Ben Duke News

Broadway Entertainment Group in association with New Adventures are delighted to announce full casting for one of the most popular dance productions ever staged, MATTHEW BOURNE'S multi award-winning hit SWAN LAKE. The show plays The King's Theatre from Tuesday 18th until Saturday 22nd February. Some members of the ensemble are looking forward to performing in front of a home crowd.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), London's ambitious annual festival of outdoor arts and spectacle, breaks new ground this year with visual storytelling on an epic scale, pioneering text based theatre on the street, site-specific outdoor dance framed by pre-Olympic London and, in a Festival first, GDIF brings the essence of the outdoors inside, with Crow, the world premiere of a visceral new production from Handspring Puppet Company UK, breathing new life into Ted Hughes' celebrated Crow poems.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), London's ambitious annual festival of outdoor arts and spectacle, breaks new ground this year with visual storytelling on an epic scale, pioneering text based theatre on the street, site-specific outdoor dance framed by pre-Olympic London and, in a Festival first, GDIF brings the essence of the outdoors inside, with Crow, the world premiere of a visceral new production from Handspring Puppet Company UK, breathing new life into Ted Hughes' celebrated Crow poems.

Crow is a major new production inspired by Ted Hughes' poetic creation, from Handspring Puppet Company UK, the sister company to Handspring Puppet Company South Africa. Mervyn Millar will direct Matthew Dunster's adaptation with choreography from one of Britain's rising stars in dance, Ben Duke. This much anticipated world premiere will be presented as part of the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival at The Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance. Crow is co-commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London 2012 Festival.

The Dicapo Opera Theatre opened its 30th season with Giacomo Puccini's Tosca. The sold out production was followed by a gala dinner at The Columbus Club.

The judging panel of the Place Prize Finals, the UK's biggest and most prestigious choreography prize, will include: gallery director Hannah Barry, performance poet and musician Zena Edwards, theatre director Rupert Goold, Streetwise Opera CEO Matthew Peacock and director of Dublin Dance Festival, Laurie Uprichard.

The judging panel of the Place Prize Finals, the UK's biggest and most prestigious choreography prize, will include: gallery director Hannah Barry, performance poet and musician Zena Edwards, theatre director Rupert Goold, Streetwise Opera CEO Matthew Peacock and director of Dublin Dance Festival, Laurie Uprichard.

Metropolitan Capital Bank, located at 9 E. Ontario, in association with Nixon Art Associates, Inc., continues its innovative art program, Art Works Chicago, with the installation of a new exhibit featuring works from the Ann Nathan Gallery, specializing in contemporary paintings, sculptures, and artist-made furniture by established and emerging artists in all media. Featuring paintings and sculpture from over 15 artists, the installation will be on display at the Bank through September 22, 2010.

Metropolitan Capital Bank, located at 9 E. Ontario, in association with Nixon Art Associates, Inc., continues its innovative art program, Art Works Chicago, with the installation of a new exhibit featuring works from the Ann Nathan Gallery, specializing in contemporary paintings, sculptures, and artist-made furniture by established and emerging artists in all media. Featuring paintings and sculpture from over 15 artists, the installation will be on display at the Bank through September 22, 2010.

Corn Exchange Newbury is to become home to one of the UK's most exciting dance companies, Lost Dog, commissioning and producing their new work, Salvage which will be premiered on Thursday 28 January before a short tour of the South East.

Corn Exchange Newbury is to become home to one of the UK's most exciting dance companies, Lost Dog, commissioning and producing their new work, Salvage which will be premiered on Thursday 28 January before a short tour of the South East.