Etta Murfitt News

All the way from across the pond, from Cornwall's Kneehigh Theatre to be exact, comes a dark fairy tale brilliantly told, stunningly performed and miraculously conjured up here on the stage of Berkeley Repertory's Roda Theatre. The US premiere of The Wild Bride, playing now through January 1st, is tragically, magically hellish and heavenly all at the same time… and it will disarm you.

After triumphing on Broadway and in the Bay Area with Brief Encounter, Kneehigh Theatre Company is back.

After triumphing on Broadway and in the Bay Area with Brief Encounter, Kneehigh Theatre Company is back.

Full casting is announced for Matthew Bourne's NUTCRACKER!, which returns to Sadler's Wells this Christmas to celebrate the production's 20th Anniversary with a limited seven week run from Tuesday 6 December 2011 - Sunday 22 January 2012, as well as touring extensively throughout the UK (tour schedule attached). New dates are also added, with the tour now playing Dublin Grand Canal Theatre (Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 May 2012) and Newcastle Theatre Royal (Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 May 2012). Christmas 2011 marks another special anniversary, as New Adventures returns to Sadler's Wells for a 10th consecutive Christmas Season.

Kneehigh returns to Lyric Hammersmith this September with the London premiere of The Wild Bride, a lyrical tale with a brutal edge and a beating heart in a story which tells what happens when your father accidentally sells you to the Devil.

Kneehigh returns to Lyric Hammersmith this September with the London premiere of The Wild Bride, a lyrical tale with a brutal edge and a beating heart in a story which tells what happens when your father accidentally sells you to the Devil.

Matthew Bourne's stage adaption of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, produced by New Adventures, will make its first return to the United Kingdom since its original 2005 London premiere, following a world tour. At the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris through November 2, the production will return to England, making stops at the Hippodrome Theatre in Birmingham, Lowry Theatre in Salford and New Wimbledon Theatre in London before returning to its original home at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre, where it will begin performances on December 2.

Matthew Bourne's stage adaption of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, produced by New Adventures, will make its first return to the United Kingdom since its original 2005 London premiere, following a world tour. At the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris through November 2, the production will return to England, making stops at the Hippodrome Theatre in Birmingham, Lowry Theatre in Salford and New Wimbledon Theatre in London before returning to its original home at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre, where it will begin performances on December 2.

Go behind the scenes of the National Tour of Edward Scissorhands currently playing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music now through March 31st. In this special video, you'll hear from Matthew Bourne, Sam Archer and Richard Winsor who are bringing Tim Burton's magical movie to life!

Having completed sold-out runs in London, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C., Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands will make its Northwest Premiere in Seattle this upcoming April.

Bourne cuts to the heart of Edward Scissorhands with his approachable dance interpretation, picking up on the despair of the title character's struggle for acceptance in a superficial anywhere American neighborhood...

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles December 13...

Audiences celebrate the North American Premiere of 'Edward Scissorhands,' the new dance-musical devised, directed, and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre from Nov. 11 through Dec. 10.

The original London cast of Matthew Bourne's dance piece Edward Scissorhands, based on Tim Burton's 1990 gothic fantasy, will star in the show's US national tour

More tour dates--including Brooklyn--have been added to the upcoming US tour of Matthew Bourne's dance piece Edward Scissorhands, based on Tim Burton's 1990 gothic fantasy

Some national tour dates have been announced for the upcoming US tour of Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands, kicking off this winter

It was 10 years ago that Matthew Bourne’s groundbreaking version of “Swan Lake” hit the stage, signaling a triumphant re-imaging of the classic tale, as well as announcing the arrival of a visionary new creator/director.

Matthew Bourne's production of the dance piece Edward Scissorhands will play L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre from December 12th through 31st as the first stop in its US national tour