ Romeo and Juliet UK PREMIERE Tuesday 3 - Sunday 29 March The greatest love story of all time becomes a love story for the 21st century in this fresh adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. A contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy crosses over seamlessly between classical ballet, music of past centuries and popular music and dance of today’s generations.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sat Mat at 2.30pm Sun at 2pm £15 - £40

The tragic teenage love story is retold by a talented team of young American dancers, against a backdrop of state-of-the-art architectural lighting and original video projections. The timeless tale of star-crossed young lovers speaks to us through the songs of Katy Perry, LMFAO, Lady Gaga, Jay Z and David Guetta with the language and energy of today’s youth.

Choreographer Adrienne Canterna and Artistic Director Rasta Thomas have created a dynamic and innovative style of dance, from ballet to hip hop to acrobatics to martial arts that fully captures Shakespeare’s tragic tale through the centuries to the present.

This passionate, sensual, emotionally charged and technically evolved dance and music tapestry of Romeo and Juliet has been enthralling audiences across Europe since 2012.

Photo: Marco Moog

“A clever, instructive and entertaining device” Daily Express on My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty

English National Ballet and English National Ballet School My First Ballet: Swan Lake Thursday 2 - Sunday 12 April Following the success of their children-friendly adaptations of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Coppélia, English National Ballet and English National Ballet School return with a new addition to the enchanting My First Ballet series – My First Ballet: Swan Lake.

The evil magician Rothbart has turned the beautiful princess Odette into a swan: only at night can she return to human form.

Will Prince Siegfried be able to save her, or will he fall for Rothbart’s sorcery?

Performance Times & Prices 11am performances: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 April 2pm performances: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 April 3pm performances: 5 & 12 April 5pm performances: 4 & 11 April 7pm performances: 2 April

With a narrator to help the young audience follow the story and a shortened version of Tchaikovsky’s wonderful music, these performances are created to make ballet accessible and enjoyable to children from the age of three upwards.

£10 - £25

This unique collaboration between English National Ballet and English National Ballet School is created by English National Ballet’s Associate Artist George Williamson and performed by second year students from English National Ballet School.

A range of symbol resources are available to make the story more accessible to children with learning difficulties and disabilities. Check ballet.org.uk for details.

Family Ticket Available

Thu 2 preview performance 11am: £8 - £23

Age Guidance: 3+

Artwork: Mark Ruffle

“A spell-binding performance from start to finish an absolute joy” Daily Mail

London Children’s Ballet Snow White Thursday 23 April - Sunday 26 April London Children’s Ballet returns to the West End with a glorious production of this much-loved story, based on the original Grimms’ fairy tale. Snow White is forced to flee from the palace to escape the beautiful but evil Queen. Seven mischievous dwarves become Snow White’s loyal protectors, but can they save her from the Queen’s cunning plans?

An unmissable family event, LCB’s Snow White is a feast for the eyes, with glorious costumes, an original musical score performed by a live orchestra, and a cast of 55 highly talented dancers, aged 9 - 16. Told in two 40-minute acts, this is a perfect way to introduce young audiences to the joys of ballet and classical music.

Performance Times & Prices Fri at 6.30pm Sat 25 at 1.30pm and 5.30pm Sun 26 at 12.30pm and 4.30pm £14 - £55 Premiere Performance Thursday 23 April at 7pm Tickets from £45 available directly through London Children’s Ballet on 020 8969 1555.

No under 3s admitted

London Children’s Ballet was founded to give talented young dancers the opportunity to perform as part of a professional ballet production. They have an extensive repertoire of 14 ballets, including The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, Ballet Shoes and Rumpelstiltskin. The popularity of LCB’s ballets among young audiences has made these productions a sell-out success since the Company was founded in 1994.

Photo: Pedro Ferrer

Rojas and Rodríguez Titanium UK PREMIERE Tuesday 5 - Saturday 23 May Titanium is a show unlike any that has been seen in the UK before.

It uniquely fuses the rich dance heritage of flamenco with the rawness of hip hop and break dance culture with sizzling prowess and virtuoso dance moves. Titanium is the freshest incarnation to date of urban flamenco, winning a National Dance Award in Spain and high praise in a tour across Europe.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sat Mat at 2.30pm Sun at 2pm Sun 17 at 6pm £15 - £38 Under 16s half price

Titanium is a high energy show directed by Rojas and Rodriguez of Nuevo Ballet Español. The multi-talented cast numbers three flamenco dancers, three hip hop dancers, and three b-boys including Chey Jurado, Spain’s national b-boy champion.

A unique experience, Titanium brings together dance styles born on the street; urban styles which both share a history of improvised movement, dance battles and live music. Featuring a band of four on stage, mixing flamenco with hip hop beats, Titanium offers audiences a brand new perspective on how flamenco, urban and street dance have more in common than you think.

Photo: Rafa Abella

“This is physical comedy with brains, I laughed ‘til my face hurt” The Observer

New Art Club Hercules: A Dance Cabaret Friday 25 & Saturday 26 July New Art Club are pioneering artists, comedy theatre makers and choreographers Pete Shenton and Tom Roden. The duo won the Edinburgh Spotlight Best Comedy Award in 2010 and regularly perform at Soho Theatre and at comedy and dance festivals around the UK. Co-produced by Dance4 and Nottingham Playhouse, and presented at The Peacock, in association with Greenwich Dance, Hercules is a new family production combining elements of pantomime, dance, cabaret and comedy into one uproarious, side-splitting adventure.

Performance Times & Prices Fri & Sat at 2pm & 7pm Adults £16 Children £8 Family Ticket £38 (2 adults and 2 children) Hula Workshop: Fri & Sat at 4pm £4

Under 5s admitted This totally unique take on the Hercules story is based on the 12 Labours and features a choreographed wrestling match; a Paso Doble bullfight; a battle with a multi headed dancing monster; a hula-hooping queen of the Amazon and much more. With a cast of stunning professional performers and talented local dancers, this irreverent, innovative and life-affirming show will have you up on your feet wanting to dance all the way home.

“Downright Funny” New York Times Photo: Chris Nash

“A spectacular delight that will rob you of your breath” Sunday Times

The 7 Fingers Traces Tuesday 9 June - Sunday 12 July A contemporary circus company renowned for their innovative shows and charismatic performers, The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts de la Main) return to The Peacock with their hit show Traces.

Performance Times & Prices Tue - Sat at 7.30pm Sat Mat at 2.30pm Sun at 2pm & 6pm £15 - £38

Traces was first performed in 2006, and has gone on to be performed over 1700 times in 23 countries.

Under 16s half price

Fresh, urban and seriously high-energy, Traces features an extraordinary range of skills, from tumbling through hoops, scaling Chinese poles and balancing seemingly effortlessly on each others’ heads, to basketball, skateboarding and playing classical piano.

A huge hit in London and around the world, Traces is a thrill-a-minute show that will leave you begging for more.

“So thrilling, it will surely make an entire generation run away and join the circus” The Guardian

Photo: Stephanie Boisvert

Sadler’s Wells Extras

Dance Classes

Director’s Conversation

Tango Fire

Boris Charmatz manger

Post-show Tango classes Tuesday 3 & 10 February

Wednesday 20 May, 6.6-45pm, Lillian Baylis Studio, £4

Alistair Spalding in conversation with French choreographer and director Boris Charmatz. The discussion will explore Charmatz's Musée de la danse (Museum of Dance), the Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne in France, and the creation of his new work manger.

Free to same day ticket-holders unless specified

Sadler’s Wells Family Weekend Family Dance Workshops Saturday 4 April 12.30pm & 3.30pm (Constelaciones) Friday 3 April 12pm & 3.30pm, Saturday 4 April 11am (Varmints) All £2

m¡longa Post-show tango class Wednesday 10 June

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company Pre-show Flamenco classes Sunday 21 & 28 June at 6pm

Pre and Post-Show Talks On stage – free to same day ticket-holders

Aurélien Bory & Kaori Ito Plexus Thursday 22 January, post-show, on stage

Sally Marie and John Ross Questions and Dancers

Hercules New Art Club Hula workshop Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July at 4pm (£4)

Assisted Performances Casson & Friends

Saturday 7 February, post-show, on stage

BSL-interpreted performance Wednesday 18 March at 8pm

Wim Vandekeybus What the Body Does Not Remember

Northern Ballet

Tuesday 10 February, post-show, on stage, BSL-interpreted

Audio-described performance Saturday 28 March 2.30pm, Touch tour 12.15pm, insight workshop 10.30am

Rambert

Cirque Éloize Cirkopolis

Sign language interpreted performance Wednesday 13 May at 7.30pm

Tuesday 17 February, post-show, on stage

The Car Man

François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea altered natives’ Say Yes To Another Excess – TWERK Thursday 5 March, post-show, on stage

Tamara Rojo Modern Masters Wednesday 11 March, post-show, on stage, BSL-interpreted

Wilkie Branson Varmints

Audio-described performance Saturday 8 August at 2.30pm, touch tour at 1pm

=dance A year-round programme of work created and performed by deaf and disabled artists and inclusive companies.

These workshops and talks invite artists and audiences to engage with the programme and signpost opportunities and training for future creators.

Please inform ticket office of any access requirements when booking.

Friday 3 & Saturday 4 April, post-show, on stage

Rambert Wednesday 13 May at 6.30pm BSL interpreted talk by Artistic Director Mark Baldwin in the main auditorium Friday 15 May at 6.30pm Music talk by Music Director Paul Hoskins and Rambert Orchestra in the main auditorium

Magpie Dance Friday 16 January, 3.45pm - 5.45pm, £4

A contemporary dance workshop including advice on auditions, apprenticeships and careers in dance.

Suitable for: aspiring dancers aged 18 – 30 with learning disabilities. To book, call Ticket Office on 0844 871 0090 or Minicom 020 7863 8105.

Hetain Patel American Boy

Equation

Thursday 28 May, post-show, on stage

Post-show talk with featured artists discussing their contribution to the =dance series and its impact on the dance sector. Free to same day ticket-holders.

Coup Fatal Thursday 4 June, post-show, on stage, BSL-interpreted

Saturday 21 March

Corali Sunday 22 March 2015

Post-show discussion with a difference; the artists ask the questions. sadlerswells.com/equaldance

Sadler’s Wells Productions On Tour As well as bringing the very best international and UK dance to London audiences, Sadler’s Wells has an impressive portfolio of its own productions that tour throughout the world.

Since 2005, Sadler's Wells has produced 25 new shows in collaboration with its Associate Artists, other dance companies and international partners, many of which have received international awards. These include PUSH with Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant, Sutra with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Antony Gormley, The Letter with Jonzi D and Cuban dance show Havana Rakatan.

Sadler's Wells’ productions have toured across the globe from New York to Abu Dhabi, Paris to Sydney, Moscow to Mexico City, and Birmingham to Tokyo.

Sadler's Wells’ producing and touring programme ensures we can play a dynamic role in the development of dance, and bring innovative and inspiring productions to audiences across the world.

To find out where Sadler’s Wells productions are touring to, visit sadlerswells.com/touring Faun by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Photo: Diego Franssens

We need to talk: artists in conversation A new series of talks launches this spring, opening a space for debate about why dance matters today and how it relates to an expanding creative field.

New names in dance and performance will invite leading creative voices to join them in conversation.

These talks are a chance to hear from some of the most provocative and inspiring thinkers and artists currently working with movement and the body.

Visual artist Hetain Patel, choreographer Matthias Sperling and artist and researcher Gillie Kleiman will each curate one talk, borrowing from various formats; from the relaxed TV chat show, to the serious artists’ talk, merging the private conversation and the public debate.

More information to be announced: sadlerswells.com/artists-conversations

Hetain Patel

Matthias Sperling

Gillie Kleiman Photos: Ben Dowden/ Neil Wissink/ Laura Sweeney

Food and Drink Sadler’s Wells and The Peacock theatre bars Soak up the pre-show atmosphere at one of the many bars located throughout our theatres.

To make the most of your interval, pre-order your drinks at any bar before the performance.

As well as wines, spirits, beers and a range of soft drinks, the bars also sell sandwiches, snacks, tea and coffee.

Garden Court Café at Sadler's Wells A perfect place for star spotting, our café is open to company members and the public.

Enjoy fresh salads, hot and cold dishes, drinks and cakes cooked right here in our kitchen.

The Café is open from 8.30am until 7.30pm on performance days.

Eat & Seat package Are you looking for a relaxed evening at the theatre or a treat for a special occasion? Our Eat & Seat package offers a reserved table, a glass of cava and your choice of antipasto, cheese or salmon plate, all for just £25 (excluding ticket).

Book your package online when you purchase your ticket at sadlerswells.com or call 020 7863 8067.

Venue Hire Whether you are hosting a private or corporate event, Sadler's Wells offers a magical venue that will inspire and impress. With our modern and stylish setting, our meetings and conference spaces are ideal for awards ceremonies, product launches, conferences and meetings. You will have a dedicated Event Manager who will look after every aspect of your event ensuring you receive first-class service throughout.

Sadler’s Wells has played host to prestigious companies such as Sony Music, Accenture, ITV, Guardian News and Media and many others.

For more information, contact our events team at events@sadlerswells.com or 020 7863 8065.

Merchandise

SUPPORT US

Dance House, a fully illustrated book is available revealing how Sadler’s Wells and its Associate Artists have shaped the course of dance in the 21st century.

“A fascinating guide to the state of contemporary dance in Britain” Daily Telegraph You will also find DVDs of some of Sadler’s Wells’ most celebrated performances, soundtracks to shows and body:language, a collection of booklets in conversation with leading choreographers and artists. sadlerswells.com/shop-online Programmes: Save £1 with online pre-purchase, up until day of performance (selected shows).

National Youth Dance Company

National Youth Dance Company aims to create and perform innovative and influential dance, bringing together the brightest young dance talent from across England to work intensively with Sadler’s Wells’ renowned Associate Artists. Young people can access the NYDC experience by attending workshops and performances.

More info and to apply for the company: sadlerswells.com/NYDC Enquiries: NYDC@sadlerswells.com Genesis A three day festival focusing on the power of young dancers to shape the future of dance.

Performances and Conference, 10-12 April sadlerswells.com/genesis Photo: Tony Nandi

As a charity, we rely on private support to help us present world-class contemporary dance all year round and commission artists to make original new work.

Support us and enjoy a range of benefits and special events. sadlerswells.com/support-us or call 020 7863 8134 to find out more.

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HOW TO BOOK

HOW TO SAVE

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Save 20% when you book two or more shows at the same time. Available on all shows displaying this symbol. Discount is automatically added in your online basket.

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In Person: Sadler’s Wells Ticket Office, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1: 10am - 8pm, Monday Saturday. Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London, WC2: Please call 0844 871 0091 for specific opening times.

GROUPS For adult groups of 8 or more*:

Transaction Charge: £2.50 for telephone bookings, £1.75 for concessionary and online bookings. No charge when booking in person.

20% off stalls seats, must be booked at the same time.

(May exclude Fri and Sat evening performances. Some shows may be subject to different group rates).

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Families: Half-price tickets for children under 16 on selected matinees. Other discounts may be available. See individual show pages for details.

Up to 2 half-price children per 1 full-paying adult. Minimum age limits

Schools and college groups of 10+*: £12 rear stalls seats, 1 teacher free per 10 pupils, at Schools Discount Performances Under 18s only.

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apply on certain shows, please check with Ticket Office. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

CONCESSIONS

Under 5s:

Disabled Persons:

Please note, children under the age of 5 are not

For members of our Access Scheme a limited number of half-price seats are available. sadlerswells.com/access

permitted into performances unless indicated on the show information pages.

Further age limits apply on certain shows, please check with

Students, unwaged, over 65s*:

Ticket Office (under 2s free entry where admitted - please book

A limited number of £8 seats in Sadler’s Wells rear 2nd circle or Peacock Theatre rear stalls for most performances.

aisle seats and leave the auditorium if the child causes disturbance to other patrons. Refunds will not be payable).

Exchanges: Tickets may be exchanged to future performances or credit issued in lieu if returned at least 24 hours before the scheduled performance time. A £2 per ticket booking amendment fee applies (maximum £6 per booking). Refunds are not permitted except where the performance has been cancelled. Group bookings of 8+ must allow three weeks for exchanges. For more information, and full terms and conditions, visit: sadlerswells.com/terms.

Tickets will be held at Ticket Office. Proof of eligibility must be shown, otherwise the full price will be charged.

A maximum of 2 tickets per person, per event.

Standby tickets*: From £17.50 to £25 for students, unwaged people, BECTU, MU and Equity card-holders, under 16s and over 65s. Cash or card payment only.

Available in person only from 1 hour before the performance.

1 ticket per person, requires proof of status. *Not available online

All discounts are subject to availability and cannot be used retrospectively or in conjunction with any other offers or concessions. Discounts do not apply to Lilian Baylis Studio unless indicated.

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PLANNING YOUR JOURNEY See sadlerswells.com/travel or tfl.gov.uk

ANGEL

Sadler’s Wells & Lilian Baylis Studio Bus: 19, 38 & 341 stop outside Sadler’s Wells.

4, 30, 43, 56, 73, 153, 205, 214, 274, 394 & 476

Car Park

stop at or near Angel tube station.

Tube: Angel (Northern Line) is 5 mins walk.

Rail: King’s Cross, St Pancras, Euston, Liverpool Street and Old Street are easily reachable by tube or bus from Angel; Highbury & Islington and Essex Road are 10 mins by bus.

Sadler’s Wells Car Park: Private wide bay car park for patrons with disabilities (free), or over 65s (£5). Book in advance at Ticket Office. Sadler’s Wells is within the congestion charge zone.

The Peacock Portugal Street, WC2A 2HT

Bike: Bike hire and stands available outside and opposite the theatre.

The Peacock Bus: Available at Kingsway, High Holborn and Aldwych / The Strand. Please check online for full list of services.

HOLBORN

Tube: Holborn (Central/Piccadilly Lines) is 5 mins walk.

Free after 6.30pm

LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS

Temple (Circle/District Lines) is 10 mins walk.

Rail: Charing Cross, Waterloo and Waterloo East are 15 mins walk.

Bike: Bike hire and stands available outside COVENT GARDEN

and opposite the theatre.

TEMPLE

ACCESS Sadler’s Wells aims to provide access for all. Both Sadler’s Wells and the Peacock Theatre have a

BSL-interpreted

Audio Description

number of wheelchair spaces. For more information and to watch our access film, Sadler’s Wells is

visit sadlerswells.com/access Booking is available by minicom/textphone (020 7863 8015) for people with hearing impairments. sadlerswells.com/assistedshows

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