Photo Flash: Sir Matthew Bourne Receives Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Services to the Arts

This afternoon, Friday 28 April 2017, Sir Matthew Bourne was presented with the Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Services to the Arts by Graham Watts OBE, Chairman, Dance Section of Critics' Circle & National Dance Awards, at a luncheon held at the National Liberal Club. Scroll down for photos!

Matthew Bourne is only the fourth dance-related recipient of the Award, since it was inaugurated by the Critics Circle, in 1988; the others being Dame Ninette de Valois (1989), Sir Peter Wright (1995) and Dame Alicia Markova (2000). Other recent winners include Dame Maggie Smith (2015), Grayson Perry (2013) and Stephen Sondheim (2011).

A full list of past winners is can be found here.

Of note, Sir Matthew Bourne's NEW ADVENTURES will be performed at Latitude Festival this year.

Photo Credit: Elliott Franks Photography

Sir Matthew Bourne