Swan Lake

A night at the ballet probably isn’t your standard Saturday-night fare, but this is a performance unlike any other.

The outline of the story is still the same – a prince falls in love with a swan – but this troupe of Chinese acrobats enacts a retelling that has more in common with Cirque du Soleil than Swan Lake’s Russian composers could have imagined.

?This is ballet that incorporates flaming hoops, tightrope-walking and jujitsu. Some of the balancing acts and feats of strength are so remarkable you’ll forget it’s even ballet.


London Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4ES 
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August 9-14
Tube: Charing Cross
£10