English National Ballet: Nutcracker – review

Coliseum, LondonThe Christmas lights are on. And that's a cue for all the ballet companies in the world to bring out their Nutcrackers – sure in the knowledge that the tinsel and Tchaikovsky will draw in the punters. Yet, essential though Nutcracker is to the box office, it's also a conundrum. With its lopsided mix of domestic comedy and dream fantasy, it remains one of the most stubbornly difficult ballets to stage.Wayne Eagling's production (left) is the fifth to have been mounted by English...

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