Hérold: La Fille mal gardée ****
Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, 1st November 2018
A red umbrella, a butter churn and dancing chickens can only mean one thing: ballet’s favourite romcom is back. Sir Frederick Ashton’s version of La Fille mal gardée has been charming audiences since 1960 and it still scrubs up as fresh as ever in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s revival at Sadler’s Wells. Without an ounce of angst – no deaths, shades or wilis – it’s a ballet guaranteed to lighten your heart and put a smile on your face.
Momoko Hirata (Lise), Mathias Dingman (Colas) and James Barton (Alain)
© Bill Cooper
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