Birmingham Royal Ballet ****
Sadler’s Wells, 3rd November 2017
It starts like a scene from Mary Poppins, with penguin waiters nimbly weaving between waltzing couples, but ends with a deft blow to the stomach to deliver its environmental message. David Bintley’s ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café is nearly 30 years old, but remains a clear audience favourite, a zoological cabaret that’s like a hybrid of Strictly and Planet Earth. Despite competition from Michael Corder’s take on Le Baiser de la fée and Ruth Brill’s Arcadia, Penguin Café was the highlight of the entertaining triple bill Birmingham Royal Ballet brought to Sadler’s Wells yesterday evening.
Ruth Brill (The Great Auk) in Bintley’s ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café
© Andy Ross
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